Commercial Farmers' Union of Zimbabwe
Quelea flocks devour winter wheat – The Standard By The Standard 12/9/2021 BY FIDELITY MHLANGA AT least 30% of this year’s winter wheat crop could be wiped out by quelea birds, Standardbusiness heard on Friday, as farmers called for immediate action. Shocked farmers union leaders told this publication that national output targets were under threat as flocks …
Cottco loses 7% to black market – The Standard By The Standard 12/9/2021 BY SHAME MAKOSHORI ZIMBABWE’S biggest cotton dealer Cottco, says it has lost 7% of the crop it funded this season under the contract farming system to black market kingpins. Cottco managing director Pious Manamike said statistics released during a meeting with Agriculture …
Cottco rolls out massive Pfumvudza scheme ByNewsday 10/9/2021 BY SHAME MAKOSHORI STATE-RUN cotton dealer, Cottco, says it is ready to roll out a massive expansion drive this season, with over 500 000 growers to benefit from inputs under a new Pfumvudza Cotton scheme. Managing director Pious Manamike told journalists in Harare on Wednesday that the …
Govt projects increase in barley hectarage ByNewsday 13/9/2021 BY FREEMAN MAKOPA GOVERNMENT is projecting barley hectarage to increase to 360 000 in the next three years up from the current 7 000 hectares owing to an accelerated irrigation plan that has been put in place, a government official has said. “We have accelerated the irrigation …
Africa steps up efforts to save vultures from extinction The Herald 13/9/2021 Sifelani Tsiko-Agric, Environment & Innovations Editor The recent launch of the Vulture Conservation Forum by BirdLife Africa – a platform of its network of partners and collaborators from more than 28 countries across the continent – is a great step that will …
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ZETDC releases power cuts schedule The Herald 13/9/2021 Herald Reporter Zesa Holdings has been hit by generation constraints at Hwange Thermal Power Station, the need to cut back at Kariba South for the dam rehabilitation work and limited imports, so has to load-shed, but will give priority to hospitals, oxygen producing plants and wheat …
Minister drives farming success story The Chronicle 13/9/2021 Cde Richard Moyo in his thriving nursery Nqobile Tshili, Chronicle Reporter UPON being appointed minister, Cde Richard Moyo has not been sitting on his laurels. Visiting the Matabeleland North Provincial Affairs Minister’s Marsland Farm in Umguza, one is bound to conclude that he is not only driving …
Goat breeding sustains women in Binga The Chronicle 13/9/2021 Hazel Marimbiza While climate change is affecting the country, the greatest intensity of impacts is experienced in the rural areas, where the majority of smallholder farmers are extremely vulnerable to climate hazards as a result of poverty and weak access to services and institutional resources. In …
Zimbabwe Herdbook Beef School 2021 – Provisional Programme
Farm data being collected can give U.S. edge in global marketplace POSTED BY: HEMPTODAY® SEPTEMBER 9, 2021 Research initiatives undertaken by the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) can help domestic players and strengthen the American hemp industry’s position on the international stage. By quantifying outputs and their value, and indicating trends for such things as varieties being …
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