Commercial Farmers' Union of Zimbabwe
Pasture production saves national herd Herald 31/3/2021 Elita Chikwati Agriculture Repoacrter The number of cattle succumbing to drought declined from 66 000 in 2019 to 10 000 in 2020 due to Government and farmers’ efforts to improve pasture production and provision of subsidised commercial feeds. Lands, Agriculture, Fisheries, Water and Rural Resettlement’s First Round …
RBZ simplifies rules for tobacco marketing Herald 31/3/2021 Agriculture Reporter Simple and transparent rules have been put in place by the Reserve Bank of Zimbabwe (RBZ) for the 2021 tobacco marketing season to ensure merchants and farmers can retain or be paid 60 percent of their net revenue in foreign currency and 40 percent in …
‘Time to invest in traditional medicines’ Herald 31/3/2021 Traditional medicine market. Fungi Kwaramba Political Editor SCIENTISTS must broaden collaboration in research and development of traditional medicines as part of global efforts to tackle the Covid-19 pandemic which has taken lives and disrupted livelihoods globally, President Mnangagwa said. In his virtual address at the Forum …
10 years no electricity…Victoria Falls residents decimate Chamabondo National Park Cyclists carry budles of firewood Lingani Nyika, Chronicle Reporter SOME suburbs in Victoria Falls have been without electricity for a decade and residents have been cutting down trees for firewood causing massive deforestation in the nearby Chamabondo National Park. The Victoria Falls City council …
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Mazowe in massive afforestation 0 March 30, 2021 2:11 PM Source: Mazowe in massive afforestation | Herald (Top Stories) Part of the seedling nursery by the Forestry Commission Daniel Chigunwe Mashonaland Central Correspondent More than 700 tobacco farmers in Mazowe District have benefited from the afforestation programme that is being spearheaded by the Forestry Commission, as efforts to …
Man steals 360 tonnes of maize, sells all 0 March 30, 2021 8:22 PM Source: Man steals 360 tonnes of maize, sells all | Herald (Africa) File picture. Grain from the winter maize project in the Lowveld packed in GMB grain bags in Chiredzi awaiting delivery to the GMB depot at Nandi. Prosper Dembedza Court Correspondent A …
Kariba floodgates won’t be opened this year 0 March 30, 2021 8:48 PM Source: Kariba floodgates won’t be opened this year | The Herald Zambezi River Authority director for Water Resources and Environmental Management Engineer Christopher Chisense. Walter Nyamukondiwa Kariba Bureau Zambezi River Authority (ZRA) has ruled out opening the Kariba Dam floodgates this year amid indications that …
Zim female student in unique agric research Herald 30/3/2021 Sandra Madamombe Herald Reporter The Alliance of Bioversity International and the International Centre for Tropical Agriculture (CIAT)’s Marange experiments to integrate contours, membranes and utilise run-off in agriculture are being commended for their notable yields. At a recently held field day, the project’s researcher, Swedish …
Crop harvesting a delicate process, give it full commitment Herald 30/3/2021 Obert Chifamba Agri-Insight IT is that time of the year again when every farmer has to make peace with the literal interpretation of the adage ‘you reap what you sow’. Indeed, farmers are reaping what they sow at the start of the 2020/21 …
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FAO warns African states over avian influenza Chronicle 30/3/2021 Oliver Kazunga, Senior Business Reporter THE Food and Agriculture Organisation (FAO) has warned African countries of a highly pathogenic avian influenza following a spike in reports of detections of the bird flu in wild birds across Europe. The multi-lateral agricultural organisation said the disease has …