Commercial Farmers' Union of Zimbabwe
Govt considers climate smart irrigation policy Source: Govt considers climate smart irrigation policy – NewsDay Zimbabwe April 22, 2019 BY TATIRA ZWINOIRA GOVERNMENT is working on a climate smart irrigation policy framework to combat the current drought conditions, Agriculture deputy minister Vangelis Haritatos (pictured) has said. This comes as a recent World Bank report found that …
Govt moves to slash bread price Source: Govt moves to slash bread price – NewsDay Zimbabwe April 23, 2019 BY RICHARD MUPONDE GOVERNMENT plans to support small bakeries and confectionaries in small towns around the country to help increase their capacity and eventually bring down the cost of bread, Industry and Commerce minister, Mangaliso Ndlovu has …
Editorial: Military must help protect our wildlife Source: Editorial: Military must help protect our wildlife – NewsDay Zimbabwe April 23, 2019 ONE of Zimbabwe’s competitive advantages over many countries has for a long time been its wildlife, especially the now rare and endangered black rhino species. Once roaming free across the wild plains of the southern …
Former aid recipients become aid providers 24/4/2019 Source: Former aid recipients become aid providers | Newsday (News) FARMERS are singing, dancing and ululating: “Mari kuvarimi iriyakayaka iritii!” It means “farmers are getting immeasurable money” and it is a verse they sing over and over again. By Doreen Hove They are happy to have money in …
Tobacco farmers cry foul over forex payouts 23/4/2019 Herald Elita Chikwati Senior ReporterTobacco growers have appealed to parliamentarians to engage responsible authorities to increase foreign currency cash allocations for them to buy inputs and return to the field next season. Farmers are getting 50 percent of their money in RTGS while the other 50 …
Cyclone Idai-damaged agric infrastructure rehab begins 23/4/2019 Herald Kudakwashe Chidziya Manicaland CorrespondentThe rehabilitation of Cyclone Idai damaged agricultural infrastructure is in progress, with seven out of 16 pump houses in Chimanimani already having been completed, Lands, Agriculture, Water, Climate and Rural Resettlement Minister Perrance Shiri has said. Minister Shiri said this on Sunday after …
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$21m tobacco levy lies idle 24/4/2019 Herald Elita Chikwati Senior ReporterAbout $21,5 million collected under the Tobacco Levy since 2015 has not been disbursed as the tobacco industry battles to meet the 2020 Global Tobacco Cigarette Companies Guidelines on producing the crop in a sustainable way. The Global Tobacco Cigarette Companies Guidelines state that …
Eviction of white photographic safari operator and farmer angers local paramount chief 24/4/2019 The highly respected Paramount Chief of the Ndiweni people in Zimbabwe’s Matabeleland province, Chief Nhlanhla Felix Ndiweni, has spoken out strongly against the government’s decision to evict popular Ntabazinduna white farmer and photographic safari operator, Brian (Buz) Davies and his wife …
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‘No funding till Zim reforms’ Source: ‘No funding till Zim reforms’ – NewsDay Zimbabwe April 23, 2019 Finance minister Mthuli Ncube’s efforts to secure funding from international monetary institutions to stimulate economic recovery will amount to nothing if Harare does not implement political reforms that would compel the United States to lift sanctions, an American economist …
Respect for property has no substitute 24/4/2019 Source: Respect for property has no substitute | Daily News IN THE past week, there have been issues involving Gaika, a mining concern in the Midlands Province. The crux of the matter primarily involved the takeover of the mine by marauding machete-wielding artisanal miners who have been terrorising …