Commercial Farmers' Union of Zimbabwe
Zesa promises to improve electricity supply The Herald 14/10/2021 Zvamaida Murwira Senior Reporter Electricity supplies are set to improve soon as Zesa completes a cocktail of interventions to end the major load shedding that has hit residential areas hard and has even affected industrial areas although they are given priority. Most residential suburbs are now …
Kurima offers mechanisation solution to small scale farmers The Chronicle 14/10/2021 Harare Bureau LOCAL farm implements maker, Kurima Machinery and Technology, says it is working with various agriculture development organisations to come up with initiatives that boost small to medium scale farmers’ mechanisation programmes. Originally from Kenya under Marina Machineries, the company said its establishment …
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Land owners should strive to produce The Chronicle 14/10/2021 Esigodini-based farmer Mr Obert Chinhamo is among the farmers who have taken heed of the Government’s call for farmers to fully utilise land and shame doomsayers who have been criticising the country’s land reform programme. Mr Chinhamo is one of the beneficiaries of the land reform …
Mini green belts sprout in Tsholotsho The Chronicle 14/10/2021 Tsholotsho villagers who have benefited from a garden project sponsored by Community Technology Development Organisation (CTDO) and Agritex Leonard Ncube, Victoria Falls Reporter CLOSE to 4 000 villagers in three wards in Tsholotsho are benefiting from solar-powered nutritional gardens that were sponsored by the Community Technology …
High Court reserves judgment in Chilonga villagers case – NewsDay Zimbabwe 13/10/2021 BY ARNOLD FANDISO HIGH Court judges yesterday reserved judgment on an application by Chilonga villagers who were challenging provisions of the Communal Lands Act arguing that it did not respect African traditional values with regards to land ownership. The application was heard by …
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EU VALUE project to launch artificial insemination station for Mashonaland West The Herald 12/10/2021 Elita Chikwati Senior Agriculture Reporter The European Union (EU) funded Value Chain Alliance for Livestock Upgrading and Empowerment (VALUE) project will officially launch an artificial insemination (AI) station in Mashonaland West as part of efforts to increase production and productivity in …
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Dutch company acquires Claremont stake The Herald 13/10/2021 Nelson Gahadza Senior Business Reporter AGRICULTURAL concern, Ariston Holdings has disposed its 50 percent stake in Claremont Orchards to a Dutch company, Tuinbouw Zonder Grenzen BV (TZG) for US$2 million in a transaction aimed at unlocking funding for expansion. The deal dovetails with the Zimbabwe Horticulture Recovery …
UAE firm to hike fruit, veg imports The Herald 13/10/2021 Golden Sibanda in Dubai, UAE LEADING fruit and vegetable products distributor, Ali Gholami, which is based in Dubai, United Arab Emirates (UAE), says it intends to increase the volume and value of its horticultural imports from Zimbabwe by growing the current tonnage more than 10 …
Irvine’s increases egg production by 9pc The Herald 13/10/2021 Business Writer Poultry and eggs producer, Irvine’s says it has grown its egg production capacity to produce 4,8 million eggs per week, nine percent up from last year’s 4,4 million as the company moves to maintain its market share in egg production. Irvine’s indicated that the …
Illegal maize buyers fleecing farmers in rural areas The Herald 13/10/2021 Precious Manomano Herald Reporter Traditional leaders have appealed to the Government to speed up payments to farmers for maize delivered to the Grain Marketing Board as part of measures to prevent illegal side marketing which often sees farmers being fleeced. The illegal buyers offer …
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