Commercial Farmers' Union of Zimbabwe
Adopt hybrid varieties, farmers urged 13/7/2019 Columbus Mabika Herald Reporter Farmers can benefit and attain sustainable agriculture if they use improved hybrid seed technologies to alleviate the impact of the brutal wave of climate change. This was said by Syngenta Zimbabwe sales and support manager Mr Moses Kudanga in an interview on Thursday. Mr …
Zimbabwean Communities Keep Fields Watered Via Solar 14/7/2019 In Mashaba, Zimbabwe, renewable energy is helping to pump underground water to farmers’ fields. Source: Zimbabwean Communities Keep Fields Watered Via Solar – Forbes Solar power for watering crops isn’t just a pipe dream. In Mashaba, a Zimbabwean village near the town of Gwanda, renewable energy is helping …
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Binga farmer strikes gold with castor bean – The Standard 14/7/2019 Kent Yeatman BY MTHANDAZO NYONI KENT Yeatman, a farmer based in the drought-prone Binga district in Matabeleland North, believes he has finally struck the right chord by venturing into castor bean production. Over the years, Yeatman tried growing sugar cane, tobacco, coffee, citrus …
Fuel prices up again – The Standard 14/7/219 By Phyllis Mbanje The Zimbabwe Energy Regulatory Authority (Zera) yesterday increased the price of petrol by 85 cents to sell at ZWL6,10 while diesel now costs ZWL5,84, a move that has raised fears of another wave of price increases on the market. By 7am yesterday, most …
Small-holder farmers strive to avert chronic hunger in Masvingo – The Standard 14/7/2019 By Phyllis Mbanje Small-holder farmers in Masvingo have turned around their drought-stricken communities by participating in rural resilience initiatives (R4) and small irrigation support programmes (SIP), which have transformed their lives. Sixty-year-old Tambudzai Mugabe bears testimony to these projects which have …
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Seven million Zimbos face hunger – NewsDay Zimbabwe 12/7/2019 BY TATIRA ZWINOIRA Government says close to seven million people are facing hunger due to drought, but said it would use its budget surplus to support vulnerable communities. “The biggest issue on social safety nets is food … (and) just to make sure people do …
32 farmers benefit from rehabilitated irrigation scheme 12/7/2019 The Herald Ellen Chasokela in Masvingo At least 32 farmers in Masvingo District are benefiting from Stanmore Irrigation Scheme which was rehabilitated by the Food and Agriculture Organisation (FAO) under a multimillion dollar facility supported by the European Union. The smallholder-farmer managed irrigation scheme covers 32 …
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Mash West, Mat North record worst cases of veld fires 12/7/2019 The Herald Sydney Kawadza Mashonaland West Bureau Chief Mashonaland West and Matabeleland North provinces recorded the worst cases of veld fires last year, which also claimed five lives across Zimbabwe, amid calls by Government for farmers to guard against the scourge this dry …
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Cotton ginning, oil processing plant employs 270 12/7/2019 The Herald Heather Charema in Chegutu A cotton ginning and oil processing plant Agri Value Chain (AVC) Zimbabwe Pvt Ltd, which started operations in November last year, has so far employed 270 people in Chegutu and is expected to recruit more after the building and expansion …
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Bulawayo gets 880tonnes wheat…More deliveries expected from South Africa 12/7/2019 The Chronicle Oliver Kazunga, Senior Business Reporter THE Bulawayo Grain Marketing Board (GMB) depot has received 880 tonnes of wheat from South Africa with more deliveries expected in the next few days to support the local milling industry. Of late, Zimbabwe has been faced …
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