Commercial Farmers' Union of Zimbabwe
Mat South falls below crop target Chronicle 6/2/2020 Sukulwenkosi Dube-Matutu, Gwanda Correspondent MATABELELAND South Province has been forced to plant crops covering 86 190 hectares from a projected 265 000 hectares for the 2019-2020 season due to poor rains. In an interview, Matabeleland South provincial Agritex crop officer, Mr Mkhunjulelwa Ndlovu, said they had set a …
ZA2-Agri Chief Operating Officer in a meeting with Chief Executive Officer of the Drummond Group, Ken Drummond ‘Muzarabani Corridor’ a vehicle for transformative smart agriculture, benefits small-scale farmers 5th February 2020 Zimbabwe By John Cassim Harare, Zimbabwe – Pardon Chigwara is an accountant at Muzarabani Estate, a farm earlier owned by Agricultural Rural Development Authority (ARDA), …
SADC Agromet Update, Issue 3 of 2019 – 2020 Agricultural Season
Macadamia farmers bemoan EU snub Herald 5/2/2020 Takunda Maodza Manicaland Bureau Two decades after land reform, resettled macadamia nut farmers, especially in the eastern parts of the country, remain unable to export their produce to Europe as they are considered to be farming on disputed land. The farmers, whose only other market overseas is …
Farmers fret over wilting crops Herald 5/2/2020 Walter Nyamukondiwa Kariba Bureau Farmers in some parts of Mashonaland West are fretting over some of their crops that are showing signs of moisture stress due to a week-long dry spell. The farmers have called on Government to prioritise development of irrigation to counteract the effects of …
Heavy rains, thunder and lightning expected in Matabeleland North today Chronicle 5/2/2020 Meteorological Services Department Andile Tshuma, Chronicle Reporter HEAVY rains accompanied by thunder and lightning will lash Matabeleland North and northern regions of the country with effect from today, the Meteorological Services Department said yesterday. In a statement, the MSD said the rainfall …
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Zim, German organisations partner in schools garden projects Chronicle 5/2/2020 Mthabisi Tshuma, Chronicle Correspondent A HARARE-based organisation 4-H Zimbabwe Foundation has partnered a German-based organisation Deutsch Connect in funding the national schools’ gardens programme. The schools’ gardens programme was extended to primary and secondary schools from the initial three provinces covered last year to …
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First national agricultural indaba for young farmers Chronicle 5/2/2020 Mthabisi Tshuma, Business Correspondent THE Youth in Agriculture Apex Council Board (YAACB) has embarked on a national agricultural indaba to deliberate on a number of issues affecting young farmers with a view to boost production. In a telephone interview yesterday, YAACB chairperson Mr John Muchenje who …
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Drought hits tobacco farmers . . . Output expected to dip 13 percent Chronicle 5/2/2020 Oliver Kazunga, Acting Business Editor ZIMBABWE’s tobacco output is expected to decline by 13 percent to 225 million kilogrammes this year from a record high of 259 million kilogrammes in the last season due to drought. The 2019/20 summer …
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EDITORIAL COMMENT: Let’s implement drought mitigatory measures to avert disaster Chronicle 5/2/2020 Deputy Minister Vangelis Peter Haritatos WE welcome the decision by the Government to embark on a national crop and livestock assessment programme as part of a strategy to explore ways of saving livestock and crops through evaluating their condition, water supply and …
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