Commercial Farmers' Union of Zimbabwe
Zim sets 400 000t winter wheat target ZIMBABWE’S winter wheat output is expected to reach 400 000 metric tonnes up from 158 000 tonnes achieved in the past seasons due to an increase in hectarage under command agriculture and introduction of support initiatives, an official has said. By Freeman Makopa Department of Research and …
Farmers urged to keep soil moisture The Herald Wimbainashe Zhakata Mutare Correspondent FARMERS should properly manage irrigation water on their maturing winter crops, an Agritex official has advised. Manicaland provincial agronomist Mr Thomas Sakuhuni said this in a recent interview with The Herald. He said as the winter season approached its end, temperatures were beginning …
The merits of an effective marketplace The Herald Charles Dhewa Correspondent Discovering and maintaining agricultural commodities markets is not enough for developing countries. They have to build a culture of synthesising and sharing evidence in real-time. Absence of a culture of synthesising information and knowledge from diverse sources remains a big challenge among farmers, …
‘Heavy tax on beef’ Prosper Ndlovu, Business EditorZIMBABWE’S beef industry is heavily taxed and Government needs to review downwards, streamline compliance costs to create room for growth in the sector and enable livestock farmers to realise high earnings. The Zimbabwe beef sector study conducted by the Competition and Tariff Commission (CTC), reveals that the multiplicity …
Anti-poaching drive gets speed boats boost The Herald From George Maponga in Masvingo Government has been urged to avail at least five speed boats to help combat rampant fish poaching at Tugwi-Mukosi Dam in Chivi. Illegal fishing is threatening to derail the State-driven Command Fisheries Programme. Tugwi-Mukosi is currently the main breeding centre for …
RTGS: Real time gross settlement Morris Mpala, MoB Capital LtdRTGS, as is generically called, is a system that aid bank to bank settlements of individual banking clients. It is a platform that was devised to deal with the checking system, which was being used in yester-years as it gave “real-time value”. This interbank settlement …
Farmers urged to report corrupt GMB officials Grain Marketing Board Conrad Mupesa, Harare BureauFarmers have been urged to report all corrupt activities being perpetrated by some Grain Marketing Board (GMB) officials in to the police. The officials were among other issues taking bribes to facilitate early payment for grain deliveries. Speaking during a Grain …
EMA demands payment in hard currency IN a subtle admission that the surrogate currency, the bond notes has lost value against the US dollar, government arm Environmental Management Agency (EMA) is now demanding hard currency from all foreign-registered vehicles. BY BLESSED MHLANGA EMA said it will be collecting hard currency for all foreign-registered vehicles …
Govt distributes free cotton inputs The Herald Herald Reporter Government has started rolling out free cotton inputs under the Presidential Inputs Scheme with thousands of families in Nembudziya, Gokwe, Midlands province collecting their allocation last Saturday. This comes as the distributing firm, Cottco, said it has this year doubled the tonnage of inputs to …
Be on the lookout for diseases, farmers warned The Herald Manicaland Correspondent FARMERS must be vigilant against fungal and bacterial disease attacks on winter crops if they are to realise profits, an Agritex official has said. Manicaland provincial agronomist Mr Thomas Sakuhuni said this recently in an interview with The Herald. “Despite the cold …