Commercial Farmers' Union of Zimbabwe
Mazowe Prison Farm gets irrigation boost Herald 21/8/2019 Commissioner-General Zimondi Lynn Munjanja Herald Reporter Agriculture production at Mazowe Prison Farm received a boost yesterday when Aotea Global Company donated a water pump that uses neither electric power nor fuel. The rare pump, which is part of the company’s new technology for African solutions, can …
Sugar exports to jump 21 percent Chronicle 21/8/2019 Golden Sibanda Senior Business Reporter Zimbabwe’s sugar exports are forecast to increase by 21 percent to 145 000 tonnes in 2019, from 120 000 tonnes last year on the back of increased production and large carryover stocks. The 2017/18 exports were revised downwards to 120 000 …
Cotton output plunges 74 percent Chronicle 21/8/2019 A cotton field Harare Bureau ZIMBABWE’S cotton output is set to decline by 74 percent this year after a severe drought that was experienced last season, according to Agriculture and Marketing Authority. Output will be the lowest in two seasons to about 68 000 tonnes, 142 000 …
Intensify land preps, farmers urged Herald 20/8/2019 Lynn Munjanja Herald Reporter Farmers have been urged to intensify land preparations ahead of the 2019/2020 summer cropping season. The call was made by Seed Co agronomy and extensions services manager Dr John Basera during the first day of the Zimbabwe Agricultural Show yesterday. Dr Basera urged farmers …
Pay us in cash, say cotton growers Herald 20/8/2019 Chipo Katsidzira Manicaland Correspondent Cotton farmers in Manicaland have called on buyers to pay them in cash to cushion them from high operating costs. Cotton harvesting is currently 80 percent complete, although some farmers are facing challenges in selling their products. Manicaland Agritex livestock and …
Private companies urged to invest in agric Herald 20/8/2019 Deputy Minister Haritatos Joseph Madzimure and Yeukai Tazira Government is calling on private players to invest in agriculture as the country continues to work tirelessly to reclaim its status as Africa’s breadbasket, Deputy Minister of Lands, Agriculture, Water, Climate and Rural Settlement, Vangelis Haritatos has …
‘Lack of maintenance a threat to dams’ Herald 20/8/2019 Harava Dam Martin Kadzere Senior Business Reporter Zimbabwe has several dams with potential of causing serious risk to the viability of multi-million dollar agriculture projects and the public due to lack of maintenance over the past decade, according to a report by African Development Bank. …
Kariba falls from glory to ghost Herald 19/8/2019 Padenga Crocodile Farm has had to extend its pipeline after the Lake Kariba water level fell 30 percent Isdore Guvamombe Assistant Editor Kariba Dam, which for 60 years towered over one of Africa’s mightiest rivers — the Zambezi — impounding one of the world’s largest reservoirs …
Pest-resistant cotton seeds hailed Herald 19/8/2019 Fungai Lupande Mash Central Bureau The Cotton Research Institute (CRI) is developing cotton seed varieties that are resistant to pest and diseases in the wake of increasingly unpredictable weather patterns. Speaking at a cotton field day at Panmure Farm in Shamva recently, Lands, Agriculture, Water, Climate and Rural …
Uproar as irrigation equipment lies idle Herald 19/8/2019 Cde Madiro Takunda Maodza Manicaland Bureau Chief A state-of-the-art irrigation facility installed by Government at Almar Farm in Manicaland Province under the Brazilian “More Food International Programme” is lying idle over four years after it was commissioned as the Department of Irrigation has been dragging its …