Commercial Farmers' Union of Zimbabwe
$1,1bn availed for boreholes Herald 19/5/2021 Minister of Lands, Agriculture, Fisheries, Water and Rural Resettlement, Dr Anxious Masuka Elita Chikwati Senior Reporter Around 1 800 boreholes will be drilled this year, almost a third at schools, using $1,11 billion from the Government for both horticultural production and primary water supplies with provincial leaders and …
Editorial Comment: Farmers big winners from maize import cuts Herald 19/5/2021 Dr Mangudya The bumper maize harvest now being harvested and delivered will be saving Zimbabwe US$300 million in imports over the next year, and there will be enough carry-over stocks to keep millers supplied while the next harvest is reaped, dried and delivered. …
Government approves rapid traffic upgrades Chronicle 19/5/2021 Minister Monica Mutsvangwa Harare Bureau A raft of rapid transport improvements recommended by the inter-ministerial committee set up just a week ago to tackle road congestion in urban areas, particularly in Harare Metropolitan, were approved by Cabinet yesterday as Government moves into top gear to upgrade public …
Chiredzi-Mwenezi rural communities burn biogas to save trees Chronicle 19/5/2021 Mrs Sister Hlongwani preparing eggs for her family using biogas technology at her homestead in Mwenezi: Picture by Lungelo Ndhlovu Lungelo Ndhlovu RURAL communities in Bandama and Dungwe villages in Chiredzi and Mwenezi respectively have resorted to biogas technology for their cooking energy needs …
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COMMENT: Zimbabwe breadbasket status can be achieved once again Chronicle 19/5/2021 WHEN Zimbabwe was still the breadbasket of Africa, no one would have ever imagined that the country could one day be reliant on maize imports. Yesterday we reported that the country will this year save over US$300 million following the move by Government …
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Panners threaten vital agric research Chronicle 19/5/2021 Top picture: The Minister of State in the President’s Office Responsible for Agriculture Implementation Honourable David Marapira (centre) looks at the devastating works of illegal gold panners at Matopos Research Institute Farm yesterday. Accompanying the Minister are: Matabeleland South Minister of State Affairs Cde Abednego Ncube (left) …
New rice varieties developed 0 May 18, 2021 2:32 PM Source: New rice varieties developed | Herald (Top Stories) Dr Gorden Mabuyaye Columbus Mabika Herald Reporter Local seed producer SeedCo has developed and licensed two rice varieties SCOP02 and SCOP04, which are adaptive to the local climatic conditions and rainfall patterns, as it seeks to ramp up …
Over 4 000 hectares put under winter wheat 0 May 18, 2021 2:39 PM Source: Over 4 000 hectares put under winter wheat | Herald (Top Stories) Elita Chikwati Agriculture Reporter More than 4 000 hectares have so far been put under winter wheat, as farmers are urged to intensify planting to beat the May 31 planting …
Tobacco prices continue to firm 0 May 18, 2021 3:10 PM Source: Tobacco prices continue to firm | The Herald Agriculture Reporter Tobacco prices offered by merchants at the auction floors have continued to firm, with an average price of US$2,76 per kilogramme recorded at the conventional sales, compared to US$2,65 per kilogramme at the contract floors. The …
Delinquent tobacco contractors, farmers must face the music Herald 18/5/2021 TIMB may have taken it for granted that all was going well between contractors and their clients yet the opposite was going down Obert Chifamba Agri-Insight THE Tobacco Industry and Marketing Board (TIMB) recently took the ‘gloves off’ route and suspended a tobacco contractor, …
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