Commercial Farmers' Union of Zimbabwe
TIMB boss updates Parly on tobacco sector By Newsday – July 24, 2019 BY VENERANDA LANGA TOBACCO Industry Marketing Board (TIMB) chief executive officer Andrew Matibiri yesterday told Parliament that as at July 19 this year, 233,6 million kg of tobacco had been sold at an average price of US$1,97 per kg. Matibiri and the TIMB board, …
Zim Agric Show dates moved Herald 24/7/2019 Yeukai Tazira and Lynn Munjanja THE Zimbabwe Agricultural Society (ZAS) has moved forward this year’s agricultural show dates by a week to accommodate both national and international stakeholders. Addressing the media yesterday, ZAS chief executive officer Dr Anxious Masuka said the re-branded Zimbabwe Agricultural Show, formerly Harare …
$300m sugar outgrower project 50pc complete Herald 24/7/2019 Tawanda Mangoma in CHIREDZI The $300 million project to clear over 3 000 hectares of land to establish new canefields at Hippo Valley and Triangle estates in the Lowveld by Tongaat Hulett Zimbabwe is now over 50 percent complete with 500ha ready for planting. Dubbed the …
Frontline Institute partners ACFD in training communities 24 JUL, 2019 – 00:07 Herald Fungai Lupande Mashonaland Central Bureau THE Frontline Institute in Shamva has partnered the African Centre for Fertiliser Development in training communities in organic gardening to improve nutritional requirement per household. Frontline Institute recently held an open day to show communities how to …
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Dairy farmers’ resilience hailed Herald 24/7/2019 Minister Gwaradzimba Wimbainashe Zhakata Manicaland Correspondent Manicaland Provincial Affairs Minister Dr Ellen Gwaradzimba has hailed dairy farmers here for their resilience during Cyclone Idai despite low milk production in the province. She was speaking during the 6th annual general meeting (AGM) of the Zimbabwe Association of Dairy Farmers …
Poor yields dampen agric value chains, says industrialist Chronicle 24/7/2019 Business Editor DEVELOPING vibrant industrial value chains should be anchored on improved co-ordination and strengthening of linkages between farmers and agro-processing industries, industrialist, Mr Busisa Moyo, has said. As the country moves to transform its economy towards investment, innovation and export-led industrialisation, the agriculture …
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Tobacco farmers get US$460m Chronicle 24/7/2019 Tobacco farmers have earned US$460m after delivering 233,6m kilogrammes of tobacco. — File picture Ishemunyoro Chingwere, Harare Bureau Tobacco farmers have been paid the equivalent of US$460 million, using interbank exchange rate, after delivering 233,6 million kilogrammes of the golden leaf in the course of the current marketing …
80 000 cattle vaccinated in Matabeleland South Chronicle 24/7/2019 Sukulwenkosi Dube-Matutu, Gwanda Correspondent THE Veterinary Department in Matabeleland South Province has vaccinated about 80 000 cattle in the province against anthrax which is usually recorded when there is a drought. In an interview, Matabeleland South provincial veterinary officer, Dr Enat Mdlongwa, said they had …
Veterinary Department in bid to contain trans-boundary diseases Chronicle 23/7/2019 Sukulwenkosi Dube-Matutu, Gwanda Correspondent THE Veterinary Department in Matabeleland South Province in conjunction with their Botswana counterparts are holding a campaign to educate farmers from the two countries against allowing their livestock to stray across the two countries’ borders in a bid to contain trans-boundary …
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Letters to the Editor: Zimbabwe should embrace modern farming Chronicle 23/7/2019 Beaven Dhliwayo, Harare Bureau Information Communication Technologies (ICT) can revolutionise the Zimbabwean farming sector and benefit farmers, including small landholders. Agriculture is the most important sector, with the majority of the rural population in developing countries depending on it. The traditional approaches of agriculture …