Commercial Farmers' Union of Zimbabwe
Agric season preps to start early Sunday Mail 2/5/2021 Masvingo Bureau GOVERNMENT will start preparing for the 2021/2022 summer cropping season as early as July to allow farmers to receive their inputs on time, a senior Government official has said. Speaking at a field day in Zano Communal Lands in Masvingo last week, Minister …
Orange-fleshed sweet potato: An export gamechanger Sunday Mail 2/5/2021 THE recent addition of the orange-fleshed sweet potato to the nation’s food basket by the Ministry of Lands, Agriculture, Fisheries, Water and Rural Resettlement is a giant step towards improving exports of sweet potatoes and livelihoods of farmers. peaking during the launch of the programme, …
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Big cheer for tobacco farmers 2/5/2021 Sunday Mail Reporter TOBACCO farmers are smiling all the way to the bank as payments are being made as per Reserve Bank of Zimbabwe (RBZ) directive, which stipulates that 60 percent of farmers’ earnings should be in foreign currency, while the remainder is liquidated at the prevailing foreign …
New dawn for agric financing . . . as President launches Land Bank 1 May 1, 2021 5:42 PM Source: New dawn for agric financing . . . as President launches Land Bank | The Herald President Mnangagwa opens an account assisted by AFC Commercial Bank acting executive director Retail and Agriculture Development Mrs Priscilla Munyeza (right) while …
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Zimbabwe to side-step load shedding in winter 0 May 2, 2021 11:38 AM Source: Zimbabwe to side-step load shedding in winter | Sunday News (Business) Leonard Ncube, Victoria Falls Reporter ELECTRICITY users in the country should expect constant power supply during the peak winter season which is characterised by higher demand as Government is not planning any …
Poultry industry plunged into crisis 0 May 2, 2021 1:23 PM Source: Poultry industry plunged into crisis | The Standard BY MTHANDAZO NYONI ZIMBABWE’S poultry sector has again been plunged into a crisis, with farmers decrying a serious shortage of day-old chicks, high input costs and chick mortality, Standardbusiness has established. Chick prices have risen by between 15% and …
Zimbabwe’s tobacco farmers plead for a better deal 0 May 2, 2021 8:41 PM Wait times for crop payments and exchange-rate roulette can wreak havoc on tobacco farmers’ profits. Source: Zimbabwe’s tobacco farmers plead for a better deal | Agriculture News | Al Jazeera Under the new tobacco-selling regulations put in place since the coronavirus pandemic struck, Zimbabwe’s …
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Armed robbers target tobacco farmers 0 May 3, 2021 2:05 AM Source: Armed robbers target tobacco farmers – DailyNews ARMED robbers are using police and army uniforms to rob tobacco farmers at night in the capital, the police have warned. The police said gangs of robbers moving in unregistered vehicles were targeting farmers taking their harvest to tobacco …
Tobacco payments hit by system failures – The Zimbabwe Independent 4/30/2021 BY FIDELITY MHLANGA PAYMENTS to tobacco farmers have been affected by multiple system failures that have left unions worried, businessdigest established this week. Farmers’ leaders said they had filed complaints with the central bank and the Tobacco Industry and Marketing Board (TIMB) after the gridlocks, which …
‘Land Bank now ready for launch’ – The Zimbabwe Independent 30/4/2021 BY MELODY CHIKONO Last week, Deputy Minister of Agriculture Vangelis Haritatos (VH, pictured) oversaw an in-calf dairy distribution handover ceremony through which a batch of 147 in-calf heifers was given to 121 dairy farmers. The event was facilitated by Transforming Zimbabwe’s Dairy Value Chain …