Commercial Farmers' Union of Zimbabwe
FULL TEXT: PROfeeds Discontinues Supply Of All Feed Products ⋆ Pindula News 21/6/2019 PROfeeds, a stock feed manufacturing plant founded in 2007 has announced that it will be discontinuing supplying all products to Agents and or Distributors with immediate effect. In a letter dated 17 June 2019, the manufacturing company says that it has …
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Land Commission opens can of worms in Gweru Justice Tendai Uchena.•7 councils distance themselves from housing schemes ELIZABETH MASHIRIMIDLANDS BUREAUGWERU – The Commission of Inquiry into the Sale of State Land in and around urban areas since 2005 opened a can of worms in Gweru on Monday when all seven Midlands local authorities condemned and distanced themselves …
Tobacco prices remain depressed Tabitha Mutenga Features Editor Financial Gazette 19/5/2019 THE Zimbabwe Tobacco Association (ZTA) says prices of the golden leaf have remained static at an average US$1, 65 per kilogramme this year compared to US$2,91 per kg last season. Tobacco is Zimbabwe’s leading foreign currency earner, accounting for nearly a fifth of Zimbabwe’s …
Zim misses out on $340bn cannabis market John Kachembere News Editor Financial Gazette 19/6/2019 ZIMBABWE’S plans to tap into the billion dollar cannabis market could suffer a major setback due to the country’s deteriorating economic conditions, a new study has revealed. The government last year legalised the production of marijuana for medicinal and scientific use. …
Zim agric yields lower than regional countries Tabitha Mutenga Financial Gazette 19/6/2019 Zimbabwe’s crop and livestock has significantly declined and is way lower than other regional countries, the 2018/19 Agricultural Sector Survey has revealed. The report noted that several factors such as low skills and knowledge base of farmers, a weak research, education and farmer …
Zinwa records $l, 8m profit Tabitha Mutenga Features Editor Financial Gazette 12/5/2019 THE Zimbabwe National Water Authority (Zinwa) is back in the black after it registered a $1,8 million profit after tax in 2018, up from a loss of $2,5 million in 2017. Zinwa is one of State-owned entities struggling meet their obligations such …
Zim’s national herd remains stagnant Tabitha Mutenga features Editor Financial Gazette 12/6/2019 COMMERCIAL and A2 livestock producers are failing to grow their cattle herds due to disease outbreaks and the lack of medium to long term financing, a study commissioned by The Financial Gazette and the Zimbabwe Agricultural Society has revealed. The report, compiled by …
Seriousness called for on land issue – NewsDay Zimbabwe 20/5/2019 EDITORIAL LAST week, during a live radio interview, President Emmerson Mnangagwa said: “The main issue we have identified is the issue of multiple farm ownership, especially among people in higher offices. For example, I know of one lady who has 16 farms: Dr Stop …
Invasive shrub threatens wildlife conservancies – NewsDay Zimbabwe 20/6/2019 BY GARIKAI MAFIRAKUREVA MASVINGO province is losing 409 hectares of pasture each year to lantana camara, and the invasive tropical plant is also threatening conservancies around Chiredzi, a Malilangwe Trust official has revealed. Urgent measures need to be put in place to eradicate the shrub, …
2 gunned down as rangers, poachers exchange fire – NewsDay Zimbabwe 20/6/2019 TWO suspected poachers were gunned down and others injured and arrested during a contact with police, Zimbabwe Parks and Wildlife Management Authority (Zimparks) game rangers and wardens from the Bubye Valley Conservancy last week. BY REX MPHISA Unconfirmed reports also said two …
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