Commercial Farmers' Union of Zimbabwe
Farmers want tobacco levy scrapped – NewsDay Zimbabwe 22/10/2018 FARMERS have made fresh calls for the scrapping of the tobacco levy going into the next season, as $23 million collected under the fund since 2015 has not been disbursed to serve its purpose. BY FIDELITY MHLANGA In January 2015, government introduced an afforestation levy …
Poachers gun down another black rhino – NewsDay Zimbabwe 22/10/2018 POACHERS in Beitbridge have shot an adult Black Rhino valued at US$120 000 in the Bubye Valley Conservancy, bringing to four such attacks on rhinos in two months. BY REX MPHISA The male rhino was found dehorned and National Parks and Wildlife Management Authority …
No hunger threat yet: Govt – NewsDay Zimbabwe 22/10/2018 DEPUTY Lands and Agriculture minister Vangelis Peter Haritatos has assured the nation that there were no threat of hunger despite wheat and soyabeans shortages as the country had sufficient grain reserves. BY VENERANDA LANGA Lands and Agriculture deputy minister Vangelis Peter Haritatos Haritatos told Parliament …
Govt gears for climate change The Herald 22/10/2018 Melissa Makoto Herald Reporter The Ministry of Lands, Agriculture Water, Climate and Rural Resettlement is going to work closely with other sectors in Government in the adaptation to climate change through the National Adaptation Plan (NAP) programme. In the validation workshop for the stocktaking report …
Govt to clamp down on deforestation The Herald 22/10/2018 Fungai Lupande Mash Central Bureau Government is tightening environmental laws to rein in people who cut down trees causing deforestation and contributing to climate change, Lands, Agriculture, Water, Climate and Rural Resettlement Deputy Minister Cde Douglas Karoro said. Speaking at the commissioning of a …
Govt sets aside funds to fight El Nino The Herald 22/10/2018 Mashudu Netsianda Bulawayo Bureau Government is consistently monitoring the country’s food security situation with 10 percent of public expenditure having been set aside to fund drought mitigation efforts and avert the effects of El Nino, Lands, Agriculture, Water, Climate and Rural Resettlement …
Tobacco farmers urged to diversify The Chronicle 22/10/2018 Elita Chikwati, Harare Bureau The tobacco sector is encouraging farmers to diversify into other high value export crops such as chia, an oil seed, to boost their income. Tobacco is one of the major foreign currency earners in Zimbabwe and is under threat from global …
Millers come up with programme to avert bread shortages 22/10/2018 GMAZ chairman Mr Tafadzwa Musarara The Chronicle Oliver Kazunga, Senior Reporter THE Grain Millers’ Association of Zimbabwe (GMAZ) has come up with a six months-wheat procurement programme to ensure constant supply and avert bread shortages in the country. GMAZ chairman Mr Tafadzwa Musarara said …
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Land audit begins 22/10/2018 ZLC chairperson Commissioner Tendai Bare The Chronicle Elita Chikwati, Harare Bureau THE Zimbabwe Land Commission has deployed teams of 60 enumerators in all eight farming provinces for the comprehensive agricultural land audit which begins today. The audit teams will have identity particulars and farmers will not be asked to pay …
Price madness hits agric sector 21/10/2018 Source: Price madness hits agric sector | Sunday Mail The price increase madness obtaining throughout the country could reverse recent gains made in the agricultural sector, farmers have warned. The warning comes at a time when the country has made remarkable strides towards regaining self-sufficiency in agricultural production since …