Commercial Farmers' Union of Zimbabwe
Tobacco prices go up in smoke in Zimbabwe 13/6/2019 A sudden drop in the price of tobacco could not have come at a worse time for Zimbabwe. Halfway through the selling season, the price is about 37% lower than last year — at a time when, on its current trajectory, inflation could hit 100% …
Inputs setback for winter wheat 13/6/2019 The Herald Emmah Chinyamutangira Manicaland Correspondent Farmers in Manicaland Province have not yet planted about 2 700 hectares under winter wheat due to unavailability of inputs, putting a damper on the prospects of a decent yield this year. This week, farmers were still planting despite the fact that …
Govt to roll out potato farming programme 13/6/20129 The Herald Ishemunyoro Chingwere Business Reporter GOVERNMENT will soon roll out a “massive” programme for the production of table and Irish potatoes as a measure to boost the country’s food security in light of below par summer rain season that characterised the last farming season. This …
Sadc records lowest rainfall in 38 years 13/6/2019 The Herald Sifelani Tsiko Agric, Environment & Innovations Editor The Southern African Development Community (SADC) region recorded the lowest rainfall in nearly four decades in the 2018-2019 cropping season, sparking fears of increased food insecurity and water shortages in the region. A SADC Food Security Early …
Fuel price up again Source: Fuel price up again – NewsDay Zimbabwe June 12, 2019 BY XOLISANI NCUBE THE Zimbabwe Energy Regulatory Authority (Zera) has marginally increased the price of petrol and diesel by ZWL$0,29 and ZWL$0,18, respectively, with immediate effect as the local currency continues to plunge against the United States dollar. Zera acting chief …
Zimbabwe faces deforestation dilemma 12/6/2019 BULAWAYO, Zimbabwe (Thomson Reuters Foundation) — Since timber was added to a list of commodities running short in Zimbabwe’s crisis-hit economy late last year, carpenter Josh Mbuyazwe has struggled. “I cannot get timber the way we used to,” he said at his workshop in the city of Bulawayo where …
Human-animal conflict on the rise: ZimParks – NewsDay Zimbabwe 12/6/2019 BY RUTENDO MATANHIKE ZIMBABWE Parks and Wildlife Management Authority (ZimParks) director-general Fulton Mangwanya said there is a spike in human-wildlife conflict, largely attributed to the growing elephant population. Speaking before the Parliamentary Portfolio Committee on Environment and Tourism led by Consilia Chinanzvavana on Monday, …
Lands secretary quizzed over Manicaland farm invasions – NewsDay Zimbabwe 12/6/2019 BY VENERANDA LANGA SECRETARY for Lands and Agriculture Ringson Chitsiko was yesterday taken to task in Parliament over a spate of fresh farm invasions, including the one in which Manicaland Provincial Affairs minister Ellen Gwaradzimba’s son attempted to grab a Chipinge coffee plantation …
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Farmers grow tabasco pepper 12/6/2019 The Herald Wimbainashe Zhakata Mutare Correspondent Farmers in Nyanga District have taken up the production of tabasco pepper as a way of earning foreign currency. Tabasco pepper is a variety of chilli pepper species originating from Mexico and is best known through its use in tabasco sauce and peppered …
Green Fuel hands over plots 12/6/2019 The Herald Herald Reporter ETHANOL producer, Green Fuel, has rolled out a community empowerment programme in which households will get 0,5-hectare plots under irrigation in villages around Chipinge South constituency where it operates. In a show of commitment to empowering locals, the firm officially handed over the 0,5ha …