Commercial Farmers' Union of Zimbabwe
First Lady launches nutrition garden model First Lady Auxillia Mnangagwa 18/7/2019 Sallomy Matare and Leonard Ncube, Chronicle Reporters The First Lady, Amai Auxillia Mnangagwa, yesterday officially launched a model nutrition garden at Victoria Falls Hospital with the idea set to be spread across all health institutions in the country. The nutrition garden is being run …
‘Matabeleland North worst affected by food insecurity’ Dr Sekai Nzenza 18/7/2019 Nqobile Tshili, Chronicle Reporter ABOUT 5,5 million people in the country’s rural areas are food insecure with Matabeleland North among the worst affected provinces, the Zimbabwe Vulnerability Assessment Committee (Zimvac) latest report has revealed. The report says Government should expedite providing food aid to …
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Minister studies technical team Eskom report Minister Fortune Chasi 18/7/2019 Zvamaida Murwira, Harare Bureau Energy and Power Development Minister Fortune Chasi is studying a report compiled by a technical team he recently dispatched to South Africa to meet Eskom officials to explore avenues of accessing more power imports to augment locally generated electricity. The visit by …
High costs hamper horticultural exports 14/7/2019 The Sunday Mail Martin Kadzere HIGH costs of obtaining international compliance certification by local horticultural producers are constraining access to lucrative international markets at a time there is growing interest in local fresh produce from overseas markets. While Zimbabwe is making significant strides in re-entering global markets, particularly …
Crayfish research underway in Kariba 15/7/2019 The Herald Walter Nyamukondiwa Kariba Bureau A multi-sectoral taskforce is carrying out investigations into the feeding and breeding habits of the invasive crayfish in Lake Kariba to establish its relationship with other species. This comes amid fears that the crayfish could be consuming smaller fish like the kapenta …
Tobacco sales 4 percent lower than last year 15/7/2019 The tobacco being sold this year was grown under grim weather conditions The Herald Zimbabwean farmers have so far sold 222,6 million kilogrammes of tobacco worth US$432.9 million, 4 percent lower than last year’s 231,8 million kg, figures released by the industry regulator show. Statistics …
Zesa dismisses four-day load shedding reports 15/7/2019 The Chronicle Paidamoyo Chipunza, Harare Bureau The Zimbabwe Electricity Transmission and Distribution Company (ZETDC) has dismissed reports that it will switch to stage four of load shedding, which would see affected suburbs experiencing four days without electricity. In a statement yesterday, ZETDC said stage four was “non-existent”. ZETDC …
Decisions on jumbos must factor in communities 15/7/2019 The Chronicle Tinashe Farawo, Correspondent THERE is no doubt that Zimbabwe has a proud history of successful elephant conservation, and is one of the key range states and home to the second largest remaining jumbo population in the world after Botswana. According to the 2014 aerial survey, …
Old Mutual flexes for smallholder farmers 15/7/2019 The Chronicle Harare Bureau INSURANCE giant Old Mutual Zimbabwe says it is in the process of re-designing agricultural insurance products to cater for smallholder farmers. Zimbabwe is still largely an agricultural-based economy, with the latest population census (2012) showed that over 60 percent of Zimbabweans are employed in …
Solar use incentives on the cards…‘Ease pressure on Zesa’ 15/7/2019 The Chronicle Africa Moyo, Harare Bureau Government is crafting incentives to promote investment into solar energy to reduce pressure on grid electricity, whose generation is currently depressed due to low water levels in Kariba dam. This was said by Energy and Power Development Minister Advocate …
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