Commercial Farmers' Union of Zimbabwe
Farmer’s calamitous farm seizure ordeal Posted on February 28, 2020 by The Independent in Main News Tinashe Kairiza LUKE Thembani (pictured), a pioneering black commercial farmer who lost his thriving farm in 2004 after failing to service a bank loan, part of which he channelled towards financing community projects, now leads a penurious lifestyle, but still exudes the entrepreneurial spirit …
Govt mortgage land inreturn of buseses Posted on February 28, 2020 by The Independent in Main News Nyasha Chingono THE cash-strapped Zimbabwe government is planning to mortgage 10 000 hectares of prime horticultural land to the Belarusian government in return for buses to be used for low-cost public transport, it has emerged. Agricultural ministry officials told the Zimbabwe Independent that …
Farm invasions agitate Ariston Financial Gazette 27/2/2020 Omega Ukama Senior Staff Writer LISTED agro-industrial concern, Ariston Holdings (Ariston) says the invasion of its farms has continued to hamper its progress. The company, which runs five estates across Zimbabwe, has had to contend with multiple cases of intrusion on its farms since the beginning of …
Review land policy to address food question President Emmerson Mnangagwa NewsDay 25/2/2020 editorial comment THAT Zimbabwe is now ranked fourth worst food insecure country in the world is a sad indictment of the country’s leadership, though not a surprising development after two decades of political and policy mash up that has left the once upon …
Ramaphosa announces another presidential land summit Chronicle 25/2/2020 Cyril Ramaphosa President Cyril Ramaphosa announced the establishment of another summit — this time a Presidential Summit on Land. He made the announcement while addressing the National House of Traditional Leaders yesterday. “Our rural areas mustn’t be places that young people leave, only to return when they retire,” …
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Farmers applaud decision to reduce farm sizes Chronicle 19/2/2020 Patrick Chitumba/Mthabisi Tshuma, Business reporters FARMERS have welcomed Government’s decision to implement the maximum farm size policy in line with climatic conditions in the country’s five agro-ecological regions. In taking the decision, Government expects the move to ensure more people have access to the land …
Power and Property Perhaps it has been like this everywhere, but what I know is that property rights and power have always been closely linked in Africa. In Europe property rights were the basis of the power of Feudal Kings and the Barons and the evidence of their wealth and power remain everywhere. In Africa …
Government reduces farm sizes Chronicle 16/2/2020 Minister Perrance Shiri Harare Bureau Government has streamlined the sizes of all individual farms in the country’s five ecological regions, in a move that will see more people having access to land after failing to benefit from the land reform programme. The move is also aimed at boosting …
Putting the land resource to good use Herald 8/2/2020 Pardon Mhuri who heads one of the leading tobacco seedlings companies at Mhuri Farm in Karoi Leroy Dzenga Features Writer When liberation war heroes took arms in the fight for this country’s independence, land was the main question. Their argument was that economic emancipation would come …
Youths plead for more land from Govt Chronicle 10/2/2020 Mthabisi Tshuma recently in Karoi THE Youths in Agriculture Apex Council Board (YAACB) has urged the Government to offer more land to young farmers so that they can actively participate in agriculture sector. The YAACB launched its first provincial youths in agriculture indaba in Mashonaland …