Commercial Farmers' Union of Zimbabwe
Matabeleland cattle sales suspended April 16, 2015 Local News Pamela Shumba Senior ReporterCATTLE sales have been suspended in Matabeleland provinces following an outbreak of foot-and-mouth disease in Bulawayo, a development that has seriously affected thousands of commercial and communal farmers who survive on cattle ranching. The Ministry of Agriculture, Mechanisation and Irrigation Development suspended the sales and banned the …
RIGHT OF REPLY – Barquest Farm: My hands are clean April 9, 2015 Features, Opinion & Analysis Minister Mombeshora Eng Walter MuzembiON April 1 The Herald ran a story under the title “Mahofa blocks Mzembi farm bid”. The story, which had a banner headline on the paper’s front page, exposed our media’s unethical and unprofessional conduct, …
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Production of day old chicks increases April 9, 2015 Production of day old chicks increased by 22 percent last year to peak at 78,4 million, up from 64,4 million the previous year, an official said last Thursday.Zimbabwe Poultry Association chairman Solomon Zawe said large-scale broiler meat production last year was similar to 2013 at 2 …
MPs urge govt to sell Hwange elephants HARARE – Members of Parliament have urged the government to find a way of exporting a large number of elephants to avoid having to cull the animals, which they say are threatening communities neighbouring the country’s biggest game park. Hwange National Park, which, at 14 651 square …
Top citrus farmer given 24hrs ONE of the top citrus farmers in Beitbridge, Ian Ferguson, has been given 24 hours to leave his farm by a government official as the onslaught against white farmers in Matabeleland South intensifies. BY STAFF REPORTERS Ferguson, who has been battling attempts to seize his Denlynian game sanctuary in …
Another blow for Zim wildlife industry New York State Senator Tony Avella will today introduce a Bill that would ban the importation, possession, sale or transportation in the city of five species of animals native to Africa. April 8, 2015 in News BY NDAMU SANDU The Bill, if it sails through, will be a huge blow …
Mat’land, Midlands set for worst harvest in five years: Fewsnet MATABELELAND and the Midlands are set to record one of the worst harvests in five years due to erratic rainfall, the United States-based Famine Early Warning System Network (Fewsnet) has predicted. BY STAFF REPORTER The southern parts of Zimbabwe and Manicaland this season experienced …
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Farmers’ water, power tariffs to be reviewed April 7, 2015 Business Lovemore Zigara Midlands CorrespondentAN inter-ministerial taskforce will soon be set up to review water and power tariffs to farmers in order to enhance increased productivity, a senior official has said. This follows complaints by farmers that tariffs being charged by the Zimbabwe National Water Authority (Zinwa) …
EDITORIAL COMMENT: Irrigation, mechanisation: It’s do or die by Editorial Comment | Sunday, Apr 5, 2015 | 285 views The increased prevalence of drought in Zimbabwe, particularly in the semi-arid parts of the country, has left many people’s livelihoods on edge. For a long time now, in fact for far too long, the emphasis of anti-drought strategies …
Sadc harvest lower than 2014 by Sunday Mail Reporter | Sunday, Apr 5, 2015 | 216 views Despite mixed production prospects at country level, an above-average aggregate cereal output – but still lower than the bumper 2014 harvest – is foreseen for Sadc in 2015. Late and uneven rains in the last quarter of 2014 delayed …