Commercial Farmers' Union of Zimbabwe
Innovation key to agric productivity Herald 11/2/2020 Irrigation is an option of nursing crops through the dry spell which most small-scale farmers cannot afford Obert Chifamba Agric- Insight BARELY a week after most parts of the country received heavy downpours, some crops were already showing signs of moisture stress. And it looked like it …
Charara Estate eyes comeback Herald 11/2/2020 Mr Katemanyoka in the estate’s banana plantation Walter Nyamukondiwa Kariba Bureau Charara Estates, situated about seven kilometres along Charara Road, nearly 20 kilometres before Kariba town, is looking to bounce back to maximum productivity, which saw it producing vegetables and crops for the local and European markets. Its …
Putting the land resource to good use Herald 8/2/2020 Pardon Mhuri who heads one of the leading tobacco seedlings companies at Mhuri Farm in Karoi Leroy Dzenga Features Writer When liberation war heroes took arms in the fight for this country’s independence, land was the main question. Their argument was that economic emancipation would come …
Understanding the locust problem Herald 10/2/2020 Locusts can travel the equivalent of 150km per day, and each adult insect can eat its own weight in food daily Jeffrey Gogo Climate Story Zimbabwean farmers were genuinely worried when swarms of desert locusts teared through large parts of East Africa a few weeks ago. With whispers of …
Irrigation boosts yields for Gwanda Herald 10/2/2020 The maize crop smallholder farmers at Silikwe Irrigation Scheme in Gwanda harvested in December last year. Irrigation has enabled them to harvest twice in one farming season From Sifelani Tsiko in Gwanda Farmers at the rehabilitated Silikwe Irrigation Scheme in Gwanda North have for the first time …
Over-fishing depletes Tugwi-Mukosi Dam stocks Herald 10/2/2020 Mr Tinashe Farawo From George Maponga in Masvingo Fish stocks in Tugwi-Mukosi Dam, in Masvingo, have depleted severely due to over-fishing. This comes amid reports that more commercial fishing cooperatives were licensed than the dam can sustain. Poachers have also been a menace at the dam. The …
Rhino ‘poacher’ shot dead Chronicle 10/2/2020 Natasha Adam, Chronicle Reporter A SUSPECTED rhino poacher was recently shot dead during a shoot-out with Zimbabwe Parks and Wildlife Management Authority (ZimParks) rangers at Save Valley Conservancy in Masvingo province. ZimParks spokesperson Mr Tinashe Farawo said two other suspected poachers escaped. Mr Farawo said the suspected rhino …
Youths plead for more land from Govt Chronicle 10/2/2020 Mthabisi Tshuma recently in Karoi THE Youths in Agriculture Apex Council Board (YAACB) has urged the Government to offer more land to young farmers so that they can actively participate in agriculture sector. The YAACB launched its first provincial youths in agriculture indaba in Mashonaland …
‘Support small livestock farmers’ Chronicle 10/2/2020 Thupeyo Muleya, Beitbridge Bureau SMALL ruminants, especially goats and sheep have the potential to improve the lives of many people in semi-arid regions like Beitbridge where livestock production is one of the major economic drivers. This was said by Beitbridge West MP Ruth Maboyi during a community training session …
Zambezi inflow to ease power cuts Chronicle 10/2/2020 Kariba Dam Golden Sibanda, Harare Bureau IN a development likely to light the spirits and hopes of the nation, long plagued by crippling power cuts, latest official data shows water flows along Zambezi River, towards Kariba Dam, has picked up considerably. Kariba Dam hosts Zimbabwe’s largest power …