Commercial Farmers' Union of Zimbabwe
School ventures into banana production The Herald 25/9/2018 Martha Leboho Masvingo Bureau Helen McGhie Primary School here has ventured into banana production to boost nutrition and generate income with over three tonnes of the crop expected to be produced per annum, beginning next year. This emerged during a recent Secretary’s Merit Award handover …
City council says Nyamandlovu farmers to blame for water crisis The Chronicle 25/9/2018 Andile Tshuma, Chronicle Reporter THE Bulawayo City council is struggling to deliver adequate water to some suburbs as farmers are using too much water from the Nyamandlovu aquifer resulting in council getting less than its allocation. In an interview, Bulawayo Town …
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Fuel situation back to normal The Chronicle 25/9/2018 Oliver Kazunga, Senior Business Reporter THE fuel supply situation in Bulawayo has normalised after Government last week disbursed $20 million towards the importation of the petroleum product. On Friday, Energy and Power Development Minister Dr Joram Gumbo said the Reserve Bank of Zimbabwe had disbursed $20 …
Bird flue threatens Innscor profit growth Source: Bird flue threatens Innscor profit growth | Daily News 24/9/2018 HARARE – Zimbabwean fast food group Innscor Africa has said it was in danger of breaking its streak of profit growth as it scrambles to deal with bird flu in its most lucrative market. The Zimbabwe-listed firm, which comprises …
Fall army worms damage Gwanda maize crop Source: Fall army worms damage Gwanda maize crop | Daily News 24/9/2018 GWANDA – Agriculture, Lands and Rural Resettlement ministry has said the crop-devouring caterpillars known as fall army worms had damaged 30 percent of the maize crop in Gwanda. The pest is native to the Americas but has …
No evidence to support theory that smallholders produce most food SA Farmers’ Weekly 7/9/2018 Hamlet Hlomendlini Most agricultural economists don’t spend their days ploughing lands or herding cattle: this is left in the hands of farmers and their farmworkers. In fact, economists are part of the majority of South Africans who eat food but don’t …
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Zimbabwe shows no signs of real Improvement. SA Farmer’s Weekly 7 September 2018 Dr Tinashe Kapuya Zimbabwe has just gone through a gruelling election cycle in which Zanu-PF won an overwhelming two-thirds majority in Parliament, while its leader scraped through with only a decimal point victory. It is an election outcome that will surely have …
Questions over AMA bills – NewsDay Zimbabwe 24/9/2018 ANALYSTS have raised concern over public debt sustainability after the Agricultural Marketing Authority (AMA), a wholly-owned State institution, announced it was issuing commercial bills of up to $75 million to finance the purchase of maize. BY TATIRA ZWINOIRA Others questioned the sustainability of purchasing the …
Veld fires ravage 208 600 hectares The Herald 24/9/2018 Blessings Chidakwa in Kadoma Mashonaland West province has witnessed a steep 16 percent increase in the number of recorded veld fires as at September 7 this year compared to the same period last year. According to EMA provincial education and publicity officer Mr Munyaradzi …
‘Best farmer’ hails Agribank The Herald 24/9/2018 Victor Maphosa in Murewa A small-scale farmer from Murewa last week commended Agribank for its commitment to promoting farming activities in the rural areas after the bank paid him $500 for landing the Best Farmer of the Year award at the Mashonaland East Provincial Agricultural Show …