Commercial Farmers' Union of Zimbabwe
Area under irrigated tobacco up 50pc The Herald 4/11/2021 Martin Kadzere THE area of tobacco under irrigation increased by 50 percent this year, spurred by good rains received last season, the Tobacco Industry and Marketing Board (TIMB) said. In Zimbabwe, tobacco is grown under irrigation (September planting) or as dry land that is rain fed …
AMA urges horticulture buyers to register The Herald 4/11/2021 Sandra Maziwisa Business Reporter The Agricultural Marketing Authority (AMA) says all companies and individuals intending to buy horticultural products next should first register with the authority. The categories of institutions or individuals that are required to register are commercial traders and wholesalers, small to medium …
In zim some patches of land need ‘healing’ in terms of replacing trees destroyed by humans The Chronicle 4/11/2021 Mahlabezulu Zulu IN our country, and in certain communities we have realised that some patches of land need ‘‘healing’’ in terms of replacing the trees which were destroyed either by us; human beings due to over-harvesting …
COMMENT: Honeymoon over for non-performers on farms The Chronicle 4/11/2021 THE land reform and redistribution programme has been a success in a number of ways. The biggest success is the fact that the land, grabbed from indigenous people over 90 years of colonial misrule, was repossessed and redistributed to about 20 000 A2 farmers and …
Restoring wetlands can help combat climate change – NewsDay Zimbabwe By Newsday 2/11/2021 Jane Madgwick DRAIN the swamp! It is an old cry. Swamps are bad lands where malaria breeds, mists settle, tracks disappear, criminals lurk and bad things happen. Bog or mire, morass or swamp, even their names give wetlands a bad reputation. Unlike …
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Seed Co launches employee farming input scheme The Herald 3/11/2021 Panashe Nyamudeza Business Correspondent Seed Co Limited has launched an employee farming input scheme which it believes brings about an opportunity for internal corporate social responsibility and investment. Through the scheme, employers are encouraged to procure crop seeds for their employees either as a Christmas …
Huge potential for Zim to go green The Herald 3/11/2021 Benjamin Chivandire Correspondent It is astonishing that clean energy from the sun has become the cheapest way to generate electricity. With the prices of solar panels having been on free fall over the past 15 years, solar energy is even cheaper than thermal power. Yet, …
Value addition plants key to rural development The Herald 3/11/2021 Sifelani Tsiko Agric, Environment & Innovations Editor For a long time value addition has been part of Zimbabwe’s development language, embedded in major economic blue print and both short and long term goals. But slow action and implementation emptied the true meaning of value addition …
Cottco pays farmers $3,1bn for 2021 marketing season The Herald 3/11/2021 Elita Chikwati Senior Agriculture Reporter Cottco has so far paid farmers $3,1 billion for this year’s deliveries with the additional subsidy payments now starting to go out. While most farmers have been paid in full for last year’s crop, the company still needs cotton growers …
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Sanctions, climate change double blow for Zim The Herald 3/11/2021 President Mnangagwa addresses the United Nations Climate Change Conference (COP26) in Glasgow, Scotland, yesterday. — Picture: Presidential Photographer Joseph Nyadzayo Africa Moyo in GLASGOW, Scotland Climate change has increased the frequency of severe droughts and cyclone-induced floods and with economic sanctions, Zimbabwean lives have been …