Commercial Farmers' Union of Zimbabwe
Chiredzi farmers get offer letters http://www.herald.co.zw Thursday, 28 February 2013 00:00 Masvingo BureauGovernment has issued nearly 150 offer letters to new A2 sugar cane farmers allocated plots at Hippo Valley and Triangle sugar cane estates.This brings to 1 000 the number of indigenous people now into commercial cane production since the inception of the land reform programme …
Zimbabwe: “Hope in a Desert” at the Royal Geographical Society, London The attachment has background information on the speakers – Click here MEDIA RELEASE The Mike Campbell Foundation 28 February 2013 Zimbabwe: “Hope in a Desert” at the Royal Geographical Society, London “Hope in a Desert” is the theme …
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SA Constitutional Court reserves judgment on Zim land grabs http://www.swradioafrica.com/ By Violet Gonda28 February 2013 The South African Constitutional Court on Thursday reserved a ruling in a landmark case against the Zimbabwe government. Harare is appealing an earlier Supreme Court ruling in favour of white commercial farmers, who had challenged the country’s land reform program. The late Mike …
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Economy can be turned around in a year – Taffs The Zimbabwean 24 January 2013 The President of the Commercial farmers’ Union, Charles Taffs (CT), is optimistic that with committed participation of all stakeholders and investor friendly policies in place, the ailing economy of Zimbabwe can be resuscitated in 12 months. He told …
Let’s prioritise food production Daily News 28 February 2013 Opinion – Wellington Gadzikwa Prices of basic commodities like cooking oil and lately maize meal have been silently rising. This has further eroded the already weakened buying power of most poor households living below both the food poverty line and poverty datum …
ConCourt to hear Zimbabwe application http://www.iol.co.za/ February 27 2013 at 08:46pmBy SAPA Johannesburg – The Constitutional Court will on Thursday hear argument on whether South African courts can enforce rulings made by the SADC tribunal against Zimbabwe. The appeal came about after the Southern African Development Community Tribunal ruled in favour of Zimbabwean farmers who challenged that country’s land …
When a white farmer in Zimbabwe gets shot in the face http://www.rnw.nl Published on : 26 February 2013 – 5:00am | By RNW Africa Desk Farmer Piet Zwanikken was shot in the face, while standing outside his home on the tobacco farm in Mashonaland West that he’s owned for the last 11 years. Although Zimbabwe’s remaining white …
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Mujuru pleads for partnerships to save agriculture http://www.thezimbabwean.co.uk/ 26.02.13 by Tarisai Jangara Zimbabwe needs strategic business partnerships in the agriculture sector to ensure it is adequately funded for the country to regain its bread basket status. Zimbabwe was at one time well-renowned as a vibrant farming country, until agriculture was disrupted by an unplanned land redistribution programme that started …
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Farmers slam WHO over proposed tobacco ban Friday, 22 February 2013 00:00 Agriculture Reporter THE World Health Organisation’s reasons for proposing a ban on tobacco on health grounds and for causing environmental damage in its production are designed to harm developing countries, the Tobacco Industry Development Support Institute has said. TIDSI executive director …
Government must zone out land for urban agric http://www.thestandard.co.zw/ February 24, 2013 in Environment It was the best maize crop I had seen in a while in Zimbabwe and Pioneer Seed Company could not help notice a great marketing opportunity, flaunting the crop with its company logos. Report by Chipo Masara There is just one catch however; …