Commercial Farmers' Union of Zimbabwe
Farmers told to adopt hybrid cotton seed Herald 8/4/2021 Cotton seed Conrad Mupesa Mashonaland West Bureau HYBRID cotton seeds that have potential to triple cotton yields should be embraced by farmers as opposed to open pollinated varieties (OPV). Speaking during a cotton demonstration plot field day at Mr Douglas Chihoro’s homestead in Marahwa village, …
Five people die of rabies in Midlands Herald 8/4/2021 Precious Manomano Herald Reporter Five people have died from rabies in Midlands since January after being bitten by infected dogs with the province now declared a rabies zone and Veterinary Department vaccinating all dogs, but concentrating on Gokwe and Mberengwa, the epicentres of the present …
Tobacco sales open in Bindura Herald 8/4/2021 Fungai Lupande Mash Central Bureau Tobacco sales open today at the Bindura Tobacco auction floor today, with 5 million kilograms expected from the 3 082 farmers the firm contracted in Mashonaland Central. Bindura Tobacco general manager, Mr Blessing Mudzamba, promised firm prices and an efficient payment system. …
Opportunities lurk beneath green revolution Herald 8/4/2021 Global warming is serious and already the climate change we have seen in Zimbabwe has been damaging: more cyclones from the higher temperatures in the Indian Ocean and more risk of droughts as the warm el-Nino currents become more prevalent in the Pacific, to name just two. …
Tobacco production target raised to 300 million kg Herald 8/4/2020 Ms Pauline Maronga (left) and Ms Kudzai Butau calculate their earnings after their tobacco went under the hammer at Tobacco Sales Floor following the official opening of the auction floors in Harare yesterday. — Picture: Tawanda Mudimu Elita Chikwati Agriculture Reporter The new tobacco …
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Stray livestock cause Mat South Easter holiday accidents Chronicle 8/4/2021 Mthabisi Tshuma, Gwanda Correspondent MATABELELAND South province recorded 12 accidents during the Easter holidays, all caused by livestock straying onto the highways. The Traffic Safety Council of Zimbabwe (TSCZ), a parastatal under the Ministry of Transport and Infrastructural Development, in 2016 embarked on a …
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Cassava’s EcoFarmer and VAYA business units team up to support tobacco farmers Chronicle 8/4/2021 Cassava Smartech Zimbabwe’s agricultural technology unit EcoFarmer, and its on-demand business unit VAYA Logistics, have combined forces to help tobacco farmers transport their crop to the auction floors. This year’s tobacco marketing season officially opened yesterday (Wednesday, April 07) and …
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Nssa widens security coverage Chronicle 8/4/2021 Harare Bureau STATE-RUN pension fund, the National Social Security Authority (Nssa), is widening its social security coverage by providing health facilities to its members. The largest pension fund in the country with investments worth over US$1 billion, has also announced plans to procure Covid-19 vaccines to cover pensioners …
Agriculture growth, commodity price recovery cushions sub-Saharan Africa: World Bank Chronicle 8/4/2021 Business Reporter STRONG agricultural growth and a faster-than expected recovery in commodity prices has helped African economies to withstand economic shocks induced by the deadly Covid-19 pandemic, the World Bank has said. Although Sub-Saharan Africa’s economic growth is estimated to have contracted …
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Worry over increased poaching of painted dogs 0 April 4, 2021 2:00 AM Source: Worry over increased poaching of painted dogs – DailyNews PAINTED dogs, also known as wild dogs, face extinction as a result of increased illegal hunting by poachers, a conservation centre has revealed. The Painted Dogs Conservation Centre in Dete, which is located at the …