Commercial Farmers' Union of Zimbabwe
Zim sees big potential in sugar production Herald 5/11/2019 Mr Masunda Martin Kadzere ZIMBABWE offers big potential for sugar production, a senior official has said, adding the Tugwi-Mukosi Dam provides the industry with new water resources that should increase land under irrigated sugarcane by between 17 000 and 25 000 hectares. “This opportunity has …
Letters to the Editor: Are ex-Zim farmers behind Zambia’s maize boom? Chronicle 5/11/2019 File picture: Zambian farmers work in a maize field As Zimbabwe continues to struggle to produce sufficient quantities of the staple maize grain, two decades after the government started redistributing commercial farms from whites to black farmers, a frequent claim comes …
Fuel prices go down Chronicle 5/11/2019 THE price of petrol and diesel has gone down by nine cents and four cents respectively effective Monday, November 4, 2019, according to the Zimbabwe Energy Regulatory Authority (Zera). The marginal decline follows a 12 percent increase in fuel prices last week in what has become a weekly …
Off-farm work and diversified livelihoods in Zimbabwe’s communal areas 0 November 5, 2019 2:00 AM Source: Off-farm work and diversified livelihoods in Zimbabwe’s communal areas | zimbabweland With low agricultural output, off-farm work is an essential complement to agricultural production in Zimbabwe’s communal areas. Working away has always been part and parcel of communal area livelihoods; indeed these …
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Cattle rustlers wreak havoc November 3, 2019 in Local, News By Brenna Matendere Ranganai Sivangani from Chirumanzu in the Midlands Province is now convinced that police are working with cattle rustling syndicates wreaking havoc in the area. On October 10, one of Sivangani’s cattle was stolen from his kraal and slaughtered just a kilometre from Charandura police station. …
Pork value chain faces viability challenges By Newsday – November 4, 2019 BY MTHANDAZO NYONI ZIMBABWE’S pork value chain is facing multiple challenges including poor nutrition and husbandry skills, lack of good quality breeds among others, that needed to be addressed as a matter of urgency. In its latest update, Livestock and Meat Advisory Council (Lmac) said …
Diversify, horticulture farmers urged Herald 4/11/2019 Elita Chikwati Senior Agriculture Reporter Farmers have been urged to diversify production so they can access lucrative export markets for their produce. The call was made at the 79th Zimbabwe Farmers’ Union (ZFU) congress in Masvingo last week. There were concerns that horticultural farmers were restricting themselves to …
ZFU hails Command Agric, decries high input prices Herald 4/11/2019 Cde Togarepi Walter Mswazie Masvingo Correspondent The Zimbabwe Farmers’ Union (ZFU) has hailed the Government for considering its members for the Presidential Inputs Scheme amid an outcry over the prohibitive costs of farming inputs. Speaking on the sidelines of ZFU national congress at the …
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Revel in the presence of hydrangeas Sunday Mail 3/11/2019 Andrew Mangwarara During the years I have spent gardening, I have come across many plants of different shapes and colours, but very few have the presence of hydrangeas. Any day comes to life when they flower, their popular blue and pink colours are dazzling. Even …
British firm to create 200 jobs from mbanje Sunday Mail 3/11/2019 Sunday Mail Reporter Government has licensed Eco Equity Ltd, a British firm, to grow cannabis for medicinal and scientific purposes. The company, which has begun clearing a 2 000-hectare piece of land in Marondera, is targeting full production early next year, with exports …