Commercial Farmers' Union of Zimbabwe
Tobacco sales reach 115 million kg mark — TIMB http://www.thestandard.co.zw/ Saturday, 28 August 2010 15:25 AT least 115 million kg of tobacco had been auctioned by last week representing the highest output in seven years, figures released ahead of the end of the selling season on Friday show. Figures from the Tobacco Industry and Marketing …
Blitz against goat traders http://www.thestandard.co.zw/ Saturday, 28 August 2010 19:52 GOAT traders in Harare say their livelihoods are under threat in the wake of massive raids by council, the police and animal welfare organisations that have seen them lose at least 188 goats and sheep inside two weeks. Veterinarians for Animal Welfare Zimbabwe (VAWZ), have …
Mugabe questions quality of Zim’s farmers http://www.zimonline.co.za/ by Own Corespondent Saturday 28 August 2010 HARARE — President Robert Mugabe yesterday questioned whether Zimbabwe has produced the quality of farmers needed to restore the country’s status as a bread basket and said the supply of critical agriculture inputs remains a major challenge. Mugabe’s supporters seized white-owned …
President scoffs at land appeals By Sydney Kawadza FORMER commercial farmers can appeal to any court — regional or international — but they will never reverse land reform, President Mugabe said yesterday. Addressing hundreds of mourners at the burial of liberation war hero Cde Reward Marufu, the President said efforts by some white farmers to …
Climate change reality dawns on rural farmers By Charlene Munhenga Rural folk across Zimbabwe are beginning to experience the effects of climate change, with crop yields declining as prolonged droughts and erratic rains start taking their toll. The changing climatic patterns have resulted in food insecurity in some areas as the hectarage of land under …
Ministers face US$22m lawsuit Court Reporter EIGHTEEN people — including a five-year-old boy — who were arrested on terror-related charges in 2008, have brought a US$22 million suit against four Cabinet ministers. The suit is for alleged torture, malicious prosecution, abduction and unlawful detention. The 18 were accused of plotting to bomb infrastructure and undergoing …
SMEs move into agric value addition By Fortious Nhambura Zimbabwe’s revolutionary land reforms have seen an increase in the participation of small and medium-sized companies in value addition and manufacturing. This has also seen the widening of the economic base and increasing participation of Zimbabwe’s indigenous companies in the agro processing, once a preserve of …
‘Agriculture key to economic success’ Beitbridge Reporter Government is committed to developing irrigation schemes in communal lands with underutilised dams and perennial rivers to ensure food security at household level, a Cabinet Minister said last Friday. Beitbridge East Member of the House of Assembly Cde Kembo Mohadi made the remarks at a field day at …
15 armed rangers for Marondera By Isdore Guvamombe National Parks and Wildlife Manage-ment Authority has deployed 15 armed rangers to Marondera Conservancy to protect over 2 000 plains game wild animals from landless youths who have been making frantic efforts to invade the sanctuary. The youths from Hwedza want to turn it into farming land. …
Sadc must implement protocols By JB Cronje The highest decision-making body, the Summit of Heads of State or Government of the Southern African Development Community met recently in Windhoek, Namibia to take stock among other things of the progress made in the implementation of various legal commitments. Sadc was established in terms of the Sadc …