Commercial Farmers' Union of Zimbabwe
Why it is important to promote edible insects Herald 3/12/2019 There is a wealth of indigenous knowledge about capturing and eating insects in sub-Saharan Africa. But the development of edible insects as a food industry has been very slow, despite its many potential benefits. Sustainability is one. Insects have a small carbon and water …
Editorial Comment: Catch-22 for farmers Herald 3/12/2019 We are now in December and everything being equal, the farming season would have taken shape. But the 2019-2020 summer cropping season is unfortunately still shrouded in uncertainty. High inputs costs charged mainly in Unites States dollars or the local currency equivalent and erratic rains have cast …
LETTER TO THE UNITED NATIONS SPECIAL RAPPORTEUR ON THE RIGHT TO FOOD: MS HILAL ELVER – click here The Humanitarian disaster in Zimbabwe 0 December 2, 2019 8:43 AM TO THE UNITED NATIONS Source: The Humanitarian disaster in Zimbabwe – The Zimbabwean Your recent statement on conditions in Zimbabwe made heartbreaking reading…………many reasons were given, but the elephant …
Zimbabwe can rake in US$19m from cannabis by Staff reporter 01 Dec 2019 at 06:09hrs Standard Zimbabwe can rake in US$19 million in tax revenues and create between 60 000 and 90 000 jobs over a five year period from the production of medical cannabis and industrial hemp, a new report says. According to research …
White farmers’ resistance to land reform shocks Gwaradzimba Herald 30/11/2019 Dr Gwaradzimba Takunda Maodza TWO new farmers shot at Ariston Holdings’ Roscommon Estate in Chimanimani on Monday, one of them fatally, had offer letters from Government authorising them to settle on the land. Manicaland Minister of State for Provincial Affairs Dr Ellen Gwaradzimba said …
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Zesa to bill exporters in foreign currency Herald 1/12/2019 Farirai Machivenyika Senior Reporter Exporters will now have to pay Zesa in foreign currency, the Reserve Bank of Zimbabwe (RBZ) ordered yesterday in a statutory instrument, and Zesa can only use that foreign currency to pay for electricity imports, spare parts or critical equipment, foreign …
National Land Policy formulation launched Herald 2/12/2019 Takunda Maodza Manicaland Bureau Chief Lands, Agriculture, Water and Rural Resettlement Minister Perrance Shiri last week officially launched the formulation process of a comprehensive National Land Policy in Mutare where stakeholders gave their input on issues they want addressed. The launch covered Manicaland and Masvingo provinces. It …
Zim making strides to ease load-shedding 0 December 1, 2019 9:06 AM Source: Zim making strides to ease load-shedding | The Sunday Mail December 1, 2019 Eng. Matshela Koko In the past few weeks, Zimbabwe endured the worst power cuts in three years. On November 3, 2019, the Zimbabwe Electricity Supply Authority (Zesa) increased power cuts to a punitive …
CSC embarks on massive infrastructural development 0 December 2, 2019 2:00 AM Source: CSC embarks on massive infrastructural development | The Sunday News 01 DEC, 2019 Reginald Shoko Dumisani Nsingo, Senior Business Reporter COLD Storage Company (CSC)-Boustead Beef Zimbabwe has made delivery of solar panels and other ancillary equipment, which will be used to power its main plant in Bulawayo …
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Urban farming headache . . . once again 0 December 2, 2019 2:03 AM Source: Urban farming headache . . . once again | The Sunday Mail December 1, 2019 A peri-urban farmer plants maize seed in Harare last week.-Picture: Lynn Munjanja Tanyaradzwa Rusike With generous rains having been received countrywide, every conceivable open space in cities, not least …