Commercial Farmers' Union of Zimbabwe
Tax break for solar investors Chronicle 30/3/2021 Minister Soda Zhemu Mashudu Netsianda, Senior Reporter INVESTORS who will participate in the generation of solar power in the country are set to enjoy a five-year tax holiday with those importing gadgets used for generating solar exempted from paying customs duty. Zimbabwe doesn’t have enough electricity to …
Sembewule develops into horticulture greenbelt Chronicle 30/3/2021 Mr Wilson Mlotshwa and wife Ms Sithembile Thwala stand in their flower field Leonard Ncube, Victoria Falls Reporter DEEP in the thickest end of Nkayi District in Matabeleland North lies a little known area, Sembewule, which has silently developed itself into a horticulture greenbelt. Sembewule falls under …
New power plant to feed 25MW into national grid 0 March 29, 2021 10:19 AM Source: New power plant to feed 25MW into national grid | Herald (Top Stories) Bulawayo Bureau A 13-kilometre power line linking Zimbabwe Zhongxin Electrical Energy (Private) Limited’s new plant in Hwange and Zimbabwe Power Company (ZPC) is being installed in readiness to …
Covid-19 hits Padenga’s crocodile business 0 March 29, 2021 10:48 AM Source: Covid-19 hits Padenga’s crocodile business | The Herald Enacy Mapakame Crocodile breeder, Padenga Holdings Limited, has warned of a significant fall in profitability for the year to December 31, 2020 relative to prior year due to the negative effects of the Covid-19. Since last year, global …
Prices of chicken products set to rise By Newsday.Co.Zw – March 27, 2021 By Melody Chikono PRICES of chicken products are set to rise as government is yet to renew legislation which suspended import duty on fertilised poultry eggs. Statutory Instrument (SI) 245 of 2020 instituted in October suspended duty on fertilised poultry eggs imported by approved …
Young Shurugwi farmer breaks stereotypes Herald 29/3/2021 Tamiswa Njovana tends to his chickens Mirriam Madiye Features Writer At the age of 34, Tamiswa Njovana of Shurugwi has broken stereotypes that farming is for the older generation. He is one of many young farmers that are changing the face of Zimbabwe’s agriculture. At that youthful …
Mazowe Dam won’t fill up this season Herald 29/3/2021 mazowe dam Sifelani Tsiko Agric, Environment & Innovations Editor Mazowe Dam, a major dam in Mashonaland Central province, is at 40,9 percent full despite improved inflows into other inland dams due to above normal rains received in the 2020/2021 cropping season. Zimbabwe National Water Authority …
Crop hectarage increases by 23pc Herald 29/3/2021 Dr Basera Elita Chikwati Agriculture Reporter Farmers planted different crops on over 3,4 million hectares in the 2020/2021 agricultural season, driven by a good rainfall forecast, early distribution of inputs and capacitation of extension workers. This represents a 23 percent increase in the area under crops, from …
Why Zim trades in elephant, other wildlife Sunday Mail 28/9/2021 Tinashe Farawo ZIMBABWE has a proud history of successful elephant conservation and is one of the key elephant range states and home to the second-largest elephant population after Botswana. Elephants are distributed in four main regions in Zimbabwe: Northwest Matabeleland (Hwange-Matetsi), Sebungwe, mid-Zambezi Valley, …
Consolidation key to unlocking exports of goats, sheep Sunday Mail 28/3/2021 Trade Focus Allan Majuru THE National Development Strategy 1 launched last year by President Mnangagwa to chart a new transformative and inclusive development agenda bestows on every Zimbabwean a role to play towards achieving an upper middle-income by 2030. With exports having been …
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