Commercial Farmers' Union of Zimbabwe
Wheat stocks enough to last till next harvest The Chronicle 5/8/2021 Oliver Kazunga, Senior Business Reporter ZIMBABWE’S wheat stocks stand at 79 820 tonnes and are sufficient to sustain the country until the next harvest next month. Farmers have put 66 435 hectares under winter wheat this year, with the hectarage planted being the third …
New farmers should preserve forests The Chronicle 5/8/2021 The Forestry Commission says it has suspended the issuance of firewood permits countrywide due to abuse of the system which has seen about 70 000 hectares of forests being destroyed. The commission’s director general Mr Abedinico Marufu said the move is meant to protect the country’s forests. …
ZERA Hikes Fuel Prices Effective 5 August 2021 0 August 5, 2021 9:10 AM Source: ZERA Hikes Fuel Prices Effective 5 August 2021 – Pindula News The Zimbabwe Energy Regulatory Authority (ZERA) has announced new fuel prices effective Thursday, 5 August 2021. ZERA has set the maximum pump price of diesel at ZWL$114.29 or US$1.33 per litre and petrol at ZWL$117.07 or US$1.37 per litre. In …
Minister takes flak for GMB payment delays 0 August 5, 2021 10:12 AM Source: Minister takes flak for GMB payment delays – NewsDay Zimbabwe BY HARRIET CHIKANDIWA GOVERNMENT yesterday apologised to farmers over late payment for their grain deliveries to the Grain Marketing Board (GMB). The apology was made by Lands and Agriculture minister Anxious Masuka in Parliament …
Disgruntled sugarcane farmers meet ED ByNewsday 4/8/2021 BY GARIKAI MAFIRAKUREVA PRESIDENT Emmerson Mnangagwa last Sunday met sugarcane farmers from Chiredzi at his Precabe Farm in Kwekwe to discuss challenges faced by the over 1 200 sugar growers who benefited from the land reform programme. The meeting also looked at the unconducive environment in the sugar …
1043 bags of charcoal seized in Mazarabani The Herald 4/8/2021 Sifelani Tsiko Agric, Environment & Innovations Editor About 1043 bags of charcoal were confiscated recently from illegal dealers of the commodity in Muzarabani district, north of the country in a blitz spearheaded by the Forestry Commission and other key agencies. Forestry Commission spokesperson Violet …
Massive jump in wheat hectarage 4/8/2021 The Herald Senior Agriculture Reporter Farmers have planted wheat on 66 435 hectares this winter, the third highest hectarage since independence and 50 percent more than last year, giving hope that Zimbabwe will hit self-sufficiency or get very close. Imports have already ceased and may not need to be …
Forestry Commission suspends issuance of firewood permits The Chronicle 4/8/2021 Leonard Ncube and Mkhululi Ncube, Chronicle Reporters THE Forestry Commission has suspended the issuance of firewood permits countrywide due to abuse of the system which has resulted in 70 000 hectares of forests being destroyed. The commission is on a two-weeks nationwide firewood and …
Read more “Forestry Commission suspends issuance of firewood permits”
Time to roll up sleeves as planting of irrigated tobacco beckons 3/8/2021 The Herald Obert Chifamba Agri-Insight THE countdown to the planting of irrigated tobacco has already started! Yes, it will be happening just next month — September — with dry land planting coming between October and December. This means those farmers intending to go …
Read more “Time to roll up sleeves as planting of irrigated tobacco beckons”
Productive farmers to get support 3/8/2021 The Herald Agriculture Reporter Productive farmers with a good track record of production and repayment of loans are set to benefit from the National Enhanced Agriculture Productivity Scheme (NEAPS), also known as Command Agriculture Special Programme for Import Substitution during the 2021/22 season. The programme, which will be financed …