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CBZ avails US$19m for tobacco farmers by Enacy Mapakame | Sunday, Mar 8, 2015 | 651 views More than two-thirds of the 100 000 farmers who produced US$685 million tobacco’s worth in 2014 were smallholder growers CBZ Holdings Ltd (CBZH) has secured US$19 million from offshore funders for on-lending to small-scale tobacco farmers, an official has said. …
Nyatsime invaders booted out March 6, 2015 Crime & Courts Daniel Nemukuyu Senior Court ReporterA group of people, who invaded the Nyatsime area and unilaterally allocated themselves residential stands in 2013, will now vacate the land after the Constitutional Court threw out an application to legitimise their stay. The settlers, who identified themselves as members of the Nyatsime …
Calm returns as tobacco prices firm March 6, 2015 Local News Elita Chikwati Agriculture ReporterSales at Boka Tobacco Auction Floors and Premier Tobacco Auction Floors were yesterday conducted peacefully, while there were disturbances at Tobacco Sales Floors where farmers protested against low prices. Sales, however, resumed later at TSF. The start of the 2015 marketing season …
Maize import permits availed to avert hunger March 6, 2015 Local News Farirai Machivenyika Senior ReporterGovernment has started issuing maize import licences to companies as part of efforts to avert food shortages following a dry spell that has dampened prospects of a good harvest in many parts of the country. Although the Government is in the …
Farmers to import 1 500 heifers DAIRY farmers are set to import about 5 000 heifers to boost milk production in the country after the national herd was decimated by disease outbreaks and farm upheavals following the government’s land redistribution programme, an industry official has said. MTHANDAZO NYONIOWN CORRESPONDENT The Zimbabwe Association of Dairy Farmers …
Brace for drought: Minister AGRICULTURE, Mechanisation and Irrigation Development minister Joseph Made has warned that the country might face a drought this year, as it was expected to harvest less than last year, with crops in some provinces having been written off. Ruth NgwenyaOwn Correspondent Speaking on the sidelines of the official opening of the …
EU warns Mugabe on renewed farm invasions March 5, 2015 in News THE European Union has warned that President Robert Mugabe’s recent threat to kick out the remaining white farmers from their commercial farms could scupper business re-engagements efforts between the Zanu PF government and the EU bloc. EDGAR GWESHE /SILENCE CHARUMBIRA This comes amidst …
Farmers riot as tobacco price falls to $0,06 per kilo March 5, 2015 Top Stories Walter Muchinguri and Elita Chikwati Harare BureauThe 2015 flue cured tobacco selling season got off to a chaotic start at the three auction floors yesterday after farmers disrupted sales in protest over low prices, resulting in anti-riot police being called to …
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Dry spell to persist in southern areas: Met March 4, 2015 Local News Agriculture ReporterDry weather conditions are expected to continue in the southern parts of the country for the next week, the Meteorological Services Department has said. Little rainfall activity in the southern areas have seen crops wilting and in some instances being written off. Meteorological …
Don’t feed chickens with ARVs, warns NAC March 4, 2015 Local News Herald ReporterThe National Aids Council has warned poultry farmers against using anti-retroviral drugs to fast-track the growth of their chickens as doing so has a long term effects on consumers. Investigations have shown that several small-scale poultry producers in the country are mixing ARVs …