Commercial Farmers' Union of Zimbabwe
Farmers burn 700 000 hectares of land Source: Farmers burn 700 000 hectares of land – DailyNews Live Farayi Machamire 20 May 2018 HARARE – Farmers on resettled land burnt 700 000 hectares of land out of atotal 1 268 534 hectares that was consumed by veld fires in the year ended2017. The 1 …
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Murder-accused duo spends 17 years on remand Tendai Kamhungira • 17 May 2018 4:45PM • 1 comment HARARE – One of two Zanu PF activists who allegedly murdered a tractor driver at the height of the country’s bloody land reform programme is seeking to be set free, 17 years after the alleged incident took place. Dabson …
Seed Co invests in growing farmer yields The Herald Munashe Matambo Business ReporterHybrid seed processing company, Seed Co, has started running the Eleven Tonne Plus Club Promotion, targeting commercial farmers with at least 10 hectares of the firm’s seed varieties grown during the 2017 /18 season as part of efforts to boost food security. …
Utilise research, farmers told The Herald Daniel Chigunwe Mash Central CorrespondentFarmers have been urged to tap into research to gain knowledge on how to improve productivity and boost yields. Addressing farmers at a field day held at Mr Toddy Muchongwe’s Earling Farm in Mvurwi early this week, Farming Systems Researcher Mr Felix Murimbarimba applauded …
Cottco re-engages 400k cotton farmers The Herald Tawanda Mangoma in ChiredziThe Cotton Company of Zimbabwe (Cottco) has successfully re-engaged over 400 000 cotton farmers throughout the country who had abandoned production of the “white gold” five years ago in protest over low prices. Besides low prices for cotton, farmers were also grappling with high …
Tobacco curing device boost for farmers The Herald Walter Nyamukondiwa Chinhoyi BureauCONSERVATIONISTS, Carbon Green, have come up with a solar powered tobacco curing device that is expected to significantly reduce the use of firewood in the processing of tobacco. Preliminary findings show that farmers using the device have reduced the amount of firewood they …
Rainstorm kills 2, leaves over 100 homeless The Herald Tawanda Mangoma in ChiredziTwo children were killed, while more than 100 families were left homeless in Masvingo Province on Tuesday after a rainstorm left a trail of destruction and damaged property worth thousands of dollars. One of the deceased, a seven-year-old Chiredzi boy was killed …
Cotton buyers offer 47c per kilo By Tabitha Mutenga, Features and Supplements Editor Last year government raised the base price for the crop from $0,40 per kg to $0,47 per kg. THE 2018 cotton marketing season kicked off with buyers offering last year’s producer price of $0,47 per kilogramme (kg) as they await a government …
Compensation vital for revival of agric Farming has traditionally been recognised and credited as the most legitimate and labour intensive source of generating incomes for sustainable livelihoods, food security and self-sufficiency since the dawn of human civilisation. This has made agriculture stand out as the most popular and spiritually fulfilling vocation and ordained occupation of …