Commercial Farmers' Union of Zimbabwe
Farmers urged to venture into berries – NewsDay Zimbabwe 2/4/2019 By Business Reporter Zimbabwean farmers should venture into farming berries and take advantage of the existing market opportunities for the product, an industry official has said. A senior expert consultant, Kees Van’t Klooster, who recently visited the country under a long-standing memorandum of understanding …
Agriculture research bodies collaborate 2/4/2019 Part of the SIRDC delegation during a tour of the ICRISAT Food Technology Laboratory The Chronicle Pamenus Tuso THREE key research institutions in Zimbabwe have pledged to work together to explore diverse opportunities in addressing food security and tackling nutritional challenges facing the country. On Friday, senior executives from …
Former minister in farm wrangle 2/4/2019 Source: Former minister in farm wrangle | Newsday (News) BY JAIROS SAUNYAMA FORMER Finance deputy minister is embroiled in a land wrangle in which he is seeking to evict resettled farmers at Mt Olympus Farm in Goromonzi. The former Harare East legislator, who is reportedly behind Farmtel Investments, has …
Fertilizer industry to cast forex nets in interbank market Source: Fertilizer industry to cast forex nets in interbank market – NewsDay ZimbabweApril 2, 2019 BY MTHANDAZO NYONI ZIMBABWE’S fertilizer producers plan to partner with players in the industry’s value chain, including farmers and finance houses, to pool funds and source foreign currency from the interbank …
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Call to review maize producer price Herald 2/4/2019 Elita Chikwati Senior ReporterFarmers have appealed to Government to adjust the maize producer price this marketing season to enable them to break even and to allow them to go back to the land. The grain marketing season started yesterday. Most farmers have, however, indicated that their …
Govt moves to lift blanket zoning of FMD – NewsDay Zimbabwe 1/4/2019 BY REX MPHISA GOVERNMENT has presented farmers in foot-and-mouth-prone zones an opportunity to trade their livestock and meat products nationally once they prove that they have disease-free livestock through a new individual biosecurity scheme involving strict husbandry of domestic animals. The latest …
Auction floors now a crime haven, say police 1/42019 The Herald Crime Reporter Police have urged tobacco farmers to be wary of organised criminals who take advantage of the increase in human and vehicular traffic at the auction floors during this selling season to commit offences in addition to duping them. The warning follows …
Winter wheat planting season gets underway 1/4/2019 The Herald Ellen Chasokela and Rutendo Rori The early wheat planting for the National Wheat Contract (NWC) farming starts today and 13 000 hectares have been signed up for the crop. The target is to produce at least 150 000 tonnes of wheat worth US$80 million. The …
TRB targets drought-resistant tobacco varieties – NewsDay Zimbabwe 29/3/2019 VENERANDA LANGA THE Tobacco Research Board (TRB) has announced plans to develop drought-resistant tobacco varieties to mitigate effects of climate change, characterised by longer dry spells. In its 2017/18 annual report, which was tabled in Parliament last week, TRB said hot and dry weather conditions …
Zim fuels supplies resume – NewsDay Zimbabwe 29/3/2019 BY STAFF REPORTER FEARS of a looming fuel shortage in Zimbabwe have abated following completion of repairs to the pump house at Beira which was damaged during the violent Cyclone Idai storm in Mozambique. The cyclone ripped through Mozambique, Malawi and Zimbabwe damaging the docking ports …