Commercial Farmers' Union of Zimbabwe
Agric ministry requires $14 billion for 2020 fiscal year Chronicle 23/9/2019 Mr Ringson Chitsiko Ellen Chasokela, Harare Bureau The Ministry of Lands, Agriculture, Water, Climate and Rural Resettlement has said it requires at least $14 billion for the 2020 fiscal year. This came out on Friday when the ministry’s permanent secretary, Mr Ringson Chitsiko appeared …
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NRZ to move 100k tonnes maize from Tanzania Chronicle 23/9/2019 Oliver Kazunga, Senior Business Reporter THE National Railways of Zimbabwe (NRZ) is set to move 100 000 tonnes of maize from Tanzania as the country seeks to cover its grain deficit. In July this year, President Mnangagwa said Zimbabwe will import 800 000 tonnes of …
CSC gets meaty Sunday Mail 22/9/2019 Dumisani Nsingo The country’s sole meat processor and marketer, Cold Storage Company (CSC)-Boustead Beef Zimbabwe, is expected to start fully operating its Masvingo and Bulawayo plants before the end of this year, a Government official has said. In an interview with our Bulawayo Bureau on Thursday, Agriculture, Lands, Water, …
Is the golden leaf wilting? Sunday Mail 22/9/2019 Michael Tome Business Reporter Preparations for tobacco planting season started on a low key, with the Tobacco Industry Marketing Board (TIMB) confirming a 22-percent decline in seed uptake this year, compared to 922 853 grammes sold in 2018. The decline in seeds demand for the 2019/20 …
ED urges farmers to plant early 0 September 22, 2019 8:33 AM Source: ED urges farmers to plant early | Sunday Mail (Top Stories) Bulawayo Bureau Farmers should work hard during the 2019/2020 summer cropping season to restore the country’s food-secure status, President Emmerson Mnangagwa has said. Addressing the nation on Friday night, President Mnangagwa said Government …
Kadoma Agric Show in re-engagement drive Herald 5/9/2019 Heather Charema in Chegutu The newly-elected Kadoma Agricultural Show executive has started re-engaging stakeholders, who had stopped exhibiting, to consider returning for this year’s edition slated for September 26. Organisations that had pulled out of the show include Arex, Seed Co, National Foods, Nyaradzo, Cairns, Doves, …
Masvingo agric preps take a gear up Herald 5/9/2019 Walter Mswazie Masvingo Correspondent Preparations for the 2019 Masvingo Provincial Agricultural Show slated for September 26 to 29 have begun in earnest, with traditional exhibitors already attending to their stands. When The Herald visited the show grounds on Tuesday, workman were busy making touch-ups on …
GreenFuel doubles ethanol production Herald 5/9/2019 The Greenfuel ethanol plant in Chisumbanje. Takunda Maodza Manicaland Bureau Chief ETHANOL producer GreenFuel has doubled production to 380 000 litres a day since the introduction of the blending ratio E20, saving the country US$10 million a month in fuel imports. Fuel that is consumed in Zimbabwe is …
Presidential Inputs Scheme pays dividends Herald 5/9/2019 Rumbidzayi Zinyuke Manicaland Bureau COTTON farmers in Chipinge recorded high yields this season courtesy of the Presidential Inputs Scheme which enticed many to take up production of the white gold. Farmers have been receiving free cotton inputs under the scheme as part of efforts to increase the …
Legislator in drive to save Beitbridge livestock from drought Chronicle 5/9/2019 Thupeyo Muleya, Beitbridge Bureau BEITBRIDGE’s proportional representation legislator, Cde Lisa Singo, has engaged businesses and organisations dealing with animal products to avail stock feed to the district where over 500 head of cattle have succumbed to drought since the start of the 2018-19 farming …
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