Commercial Farmers' Union of Zimbabwe
Sadc summit to discuss free trade http://www.thestandard.co.zw/ Sunday, 14 August 2011 19:20 BY KUDZAI CHIMHANGWA The Southern African Development Community (Sadc) summit in Luanda, Angola this week will discuss modalities of setting up the long awaited regional free trade area.Commonly referred to as the Tripartite FTA (T-FTA), the free trade area is meant to allow the duty-free, quota-free …
Zim fails to meet tobacco target http://www.thestandard.co.zw/ Sunday, 14 August 2011 19:22 BY OUR STAFF ZIMBABWE has missed the 170 million kg tobacco production target set for the industry this year as the selling season for the “golden leaf” comes to an end on Thursday.A clean-up sale will be held on September 20 and, depending on the …
Zanu PF militia invades farm http://www.thestandard.co.zw/ Sunday, 14 August 2011 19:00 BY CAIPHAS CHIMHETE A senior MDC-T official, whose farm was invaded by Zanu PF members and war veterans in Nyanga in May, has appealed to the Joint Monitoring and Implementation Committee (Jomic) to intervene.MDC-T Constitution Parliamentary Select Committee rapporteur Charles Nyamutowa said the invasion had seriously affected …
Jabulani Sibanda threatens to ‘roast livers’ of opponents http://www.thestandard.co.zw/ Sunday, 14 August 2011 18:44 BY PATIENCE NYANGOVE CONTROVERSIAL war veterans’ leader Jabulani Sibanda allegedly warned Masvingo villagers that the former liberation war fighters would be “roasting livers” of sellouts in the next election. He allegedly made the remarks at Zvehuru Primary School but he denied the accusations when …
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Farmers meet poachers http://www.thezimbabwean.co.uk An angry meeting looms here tomorrow when embattled conservancy owners come face-to-face with marauding self-styled war veterans accused of widespread rhino and elephant poaching in the area. 13.08.1101:19pm by John Chimunhu Despite signs throughout the National Parks, poaching has continued unabated. According to notices for the meeting seen by The Zimbabwean, …
Drought-hit Zimbabwe farmers push government to lift GMO ban http://www.trust.org 12 Aug 2011 22:30 Source: alertnet // Madalitso Mwando By Madalitso Mwando GWANDA, Zimbabwe (AlertNet) – With poor crop yields now a perennial problem and this year looking worse than ever, subsistence farmers like Thumeliso Mabasa have become living proof of an old adage: desperate times call …
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White couple gets farm back http://www.dailynews.co.zw/ By Tendai Kamhungira, Court WriterFriday, 12 August 2011 13:52 HARARE – A Harare magistrate has granted a white couple permission to stay at their farm occupied under the land reform programme that displaced the majority of white commercial farmers. The couple had resisted leaving the 2 900 acre estate, resulting in …
Eric Bloch: RBZ sees realities http://www.theindependent.co.zw/ Thursday, 11 August 2011 19:15 THE Monetary Policy Statement (MPS) recently presented by the Governor of the Reserve Bank of Zimbabwe, Gideon Gono, was like several breaths of fresh air. It demonstrated an awareness of the innumerable constraints still impacting upon Zimbabwe’s economy, in striking contrast to the recurrent contentions by so many …
130m kgs tobacco go under the hammer http://www.theindependent.co.zw/ Thursday, 11 August 2011 18:53 Paul Nyakazeya A TOTAL 129,5 million kgs of flue-cured tobacco valued at US$ 355,5 million has gone under the hammer at the country’s three auction floors since the beginning of the selling season in February, figures released by the Tobacco Industry and Marketing Board (TIMB) …
Rural farmers should go commercial –– Olam http://www.theindependent.co.zw/ Thursday, 11 August 2011 18:54 ZIMBABWE’S goal of improving rural livelihoods can only be done by accelerating the shift towards a more commercially-oriented small-scale agricultural sector that produces goods for identified markets, according to international agri-products and supply chain management company Olam.At a recent media briefing, Olam president and regional …