Commercial Farmers' Union of Zimbabwe
Specialised plant lies idle at Sable Chemicals Cde Wadyajena Zvamaida Murwira recently in KWEKWEA multi-million-dollar specialised plant at Sable Chemicals near Kwekwe is lying idle after it was abandoned two years ago because of its high consumption of electricity. Management at the country’s sole ammonium nitrate (AN) producing firm said the electrolysis plant consumed …
The middlemen in agriculture: are they necessary? Tapuwa Justice MashangwaMANKIND in some way has a need or desire for independence, whether it is bad or good only God knows. Sometimes this desire has spurred individuals to accomplish great goals and in some cases has led to the most disastrous outcomes mankind has ever seen. …
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Fuel prices No.1 economic enemy Morris Mpala, MoB CapitalTHE biggest challenge the economy is facing is the high cost of fuel. And given that it touches all the tentacles of the economy, this has affected production costs at all levels across the entire economy. We cannot even envisage an economy without fuel especially given now …
‘Cellphone farmers’ have no room in Zimbabwe STAFF WRITER • 1 February 2018 10:35AM • 0 comments HARARE – While President Emmerson Mnangagwa’s government has been making corrections on most disastrous policies former president Robert Mugabe was pursuing, his next call should be to bring order on the farms where most resettled farmers have been unable …
Revisiting agrarian reform modalities the way to go STAFF WRITER • 2 February 2018 11:41AM • 0 comments HARARE – The announcement by government that Zimbabwe will now — going forward — consider white farmers for 99-year leases instead of the current five, signals a complete departure from former agrarian policies of former president Robert Mugabe. …
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Zim neglects Italy Bippa – DailyNews Live John Kachembere • 5 February 2018 10:21AM • 1 comment HARARE – Zimbabwe has failed to ratify a Bilateral Investment Promotion and Protection Agreement (Bippa) it signed with Italy 19 years ago, a situation that has resulted in low trade between the two countries. Italian ambassador Enrico De Agostini …
Dutch expert visits rural farmers STAFF REPORTER • 5 February 2018 9:57AM • 0 comments HARARE – Retired Dutch farmer, organic specialist and PUM expert Coen De Berg was on a consulting visit to farmers in Rusitu and Chipinge last week. De Berg, who landed in Zimbabwe because of a ZimTrade-PUM partnership, holds more than 40 …
‘Mugabe’s fast-track land reform a great mistake’ – February 6, 2018 AGRICULTURAL and Rural Development Authority (Arda) board chairman, Basil Nyabadza, has described former President Robert Mugabe’s fast-track land reform programme as a “great mistake” which drove away the country’s hardworking white commercial farmers and crippled the agricultural sector. BY CLAYTON MASEKESA Nyabadza told NewsDay …
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Crop situation still to improve February 6, 2018 MANICALAND & MASH EAST Rumbidzayi Zinyuke Manicaland BureauManicaland Province needs meaningful rains to resuscitate the moisture-stressed crop that has been affected by erratic rains and high temperatures. The situation has been exacerbated by reported outbreaks of the fall armyworm, which has seen farmers struggle to apply chemicals to the already …
Fishing nets cost Harare $2 million February 6, 2018 HARARE METROPOLITAN, Local News Innocent Ruwende Senior ReporterFishing nets blocking Harare’s main water source, Lake Chivero’s intake chambers, are set to cost the city $2 million through another complete shut-down of Morton Jaffray. Harare Mayor Councillor Bernard Manyenyeni said although the city had managed to remove nets at two …