Commercial Farmers' Union of Zimbabwe
Slow, fast knowledge in African agric The informal sector provides several avenues of looking at knowledge. One of these avenues is the relationship between slow and fast knowledge. Commodities flowing into informal markets from farming areas reveal the extent to which slow and fast knowledge have distinct characteristics. Slow knowledge This knowledge is associated …
Seed Co introduces new varieties Munashe Matambo Business ReporterSeed Co, Zimbabwe’s biggest supplier of a variety of certified crop seeds, has introduced a new climate smart variety of maize seed known as SC 649. The new breed of maize seed (SC 649), is meant to address most farmers’ challenges related to the changes in …
Kudos to ZDF for boosting food security Victor Maphosa Mash East CorrespondentMembers of the Zimbabwe Defence Forces (ZDF) have been commended for contributing to the country’s food security through participating in Government’s Command Agriculture programme. At a field day hosted by 2 Infantry Brigade at Gabriel Farm in Marondera district recently, Mashonaland East Minister …
Govt deploys engineers to Chilonga Bridge Tawanda Mangoma in ChiredziGovernment has deployed a team of engineers to carry out preparatory work for the construction of an all-weather $3 million Chilonga Bridge along Runde River in Chiredzi. Besides building the bridge, there were also plans to construct a link road from Chiredzi Town to Boli-Muhlanguleni …
Cutting down trees backfires for villagers Conrad Mupesa Chinhoyi BureauTraditional leaders in Hurungwe District have tightened screws on people illegally cutting down trees, especially during the tobacco-curing season. The district is one of the biggest tobacco growing areas in Zimbabwe, with more than 20 000 registered tobacco farmers who use firewood for curing their …
Tobacco farmers cry foul | The Herald Lovemore Kadzura Rusape CorrespondentTobacco farmers yesterday urged Government and the Tobacco Industry and Marketing Board (TIMB) to protect them from cartels that are fleecing farmers at auction floors. The farmers claim that some auction floors were rejecting their crop purportedly for poor quality only for the same …
‘Fly-by-night’ cotton buyers under fire Walter Nyamukondiwa Chinhoyi BureauThe Agricultural Marketing Authority (AMA) should assess companies licensed to buy cotton on the level of support they offer to farmers, the Cotton Producers and Marketers Association has said. According to cotton farmers’ representatives, the move could minimise externalisation of foreign currency by companies that are …
All set for mega field day Freedom Mupanedemo Midlands BureauThe Ministry of Lands, Agriculture and Rural Resettlement will today hold a mega field day at President Mnangagwa’s Pricabe Farm on the outskirts of Kwekwe. The President is a successful farmer in Kwekwe District and is one of the major suppliers of maize to the …
Reconfiguring rural authority after land reform Some of delegates attending the Community Share Ownership Trusts (CSOT) consultative forum at a Bulawayo hotel in this file photo Ian ScoonesGrasian Mkodzongi’s excellent paper — “I am a paramount chief, this land belongs to my ancestors”: The reconfiguration of rural authority after Zimbabwe’s land reforms’ — recently …
Research solutions helpful to domestic farmers Tapuwa MashangwaTHE challenges faced by the Zimbabwe farmer have not changed much over the past five years. Not only are these challenges due to the economic environment and restrictions but they are also challenges the domestic farmer refuses or is lackadaisical to address. In reality, most people go …