Commercial Farmers' Union of Zimbabwe
Goat breeding sustains women in Binga The Chronicle 13/9/2021 Hazel Marimbiza While climate change is affecting the country, the greatest intensity of impacts is experienced in the rural areas, where the majority of smallholder farmers are extremely vulnerable to climate hazards as a result of poverty and weak access to services and institutional resources. In …
Zimbabwe Herdbook Beef School 2021 – Provisional Programme
Farm data being collected can give U.S. edge in global marketplace POSTED BY: HEMPTODAY® SEPTEMBER 9, 2021 Research initiatives undertaken by the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) can help domestic players and strengthen the American hemp industry’s position on the international stage. By quantifying outputs and their value, and indicating trends for such things as varieties being …
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ED toasts for agric modernisation – NewsDay Zimbabwe By Newsday 10/9/2021 By Staff Reporter President Emmerson Mnangagwa has challenged local companies to play their part in the modernisation of the agricultural sector. Speaking during the commissioning of a multi-million-dollar SeedCo seed maize conditioning plant in Mashonaland West province yesterday, Mnangagwa said government would play its …
‘Tobacco farmers have embraced reforestation’ – NewsDay Zimbabwe By Newsday 10/9/2021 BY OBERT SIAMILANDU THE Forestry Commission has hailed tobacco farmers in most parts of the country for creating woodlots for the cure of the golden leaf under the tobacco wood energy programme (TWEP), a move that will avert deforestation. TWEP was formed over a …
Government contains quelea birds threat Lands, Agriculture, Fisheries, Water and Rural Resettlement Permanent Secretary Dr John Basera (second from left) and local farmers tour the quelea birds roosting place to assess the extent of the kill in Kwekwe yesterday. The Herald 10/9/2021 Freedom Mupanedemo-Midlands Bureau Government says it has managed to contain quelea birds …
Local authorities urged to formulate environmentally friendly by-laws The Chronicle 10/9/2021 Michael Magoronga, Midlands Correspondent THE Environment Management Authority (Ema) has said local authorities must come up with by-laws to protect the environment with municipal police officers having the power to enforce them. In an interview during a capacity-building workshop with municipal police officers and …
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US$13m investment to boost seed production The Chronicle 10/9/2021 Harare Bureau COLLABORATION between the Government and the private sector will be strengthened to ensure increased production, productivity, profitability and the attainment of the National Development Strategy, President Mnangagwa said yesterday at the commissioning of the first phase of SeedCo’s new maize conditioning plant. The new …
Greenbelt unfolds in Lowveld as irrigation scheme takes shape The Herald 9/9/2021 George Maponga in Masvingo A total of 3 000ha will be cleared in Buffalo Range in the Lowveld for irrigation by Manjirenji Dam with contracts awarded to a private Chinese company, China Nan Chang to clear 2 000ha and local company Fossil …
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Districts to come up with strategies to address food insecurity The Chronicle 8/9/2021 Sukulwenkosi Dube-Matutu, Chronicle Reporter PROVINCES have been urged to formulate district response strategies to address food insecurity challenges which have been identified through the Zimbabwe Vulnerability Assessment Committee (ZimVAC) 2022 Rural Livelihoods Assessment report. In an interview Food and Nutrition Council (FNC) …
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