Commercial Farmers' Union of Zimbabwe
BAT volumes to drop Herald 1/6/2020 Enacy Mapakame Business Reporter Cigarette manufacturer, British American Tobacco (BAT), projects a bleak second quarter as volumes are expected to decline due to the effects of the Covid-19 pandemic. Business operations have been negatively affected by the pandemic that resulted in reduced production as companies implemented lockdowns and …
Stock up stover, cattle producers urged Herald 1/6/2020 Fungai Lupande Mash Central Bureau Mashonaland Central’s provincial livestock officer Mr Daniel Kampiyao has urged farmers to start collecting and stocking hay and maize stover for their livestock ahead of the winter season. Mashonaland Central lost over 1 500 cattle last year to drought and Mbire …
Millers want maize allocations increased Herald 1/6/2020 Bulawayo Bureau SMALL-scale millers have appealed to Government to increase maize allocations and release outstanding payments to ensure consumers have adequate supplies of roller meal. Small to Medium Millers Association of Zimbabwe (SMMAZ) chairperson, Mr Davies Muhambi, said the suspension of maize subsidy allocations was negatively impacting …
Middle Sabi ramps up wheat production Herald 1/6/2020 Rumbidzayi Zinyuke Senior Reporter The Middle Sabi area of Manicaland Province is fighting to reclaim its place as one of the biggest wheat producers, with over 1 200 hectares put under the cereal this year. Manicaland Province has put on 7 000ha under winter wheat this …
Tobacco growers fret over exchange rate Herald 1/6/2020 Mr Rodney Ambrose Elita Chikwati Senior Reporter Tobacco growers have delivered 41 million kg worth US$94 million to the market, but are concerned over the fixed exchange rate of US$1:$25 used to pay for half their crop, since suppliers are using the far higher black market …
Over 500 farmers to benefit from livestock scheme Thupeyo Muleya, Beitbridge Bureau MORE than 500 small scale livestock farmers in Beitbridge are set to benefit from a three-year livestock development programme that ends this year. Livestock production is one of the major economic drivers in Beitbridge. The programme is being sponsored by the United …
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Cotton farmers agonise over payments Sunday Mail 1 June 2020 Martin Kadzere In Muzarabani, a relatively flat and extremely hot district situated in north-eastern Zimbabwe, in Mashonaland Central, a cotton farmer Raymond Rukodzi (not his real name) is thinking of quitting an industry that has sustained his livelihood for decades. His only hope, like …
Dealing with the jumbo problem Sunday Mail 31/5/2020 Tinashe Farawo THERE is no doubt that Human-Wildlife Conflicts (HWCs) are triggered by dual oriented population mismanagement scenarios, both of animals and humans interacting on a finite spatial terrestrial and aquatic sphere. The first one is the overpopulation of animals. This is of concern in the …
All-out war on black market…New measures for mobile money operators 0 May 31, 2020 1:00 PM Source: All-out war on black market…New measures for mobile money operators | The Sunday Mail Kuda Bwititi Chief Reporter Government is introducing measures to enforce discipline and deal decisively with illicit financial activities that have prompted the plunge of the local currency …
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Farmers against tobacco ban Herald 29/5/2020 The ongoing tobacco ban is setting back transformation in the business environment and severely impacting black farmers and businesspeople, lobby groups have said. Government has “done a deal with the devil”, in refusing to lift the ban on cigarette sales during Level 3 of the national lockdown, the …