Commercial Farmers' Union of Zimbabwe
Zimbabwe’s bumper harvest: what explains the success? 0 October 26, 2021 9:58 AM Source: Zimbabwe’s bumper harvest: what explains the success? | zimbabweland As farmers turn to the next season with the beginning of the rains, the country is in a good position having reaped a bumper harvest in 2020/21. An estimated 2.7 million tonnes of maize were produced, triple …
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Lessons from Zimbabwe’s tobacco farmers for the COP26 climate change talks 0 October 26, 2021 4:40 PM The focus of climate talks has been on how little time is left is for global action. But climate change has already made tobacco farming, potentially a route out of poverty, unviable for some. Source: Lessons from Zimbabwe’s tobacco farmers …
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Agripreneurship: Constitutive force for economic recovery The Herald 26/10/2021 Dr Keen Mhlanga Agricultural based economies are not growing at an increasing rate vindicating climate changes. The main cause for stagnant growth of countries which heavily depend on agriculture is the lack of ability to turn their farming activities into business. Majority of Zimbabwean farmers take …
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Thunder showers expected today The Herald 26/10/2021 Senior Agriculture Reporter Localised heavier downpours were recorded yesterday in Nyanga and Gweru as isolated thunder showers are also expected today in areas along the main watershed and western districts of Matabeleland North and Matabeleland South, the Meteorological Services Department(MSD) has forecasted. The department stated that warm …
Pig production gets boost The Herald 26/10/2021 Elita Chikwati-Senior Agriculture Reporter An artificial insemination station has been set up in Chegutu as part of a set of measures to raise pork production almost 40 percent to 25 000 tonnes a year by 2025 through increasing pig production among smallholder farmers. The station falls under …
LATEST: Cold storage infrastructure key to fisheries growth The Chronicle 25/10/2021 Sikhulekelani Moyo, Business Reporter THERE is an urgent need to develop adequate cold storage and transportation infrastructure to unlock the huge commercial potential in the fisheries sector, a senior Government official has said. The fisheries and aquaculture subsector is expected to play a key …
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Livestock can benefit from market linkages The Sunday Mail 24/10/2021 Word From The Market with AMA The strategic importance of the livestock sub-sector in the current agriculture transformation process cannot be over-emphasised. Livestock-derived products such as milk, meat and their value-added products are important in ensuring national food supply, nutrition, and economic growth. To increase …
Unlocking potential in dried fruits The Sunday Mail 24/10/2021 Trade Focus Allan Majuru THE rains are upon us, and this season usually witnesses abundant fruits, found in different varieties across the country. As Zimbabwe has conducive climatic conditions that promote fruit production, all regions in the country will experience huge harvests of one fruit or …
Are liquid fertilisers the answer? 0 October 24, 2021 11:32 AM Source: Are liquid fertilisers the answer? | The Sunday Mail Leroy Dzenga Senior Reporter AS the 2021-2022 summer cropping season intensifies, following the early rains that were witnessed in many parts of the country last week, one of the tough questions to face for many farmers is …
Prepare early to achieve good yields, farmers told The Herald 22/10/2021 Jennifer Mufamba and Sandra Maziwisa Seed Co has implored farmers to start preparing for the 2021/22 farming season as the country gears to improve its food security position. Farmers have been called upon to know and understand the essentials of soil genetics, for them …
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