Commercial Farmers' Union of Zimbabwe
How technology can help tackle corruption in Africa’s land sector Herald 27/11/2019 UP IN SMOKE . . . Large multinational companies, coming in the name of investment, have snapped up large chunks of productive land, leading to the forced eviction of many rural populations and the urban poor Sifelani Tsiko Agric, Environment & Innovations …
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THE LAND ISSUE Farmers are doing it for themselves – finding common ground in contested terrain By Marianne Thamm• 21 November 2019 A tractor driver works the land on a farm in Ceres, 24 August 2018. (Photo: Leila Dougan) 508 Reactions Farmers from across SA gathered recently near Ceres to showcase successful partnerships between commercial and emerging …
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Press Statement from President’s Office on Eviction of Gary Hensman
‘Tackle land issue’ Posted on November 8, 2019 by The Independent in Business Melody Chikono Without granting secure tenure to new farmers so that they can use the land as collateral to obtain funding for production and infrastructure development on the farms, the government will not be able to achieve its goal to ensure macro-economic stability in the country, an …
Government allocates youths land Chronicle 28/10/2019 Lands, Agriculture, Water, Climate and Rural Resettlement Minister Perrance Shiri. Patrick Chitumba, Midlands Bureau Chief THE Government has allocated 10 hectares of land per district for youth projects as a means of promoting youth empowerment, Lands, Agriculture, Water, Climate and Rural Resettlement Minister Perrance Shiri has said. He said the youths …
Ex-minister in messy land wrangle Posted on October 18, 2019 by The Independent in Main News ANDREW KUNAMBURA A CORRUPTION report has been filed against former Lands minister Douglas Mombeshora in connection with a messy land dispute, in which he allegedly allocated 359 hectares of land in Beatrice to a senior ministry official. Mombeshora is entangled in a land dispute …
Planned human settlement important for rangeland management in communal areas Sunday Mail 20/10/2019 Mhlupheki Dube AFTER having a conversation with some smallholder communal livestock farmers in various parts of the country, one common challenge that emerged is the shrinking of grazing lands due to human settlement. More often than not, one gets complaints that …
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Land and tenure in Zimbabwe’s communal areas: why land reform was needed 0 October 15, 2019 2:00 AM Source: Land and tenure in Zimbabwe’s communal areas: why land reform was needed | zimbabweland Access to land is central to the livelihoods of rural people, but in the communal areas this is highly constrained outside the land-extensive Lowveld site …
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The gendered politics of land ownership Chronicle 12/10/2019 The gender approach to development advocates for the lessening of social inequalities between men and women. Gender as a policy criterion has been found to reduce poverty, raise farm efficiency and improve natural resources Andile Tshuma One of the fundamental resources that is essential for the …
Unlocking Zim’s dead capital Posted on October 11, 2019 by The Independent in Analysis Victor Bhoroma…analyst AGRICULTURE remains central to Zimbabwe’s economic revival hopes even though its contribution has declined to less than 12% of Gross Domestic Product (GDP) in 2018. Agriculture has strong backward and forward integration to the manufacturing sector for provision of …