Commercial Farmers' Union of Zimbabwe
Bulawayo Leather Cluster helps in training artisans The Chronicle 8/10/2021 THE formation of the Bulawayo Leather Cluster was stimulated by the Cluster Initiative which was a brain child of the Secretary General of Comesa, Sindiso Ngwenya. Comesa facilitated the training of a group of leather goods and footwear artisans in Bulawayo at the Leather Institute …
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Stage set for Gweru Agric Show – NewsDay Zimbabwe By Newsday 7/10/2021 BY STEPHEN CHADENGA PREPARATIONS for this year’s edition of the Gweru Agricultural Show are in full swing with dates for the business extravaganza already set, Southern Eye has established. The four-day show will run from October 28 to 31. Show manager, Victoria Chikukwa yesterday said …
Insurance lab to benefit small scale farmers The Herald 7/10/2021 Fungai Lupande Mashonaland Central Bureau Zimbabwe and other countries are working on an insurance lab to come up with climate change mitigation solutions to cover smallholder farmers who rely on rainfall to grow their crops, but have no access to insurance. Spearheaded by the …
Young agri-entreprenuer excels in farming The Chronicle 7/10/2021 Hazel Marimbiza AT the age of 29, Mr Nduna Zembe has broken stereotypes that farming is for the older generation. He is one of many young farmers that are changing the face of Zimbabwe’s agriculture. At that youthful age, Mr Zembe who hails from Chemagora, a village …
Agriculture sector defies sanctions The Chronicle 7/10/2021 Mashudu Netsianda and Sukulwenkosi Dube-Matutu, Chronicle Reporters The country is expecting to harvest at least 2,7 million tonnes of maize this year, the highest yield in 20 years, a microcosm of how the country’s farming sector is defying sanctions. Western countries imposed illegal sanctions on Zimbabwe after rolling …
ZERA Hikes Fuel Prices For October 0 October 6, 2021 4:44 PM The Zimbabwe Energy Regulatory Authority (ZERA) has announced new fuel prices effective Tuesday, 5 October 2021. Source: ZERA Hikes Fuel Prices For October – The Zimbabwean According to a notice issued by the energy regulator on Tuesday night, the maximum pump price of diesel has been …
It’s not yet rainy season: Former agronomist – NewsDay Zimbabwe By Newsday 6/10/2021 BY NIZBERT MOYO FORMER principal agronomist Davison Masendeke has warned farmers to desist from planting, saying the rains that hit Bulawayo, Matabeleland and other parts of the country during the weekend did not mark the start of the rainy season. Masendeke told Southern …
Mash West agric show roars to life The Herald 6/10/2021 Conrad Mupesa Mashonaland West Bureau THE 74th annual Mashonaland West Agricultural Show opens tomorrow. As of yesterday, preparations were almost complete. Over 60 percent of stands have been booked. The agriculture show runs for the second year under a Covid-19 environment. On Monday, Show society …
Agric colleges key to NDS1 attainment The Herald 6/10/2021 Ivan Zhakata Herald Correspondent AGRICULTURAL colleges are central to the achievement of National Development Strategy 1 (NDS1) goals as they produce graduates that are ready to produce for the nation since they would have acquired the requisite skills. This was said recently by the Deputy Minister …
EU committed to helping agric increase production The Herald 6/10/2021 Herald Correspondent The European Union (EU) Ambassador to Zimbabwe Timo Olkkonen has said that his delegation wants the Zimbabwe Agricultural Growth Programme (ZAGP) to succeed. ZAGP is a response to the challenges in Zimbabwe’s agriculture sector through a €40 million support package from the EU. …
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