Commercial Farmers' Union of Zimbabwe
Zimbabwe stops farm acquisitions http://www.dw.de The laws that allow the Zimbabwean government to acquire and redistribute farm land have been put on hold, Zimbabwe’s Lands Land Reforms Ministry announces. Zimbabwe’s Lands Land Reforms and Resettlement Minister Herbert Murerwa announced that the laws that allow the government to acquire farm lands for re-distribution purposes …
Hands off BIPA Farms Tuesday, 01 January 2013 00:00 View Comments Minister Murerwa Zvamaida Murwira Senior ReporterGOVERNMENT has stopped the acquisition of farms covered under Bilateral Investment Promotion and Protection Agreement as the State strives to manage its liability. The State has also revoked offer letters for 55 A1 farmers allocated pieces of land at …
Erratic Rains Prompt Farmers to Start Planting Crops http://www.voazimbabwe.com Gibbs Dube31.12.2012 Though field conditions remain drier than normal for this time of year, erratic rains have prompted many communal farmers in Matabeleland, Masvingo and other regions to start planting crops. Everson Ndlovu, a development and relief aid worker in Tshelanyemba communal lands, Matabeleland South Province, says some farmers …
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Chombo takes high-priced farm allocated War Veterans http://www.thezimbabwemail.com Staff Reporter 20 hours 22 minutes ago HARARE – Local Government, Rural and Urban Development Minister Ignatius Chombo has directed three farmers who were given offer letters at Crowhill Farm to vacate the area to pave way for what he called urban development and approach the Ministry of Lands and …
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Government halts seizures of land under treaties http://www.newzimbabwe.com 31/12/2012 00:00:00by Staff Reporter IN a major policy shift on the land question, government announced on Tuesday it was halting seizures of all white-owned farms covered under bilateral treaties. The state was forced to review its course after being hit with a 25 million euros bill by a group of …
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70ha maize destroyed in land dispute http://www.herald.co.zw Saturday, 29 December 2012 00:00 Zvamaida Murwira Senior ReporterOVER 70 hectares of maize belonging to about 55 A1 farmers were last week destroyed by a white commercial farmer in Mazowe in a land dispute. Mr Peep Mattison of Tavydale Farm, about 18 kilometres north of Nyabira, destroyed the crops and …
Zimbabwe ill-prepared for rainfall extremes, farmers say http://www.trust.org Thu, 27 Dec 2012 22:34 GMT By Madalitso Mwando BULAWAYO, Zimbabwe (AlertNet) – Thumeliso Matshobana knows what the devastation of too much water looks like. A smallholder farmer in Zimbabwe’s Midlands, he watched helplessly last year as floods destroyed crops, livestock, homes and schools. The heavy rains, he says, came …
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Msipa hails contract farming http://www.herald.co.zw Thursday, 27 December 2012 00:00 Herald ReporterFORMER Midlands provincial Governor and farmer Cde Cephas Msipa has called on the corporate world to venture into contract agriculture with land reform beneficiaries for the programme to be a success. Cde Msipa said contract farming was one of the best ways of creating synergies between farmers …
Indigenisation: Is the timing appropriate? http://www.newzimbabwe.com 23/12/2012 00:00:00by Graham Nyakudjga ZIMBABWE has gone through a massive land redistribution program which although successful, has almost brought the country to its knees economically. The reasons which caused this downward spiral of the economy are varied. The random seizures of once productive farms, sanctions imposed by international powers, corruption and successive droughts …
Hurungwe farmers benefit from conservation agriculture http://www.thestandard.co.zw December 23, 2012 in Community News The concept of conservation agriculture (CA) is proving to be a success among the Hurungwe farming communities, with farmers reporting high yields from little inputs used on small pieces of land. By Christopher Mahove The European Union, through the Food and Agricultural Organisation, provided more …
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