Commercial Farmers' Union of Zimbabwe
Millers mobilise $20bn for maize procurement Chronicle 14/5/2021 GMAZ national chairman, Mr Tafadzwa Musarara flanked by the association’s southern region chairman, Mr David Moyo (left), and regional deputy chair, Mr Mathokozisa Sibanda during a media briefing in Bulawayo yesterday Oliver Kazunga, Senior Business Reporter THE Grain Millers Association of Zimbabwe (GMAZ) has mobilised $20 …
‘Communal Lands Act unconstitutional’ – NewsDay Zimbabwe 13/5/2021 BY VANESSA GUZHA THE Zimbabwe Human Rights NGO Forum yesterday approached the Attorney-General (AG)’s Office seeking the alignment of Communal Lands Act with the Constitution to protect citizens from arbitrary evictions from their homes. The Communal Lands Act is being applied by the government to displace villagers …
Govt sets conditions for cannabis production By Newsday May 13, 2021 BY MOSES MATENGA GOVERNMENT yesterday announced guidelines for the production and processing of medicinal cannabis. The southern African nation’s laws only allow for cultivation of cannabis for medicinal and scientific uses. Zimbabweans were allowed to apply for licences to grow cannabis for medicinal and research …
Masvingo sets 2 000ha winter wheat target Herald 13/5/2021 George Maponga in Masvingo Masvingo has set a target to put nearly 2 000 hectares under winter wheat across the province this year. The targeted hectarage is in sync with Government’s plans to trim the wheat import bill by making use of idle water bodies …
Guidelines for medical cannabis Herald 13/5/2021 Mr Kambasha Tawanda Musarurwa Government has announced a set of policies and operational mechanisms for investment into the production and processing of medicinal cannabis. The operational framework will be administered through the Zimbabwe Investment and Development Agency (ZIDA)’s One Stop Investment Services Centre (OSICS). According to ZIDA chief …
As tobacco declines, Malawi targets switch to mbanje Herald 13/5/2021 President Chakwera LILONGWE. – Malawi President Lazarus Chakwera warned yesterday that his country’s leading foreign exchange earner, tobacco, was in terminal decline and he urged a switch to high-growth crops like mbanje, which was legalised locally for some uses last year. Chakwera made the …
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National Fire week launched Herald 13/5/2021 Workers use a hay baler to compress cut and raked grass during the National Veld Fire Awareness Week launch at Gwebi Agricultural College just outside Harare yesterday. — Picture: Innocent Makawa Elita Chikwati and Conrad Mupesa The National Fire Week was launched at Gwebi Agricultural College yesterday with …
Small scale millers want access to more grain 0 May 12, 2021 4:12 PM Source: Small scale millers want access to more grain | The Herald Farirai Machivenyika Senior Reporter Small-scale milling companies have called on Government to allow them make weekly payments for their monthly grain allocations from the Grain Marketing Board to enable them stay in …
Locusts invade Chilonga – NewsDay Zimbabwe 12/5/2021 BY VANESSA GONYE VILLAGERS in the Chilonga area of Chiredzi have said that their small grain crops have been ravaged by locusts, leaving very little to fall back on. This development adds to their woes after government recently announced plans to set up an irrigation programme in the …
New strategies required to enforce the Plant Pest and Disease Act among tobacco growers Herald 12/5/2021 Dr Dahlia Garwe Elita Chikwati Agriculture Reporter Farmers’ failure to destroy tobacco stalks has prompted stakeholders in the industry to consider other punitive strategies on growers in order to promote compliance. The Plant Pests and Disease Act (Chapter …
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