Commercial Farmers' Union of Zimbabwe
Couple becomes Hwange fodder growing pioneers 0 April 11, 2021 1:42 PM Source: Couple becomes Hwange fodder growing pioneers | Sunday News (Business) Leonard Ncube ,Victoria Falls Reporter A couple in Jambezi outside Victoria Falls City has become pioneers of fodder growing in Hwange District after growing banner grass, velvet beans, sun hemp and forage sorghum. Mr …
Repairing market access infrastructure important for livestock farmers 0 April 12, 2021 2:03 AM Source: Repairing market access infrastructure important for livestock farmers | Sunday News (Business) ONE conspicuous damage done by excessive rains received this year is on our rural roads. Most rural roads which are by nature mostly gravel roads were either completely washed away …
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‘Give us farms’ MDC Mwonzora MPs pleads with Mnangagwa’s minister eDuzeNet 9/4/2021 MDC-T MPs Thursday took to task Agriculture Minister Anxious Masuka on why the government’s land distribution exercise remained partisan leaving out MDC members, especially MPs. The minister was grilled by the MPs when he was appearing before parliament’s portfolio on agriculture. The MPs …
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‘Impose stiffer penalties for people who cause veld fires’ – NewsDay Zimbabwe 4/9/2021 BY HARRIET CHIKANDIWA Senators have called for stiffer penalties on people who deliberately start veld fires. They made the call after the presentation of a report by the Thematic Committee on Sustainable Development Goals on Veld Fire Management. The legislators also urged …
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Govt issues 400 99-year leases Herald 8/4/2021 Dr Masuka Zvamaida Murwira Senior Reporter Government has so far issued at least 400 farmers with 99-year leases out of a potential of 18 000 potential ones requiring the document, legislators have heard this afternoon. Lands, Agriculture, Fisheries, Water, Climate and Rural Resettlement Minister Dr Anxious Masuka …
Tobacco sales in good start Herald 9/4/2021 Buyers go through the auction system on the first day of opening at Premier Tobacco Auction Floors in Harare.-Pcture: Tawanda Mudimu. Herald Reporters Farmers sold 92 106kg of flue-cured tobacco worth US$173 256 on the first day of the new marketing season on Wednesday, many times the 7 …
We’ll not accede to land transferability: Minister Dr Masuka Zvamaida Murwira Senior Reporter Government will not accede to transferability of land because its ownership and farming are two distinctive items that should be separated, a Cabinet Minister has said. Lands, Agriculture, Fisheries, Water and Rural Resettlement Minister Anxious Masuka said farming was a business …
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Nkayi farmers grow potential to export horticultural produce Chronicle 9/4/2021 Picture shows a team from ZimTrade and APT interacting with Nkayi horticulture farmers: Images sourced from ZimTrade Prosper Ndlovu THE country’s trade promotion and development agency, ZimTrade, says horticulture farmers in Nkayi have a huge potential to tap into the lucrative export market and …
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Kariba to generate more power, as dam levels rise further Chronicle 9/4/2021 Oliver Kazunga, Senior Business Reporter WATER levels at Kariba Dam have continued to improve steadily rising by 1,21 metres to 481,97 metres, a development that maintains Zimbabwe’s potential to generate more electricity at Kariba Hydropower Station. Water levels at Kariba have of …
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