Commercial Farmers' Union of Zimbabwe
Turning hectare into profitable project Standard 8/11/2020 The Mapira homestead in the Dzvete area in Goromonzi North is popular to many. BY JAIROS SAUNYAMA It is not about the beautiful modern houses, but a thriving poultry and goat project that has become the talk of the village. Being done on a small piece of land, …
Irvine’s Zimbabwe boosts Command Livestock Agricultural Programme By Staff Writer Daily News 7/11/2020 IRVINE’S Zimbabwe recently handed over a chicken house that the country’s leading poultry producer built at Ntabeni Primary School as part of its partnership with government’s Command Livestock Agricultural Programme. The chicken house was handed to the school by Irvine’s Broiler Executive, …
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Gwanda irrigation farmers record good harvests Chronicle 9/11/2020 Mr Alton Sibanda shows a thriving maize crop at Reinetsi Garden in Gwanda Sukulwenkosi Dube-Matutu, Gwanda Correspondent IT is all smiles for small holder farmers in Gwanda as they have recorded good harvests at their respective irrigation schemes after a series of poor harvests caused by …
Tobacco harm reduction a viable solution Sunday Mail 8/11/2020 People smoke for the nicotine, but it is the other components of cigarette smoke that do most of the damage Business Reporter Tobacco continues to be the lifeblood for the local economy and livelihoods. By last week, US$421 million had been grossed from the sale …
AMA undergoes transformation 0 November 8, 2020 8:23 AM Source: AMA undergoes transformation | Sunday Mail (Top Stories) Chief Reporter THE Agriculture Marketing Authority (AMA) plans to facilitate the structuring of innovative financial instruments to enable smallholder farmers with no collateral to access finance and investment in a new strategy aimed at modernising subsistence agriculture. The recently …
Zim has enough grain stocks: GMAZ NewsDay 6/11/2020 THE Grain Millers Association of Zimbabwe (GMAZ) has assured the nation that it had imported adequate grain stocks for the festive season although the prices of maize and wheat were expected to rise due to depleted stocks in source countries. BY HARRIET CHIKANDIWA In a statement yesterday, …
Egg imports to end chicks crisis Chonicle 5/11/2020 THE Confederation of Zimbabwe Industries (CZI) says it expects the acute shortage of day-old-chicks to improve significantly after the Government put in place statutory provisions for the importation of nearly 9,5 million fertilised poultry eggs. Demand for day-old-chicks, a major source of income for companies and …
Government assesses farmer preparedness, urges cautious planting Chronicle 5/11/2020 Intwasa Patrick Chitumba, Midlands Bureau Chief GOVERNMENT is evaluating the farmers’ preparedness to ensure a successful 2020/21 summer cropping season. The country seeks to maximise on the normal to above normal rainfall projections this season and hopes to achieve a bumper harvest. A team led …
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COMMENT: Decentralisation of soil testing to provinces most welcome The Chronicle 5/11/2020 GOVERNMENT has announced that it has availed $30 million to fund the decentralisation of soil testing laboratories as it works on improving productivity on land. Soil testing is very critical for cropping as it informs how rich or poor the soil is to …
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Tobacco farmers plant 13k hectares irrigated crop Chronicle 6/11/2020 tobacco AT least 13 000 hectares of land has been put under irrigated tobacco ahead of the 2020/21 summer cropping season, the industry regulator said on Wednesday. Tobacco Industry and Marketing Board, chief executive officer, Andrew Matibiri, said the irrigated tobacco hectarage planted so far …
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