Commercial Farmers' Union of Zimbabwe
Cottco cushions cotton farmers Martin Kadzere, Harare Bureau 18/7/2019 THE country’s largest financier of cotton farmers, the Cotton Company of Zimbabwe (Cottco), has increased the producer price of the commodity by 54 percent to cushion growers from rising inflation. Government initially pegged the producer price of raw cotton at $1,95 per kilogramme, but prevailing high …
First Lady launches nutrition garden model First Lady Auxillia Mnangagwa 18/7/2019 Sallomy Matare and Leonard Ncube, Chronicle Reporters The First Lady, Amai Auxillia Mnangagwa, yesterday officially launched a model nutrition garden at Victoria Falls Hospital with the idea set to be spread across all health institutions in the country. The nutrition garden is being run …
‘Matabeleland North worst affected by food insecurity’ Dr Sekai Nzenza 18/7/2019 Nqobile Tshili, Chronicle Reporter ABOUT 5,5 million people in the country’s rural areas are food insecure with Matabeleland North among the worst affected provinces, the Zimbabwe Vulnerability Assessment Committee (Zimvac) latest report has revealed. The report says Government should expedite providing food aid to …
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High costs hamper horticultural exports 14/7/2019 The Sunday Mail Martin Kadzere HIGH costs of obtaining international compliance certification by local horticultural producers are constraining access to lucrative international markets at a time there is growing interest in local fresh produce from overseas markets. While Zimbabwe is making significant strides in re-entering global markets, particularly …
Crayfish research underway in Kariba 15/7/2019 The Herald Walter Nyamukondiwa Kariba Bureau A multi-sectoral taskforce is carrying out investigations into the feeding and breeding habits of the invasive crayfish in Lake Kariba to establish its relationship with other species. This comes amid fears that the crayfish could be consuming smaller fish like the kapenta …
Tobacco sales 4 percent lower than last year 15/7/2019 The tobacco being sold this year was grown under grim weather conditions The Herald Zimbabwean farmers have so far sold 222,6 million kilogrammes of tobacco worth US$432.9 million, 4 percent lower than last year’s 231,8 million kg, figures released by the industry regulator show. Statistics …
Old Mutual flexes for smallholder farmers 15/7/2019 The Chronicle Harare Bureau INSURANCE giant Old Mutual Zimbabwe says it is in the process of re-designing agricultural insurance products to cater for smallholder farmers. Zimbabwe is still largely an agricultural-based economy, with the latest population census (2012) showed that over 60 percent of Zimbabweans are employed in …
Govt to reintroduce master farmer training 13/7/2019 Herald Elita Chikwati and Lynn MunjanjaGovernment is set to reintroduce the master farmer training programme to boost productivity at farms and ensure national food security. Farmers will also be required to either work full time on the farms or employ professional managers who have the technical expertise …
HIT launches new irrigation system 13/7/2019 Sallomy Matare Herald ReporterHarare Institute of Technology (HIT) has launched a new spot irrigation system called Scientific Conservation Irrigation Technology (SCIT) that allows farmers to maximise production and save water. Power Conservation Agri-Clinic Trust (PCAT) engineer and HIT lead researcher Joseph Ngirande (34) developed SCIT after eight years …
Prison farms lying idle 13/7/2019 Herald Daniel Nemukuyu Investigations and Special Reports EditorMISUSE of farming inputs by some criminal elements, insufficient seed and lack of proper machinery have rendered most prison farms idle with little production that is insufficient to feed the ballooning prison population, The Herald can reveal. A number of Zimbabwe Prisons …