Commercial Farmers' Union of Zimbabwe
Seed Co hosts communal farmers March 26, 2015 in News Communal farmers from all over the country on Tuesday had the opportunity to interact with the renowned Seed Co breeding team at the company’s Rattray Arnold Research Station in Shamva. NQOBILE NKIWANE Seed Co is currently celebrating its 75th anniversary and ran three field days from …
Hwange thermal station expansion on course March 26, 2015 Business Leonard Ncube Victoria Falls ReporterWORK on the expansion of Hwange Thermal Power Station’s units 7 and 8 is ready to take off with the government finalising talks on the funding deal with a Chinese firm. Early this year the Zimbabwe Energy regulatory Authority (Zera) granted the …
March 24, 2015 Opinion & Analysis “The desire is toexplore new ways that can make communities realise that donors need to focus more on addressing root causes of poverty as opposed to addressing mainly symptoms through handouts and social services” Stanford Mpofu Tapfuma MachakaireSTANFORD Mpofu, a retired school teacher from Nkayi, is well known in …
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Editorial Comment: Keeping land for status symbol unacceptable March 24, 2015 Opinion & Analysis Land is a finite resource that should be shared by all Zimbabweans. The country, therefore, cannot afford the luxury of allowing individuals to keep it as a status symbol. Those who were allocated land should ensure that it is fully utilised or …
Water at core of sustainable development March 26, 2015 Opinion & Analysis This file picture shows one of Bulawayo’s supply dams, Lower Ncema at 67,7 percent full Thulani NdlovuON December 22, 1992 the United Nations General Assembly adopted resolution A/RES/47/193 through which March 22 of each year was declared World Day for Water, to make a …
160 face starvation as Zesa shuts down irrigation March 25, 2015 Local News Marvelous Moyo Gwanda CorrespondentAT least 160 families face starvation after Zesa cut power to the Guyu-Chelesa Irrigation Scheme in Gwanda District over a $37,000 debt. The irrigation scheme committee chairperson Mhlangano Moyo yesterday told Chronicle nothing would be harvested from the irrigation scheme …
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Experts assess Mat South food situation March 26, 2015 Local News Marvelous Moyo Gwanda CorrespondentAGRICULTURE experts are carrying out a second round of the crop assessment programme in Matabeleland South Province to quantify possible yield the province is likely to realise for the 2014/15 farming season, provincial administrator, Midard Khumalo, has said. Khumalo said yesterday experts …
Grain import ban lifted March 26, 2015 Local News TAFADZWA MUSARARA Oliver Kazunga Senior ReporterZIMBABWE has secured 600,000 tonnes of maize from Zambia to boost the country’s reserves in the wake of imminent food shortage due to drought. The move follows the lifting of a ban on importation of grain to curb the possibility of mealie …
Met Office forecasts heavy rains March 25, 2015 Local News Herald ReporterThe Meteorological Services Department has predicted heavy rains beginning Friday, following a lengthy dry spell. Speaking at the World Meteorological Day commemorations in Harare yesterday, the Met Department’s head of services, Mr Tich Zinyemba, said necessary precautions should be taken as the downpours will cover most …
Minister urges farmers to destock to avoid losses AGRICULTURE, Mechanisaiton and Irrigation minister Joseph Made has advised livestock farmers to immediately start destocking to avoid heavy losses because of lack of pastures due to drought. NQOBANI NDLOVUSTAFF REPORTER Made said drought had set in early and farmers should not mislead themselves into thinking they would …
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