Commercial Farmers' Union of Zimbabwe
Govt to introduce online company search facility February 9, 2018 Business Minister Ziyambi Walter Nyamukondiwa Senior Business ReporterGovernment is set to upload over 100 000 records on the Deeds and Companies’ online search facility that is expected to transform the investment environment while allowing enquiries on the click of a button. The computerisation of the online deeds …
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5 300 tobacco farmers benefit from $28m input scheme February 9, 2018 Local News, MANICALAND & MASH EAST Elita Chikwati Senior Agriculture ReporterMore than 5 360 tobacco farmers have benefited from Government’s $28 million Tobacco Input Credit Scheme. The fund, which was availed last year, was meant to empower small holder farmers who have been experiencing challenges in accessing …
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16 foot ‘n’ mouth infected cattle burnt in Chegutu February 9, 2018 Local News, MASH WEST & MASH CENTRAL Elita Chikwati Senior Agriculture ReporterThe Ministry of Lands, Agriculture and Rural Resettlement yesterday slaughtered and burnt 16 foot-and-mouth infected cattle at Ardlui Farm in Chegutu to curb the spread of the disease in the province. The Department of Livestock …
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Forex incentives lure more tobacco farmers February 9, 2018 Local News Elita Chikwati Senior Agriculture ReporterMore than 116 000 farmers have registered for the 2017 /18 marketing season, representing a 42 percent increase from 82 110 farmers who registered during the same period last year. At least 33 307 of the 116 000 farmers are new growers. The …
Met Dept warns of heavy rains February 9, 2018 Local News Elita Chikwati and Mellisa MutasaThe Meteorological Services Department has warned of more heavy rains in excess of 50 millimetres in 24 hours that may be accompanied by strong winds, lightning, hail and flash flooding in some areas, mainly along and north of the central watershed …
‘Land reform irreversible’ February 9, 2018 Local News Mr Basil Nyabadza Felex Share Senior Reporterland reform is irreversible as it is one of the legacies that former President Cde Robert Mugabe left for Zimbabweans, Agricultural and Rural Development Authority (Arda) board chairperson Mr Basil Nyabadza has said. Refuting private media reports that he had described the agrarian …
Irrigation scheme stirs Tuli farmers’ hope Sibonisiwe Khumalo, a farmer, tends to her crop at an irrigation scheme in this file photo Sifelani TsikoA view of a large lush green field of maize at the Tuli-Lushongwe irrigation scheme in Gwanda district, about 160km southeast of Bulawayo, Zimbabwe’s second largest city, helped Pretty Ncube to …
Ngamo Safaris brings you closer to wildlife Yoliswa Dube, Senior Features ReporterNgamo Safaris was established by the Forestry Commission of Zimbabwe to generate revenue for conservation programs in the country’s indigenous forest areas through recreational hunting and photographic safaris. It offers one of the world’s finest hunting destinations and is fast becoming the African …
Newsletter from the MCF SADC Tribunal court hearing 6 Feb 18 0 February 8, 2018 8:45 AM Source: Newsletter from the MCF SADC Tribunal court hearing 6 Feb 18 We would like to thank everyone who prayed for our Court Case this week against President Jacob Zuma in the Pretoria High Court for his …
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Zimbabwean farmers should come first in agricultural revival By Oscar Nkala | 6 February 2018 Zimbabwe. Photo: Sean Christie In an interview from Harare, Commercial Farmers’ Union (CFU) Director Ben Gilpin told Africanfarming.com that while the union is not opposed to South African farmers investing and participating in the revival of agriculture in Zimbabwe, the government should give preference …
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