Commercial Farmers' Union of Zimbabwe
Govt backs Muda Dam project The Herald Yeukai Karengezeka Herald CorrespondentGovernment has thrown its weight behind the construction of Muda Dam that is set to end Chitungwiza town’s perennial water woes. The dam, which is estimated to cost $285 million, will solve perennial water problems in the town. In an interview, Chitungwiza Town Clerk …
Economic growth based on agriculture risky newsday LAST week, the country’s largest seed manufacturer, Seed Co, reported lower than expected levels of seed production due to disease and bad weather, which could be foreboding for lower agricultural yields this year. By TATIRA ZWINOIRA Since November 2017, President Emmerson Mnangagwa has been touting an economic turnaround …
Barclays, ZFU fund young farmers newsday BARCLAYS Bank of Zimbabwe has entered into partnership with the Zimbabwe Farmers’ Union (ZFU) to assist young farmers develop financial skills. BY MTHANDAZO NYONI In a statement yesterday, the financial institution said it recently, handed over $70 000 to the ZFU for the third phase of the Fit for …
Why growing spices makes sense for Zim The Herald Sifelani Tsiko recently in ZanzibarA tour to Kizimbani Spice Farm in Ungunja, the main island of Zanzibar, a semi-autonomous archipelago in the Indian Ocean off Tanzania, provides a unique taste of Africa’s spice islands. Zanzibar spice tours provide an intense, detailed and useful insight into …
Cotton farmers warned over side marketing The Herald Business ReporterCotton farmers should desist from side marketing and deliver all contract-funded produce to appropriate merchants for a sustainable recovery of the sector, Lands, Agriculture and Rural Resettlement Minister Perence Shiri has said. Government has been financing cotton production in the past three years, but lost …
Sirdc to double hybrid seed output newsday The Scientific and Industrial Research and Development Centre (SIRDC) is targeting producing 1 000 tonnes of maize seed for the 2018/19 cropping season, up from 600 tonnes last year to meet growing demand, an official has said. By Freeman Makopa SIRDC general manager, Tafara Matekaire, said the increase …
Zim entrepreneur launches agric online investment platform newsday A United Kingdom-based Zimbabwean investor, Michael Matope, says he is in talks with foreign financiers to raise about £250 000 ($334 583) to expand his recently launched online agricultural crowd sourcing investment platform, Farmvest. BY TATIRA ZWINOIRA Matope introduced Farmvest recently under his tech company, Mitah Group, …
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Time Bank fights land grab The Herald Golden Sibanda Senior Business ReporterTIME Bank shareholders have filed an urgent chamber application at the High Court seeking suspension of earlier court judgments in a case which went in favour of a party claiming to have been allocated one of their (residential) properties under Government’s land reform …
Wheat farmers miss planting deadline The Herald Sharon Chigeza Manicaland CorrespondentFARMERS in Manicaland who failed to meet the May 15 planting deadline for winter wheat are making a last-minute rush to put their crop in the fields to ensure optimum yields. In an interview, Manicaland provincial agronomist Mr Thomas Sakuhuni said he was confident …
Command Poultry excites Chegutu farmers The Herald Mash West BureauAbout 500 farmers in Chegutu District have volunteered to participate in the Government’s Command Poultry programme. The programme is part of the Command Livestock initiative being rolled out by Government throughout the country. The Command Livestock also covers agricultural activities such as fisheries and wildlife …