Commercial Farmers' Union of Zimbabwe
Wheat harvest surpasses 337 000t The Herald 14/12/2021 Agriculture Reporter Farmers have harvested 337 212 tonnes of wheat from 66 436 hectares planted during the winter cropping season, taking Zimbabwe ever so close to the national annual wheat requirement of 400 000 tonnes which ensures uninterrupted availability of bread and other confectioneries. The Grain …
Environmentally friendly practices within communities vital for sustainable use of natural resources The Chronicle 14/12/2021 Mahlabezulu Zulu, Correspondent LIVING and surviving on a sustainable ecologically supportive environment requires a concerted effort by communities countrywide. Communities need to conserve, and benefit from the natural resources found locally, for example, fertile soil, water, forestry and wildlife and …
Forestry’s role in climate change resilience The Chronicle 14/12/2021 Fortunes Matutu, Correspondent CLIMATE change and variability is one catastrophe facing humankind and threatening livelihoods as well as the realisation of UN Sustainable Development Goals. This phenomenon is manifesting itself in the form of changes in weather patterns and extreme weather events resulting in disasters. The …
Editorial Comment: Put land to productive use The Sunday Mail 12/12/2021 ZIMBABWE’s land reform programme empowered thousands of previously marginalised black people and ensured that the skewed ownership of land, which favoured a minority white settler community, was redressed. It came at a huge cost to the country, inviting ruinous sanctions, bad publicity in the …
Global poultry industry battles grim spell of bird-flu cases The Chronicle 13/12/2021 MORE than 40 countries across Europe, Asia and Africa have seen bird-flue outbreaks since May, according to World Organisation for Animal Health data. It’s threatening to drive food prices, which are near record levels, even higher and boost costs for households that are …
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Rains outlook still good: Met Dept The Chronicle 13/12/2021 HOCIC Food Security and Livelihoods Programme Field Officer Mr Khumbulani Owen Longwe leads the tour of Parliamentarians showing them wilting crops due to moisture stress in Bulawayo Nqobile Tshili, Chronicle Reporter THE country will still receive normal to above normal rainfall this summer season despite most …
News in depth: ‘It’s a grand heist’: Contractors, insurance firms fleece tobacco farmers 0 December 12, 2021 8:22 AM Source: News in depth: ‘It’s a grand heist’: Contractors, insurance firms fleece tobacco farmers | The Standard (Local News) BY MELODY CHIKONO SCORES of tobacco farmers in Karoi, in the last auctioning season, lost numerous properties running into …
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Zim farmers partner Chinese firms The Herald 10/12/2021 Zvamaida Murwira Senior Reporter Zimbabwean farmers will work with Chinese companies in joint ventures to grow crops demanded in the Asian country as part of programmes under the first three-year plan unveiled recently by President XI Jinping during a Ministerial Conference of the Forum on China-Africa Cooperation …
July unrest cost Tongaat Hulett R158 million The Herald 10/12/2021 The sugar producer said the unrest resulted in a loss of business of about R158 million, due to lost production capacity and cane arson fires. Tongaat Hulett has reduced its debt from R11,7 billion in the 2020 interim, to R6,9 billion in the six months …
Mat South irrigation schemes reserve land for fodder The Chronicle 10/12/2021 Sukulwenkosi Dube-Matutu, Chronicle Reporter A TARGET of 20 percent of arable land at irrigation schemes in Matabeleland South Province is set to be put under fodder production to ensure that farmers have access to nutritious supplementary feed for their livestock during the dry season. …
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