Commercial Farmers' Union of Zimbabwe
WFP buy local scheme helps farmers http://www.irinnews.org Photo: IITA The scheme aims to boost cereal production HARARE, 27 December 2011 (IRIN) – Veteran small-scale farmer Trynos Mamombe has returned to maize farming after two years, thanks to a multi-partner initiative which is helping him to market his crop and get paid for it promptly. …
Zanu-PF Bigwigs Sell Free Maize Seed on Parallel Market http://www.radiovop.com Magunje, December 27, 2011 – President Robert Mugabe’s continued support of land reform through free seed is backfiring as Zanu-PF delegates who attended the Bulawayo conference are allegedly selling it on the black-market here. Nearly 6000 delegates attended the conference early in December from district and provincial committees, Central …
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Irrigation scheme under threat from Chinese firm http://www.thestandard.co.zw/ Saturday, 24 December 2011 15:40 BY CAIPHAS CHIMHETE ANXIETY has gripped small-holder farmers at Nyanyadzi irrigation scheme in Chimanimani district after a Chinese mining company hinted it might order them to stop farming to enable the firm to mine diamonds in the area. The company, which is also mining diamonds …
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Farm Workers Celebrate Christmas Without Salaries http://www.radiovop.com Temgwe, December 26, 2011- Christmas celebrations were dampened by lack of money for most farm workers who went for several months without salaries. Although Tengwe business centre situated about 50 kilometers east of Karoi used to be abuzz with farmlabourers from surrounding farms before the land reform in 2000, it …
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New Zimbabwe Constitution: problems mount http://www.thezimbabwemail.com By Staff Reporter 18 hours 42 minutes ago Harare, – Prime Minister Morgan Tsvangirai’s Movement for Democratic Change (MDC-T) last Friday disowned a national report on the constitutional making process that appeared in the government controlled Herald newspaper and accused Zanu-PF of trying to derail the charter making process. MDC-T spokesperson Douglas …
Summary On Politically-Motivated Human Rights And Food- Related Violations http://www.swradioafrica.com/Documents/ZPP231211.pdf Zimbabwe Peace Project – SUMMARY ON POLITICALLY-MOTIVATED HUMAN RIGHTS AND FOOD- RELATED VIOLATIONSNovember 2011
Anhui farm project helps Zimbabwe’s agriculture http://www.chinadaily.com.cn Updated: 2011-12-23 16:31By Wang Ziwei and Ma Chenguang (China Daily Anhui Bureau) Officers from Zimbabwe’s Ministry of Defense reaffirmed that the project launched in Zimbabwe by Anhui Provincial State Farms Group of China, has greatly enabled the development of local agriculture by increasing jobs, mitigating food shortages, promoting food supplies and …
ZESA owed over $500M in unpaid electricity bills http://www.bulawayo24.com by Staff reporter2011 December 22 23:41:15 Zimbabwe Electricity Supply Authority (ZESA) Holdings has said it is owed more than US$537 million in unpaid electricity bills by domestic, industrial, mining and agricultural consumers as at the end of November. Spokesperson Shepherd Mandizvidza said the power utility was failing to …
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AMA agro bills fail to entice market http://www.theindependent.co.zw/ Thursday, 22 December 2011 15:10 Reginald Sherekete THE recently floated Agriculture Marketing Authority (AMA) bills failed, yet again, to entice the market with the tender raising only US$17,7 million from the required US$50 million, despite the special features placed on the bills. The AMA agro bills had received special features …
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