Commercial Farmers' Union of Zimbabwe
Don’t sell your tobacco to middlemen, farmers told February 2, 2018 Local News Elita Chikwati in HeadlandsThe Tobacco Industry and Marketing Board has warned farmers against selling their crop to middlemen, as they risk being cheated by unscrupulous businesspeople. This comes after a realisation that some middlemen approach tobacco growers and buy their crop at the …
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Wetlands matter is sustainable urban future Wetlands present a platform for ecological services, regulating and providing convenient water for many communities supporting fauna and flora Walter MswazieZimbabwe today joins the rest of the world in commemorating World Wetlands Day amid calls for urban centres to preserve wetlands for the future. World Wetlands Day is …
Byo Leather Cluster to open factory Prince Sunduzani, Business ReporterTHE Bulawayo Leather Cluster will next week open a shoe manufacturing factory in the city with a capacity to produce about 158 400 pairs of shoes annually. In an interview on the sidelines of a cluster development workshop held in Bulawayo yesterday, the cluster’s secretary …
Horticulture sector set for revival Cde Davis Marapira Nqobile Tshili, Business CorrespondentZIMBABWE’S horticulture industry is set to be revived under the Government’s 100-Day plan targeting to make it one of the country’s top foreign currency earners. In an interview, Lands, Agriculture and Rural Resettlement Deputy Minister Mr Davies Marapira said his ministry has already …
Land Commission sworn in | The Chronicle Harare BureauThe seven-member Commission of Inquiry into the sale of State land in and around urban areas since 2005 appointed by former President Robert Mugabe last year yesterday took their oaths of office. The Commission is chaired by Justice Tendai Uchena and includes Mr Andrew Mlalazi, Mr …
Govt reverses discriminatory land policy Tabitha Mutenga Supplements Editor GOVERNMENT has issued a directive for white farmers to be issued with 99-year leases instead of five-year leases subject to renewal upon meeting “certain conditions”. In a letter addressed to acting provincial land officers from the Ministry of Lands, Agriculture and Rural Resettlement, land officers were …
Provincial land officers fired GOVERNMENT has fired the country’s eight provincial land officers and replaced them with acting land officers from the Department of Agricultural Technical and Extension Services (Agritex), The Financial Gazette has learnt. Sources told The Financial Gazette that the substantive officers were relieved of their duties after President Emmerson Mnangagwa took over …
Sable Chemicals crippled by forex shortages newsday THE shortage of foreign currency has impacted on the ability of Sable Chemicals to produce enough fertiliser for the domestic market, forcing farmers to import 70% of ammonium nitrate, Parliament has heard. by XOLISANI NCUBE Briefing the Agriculture Portfolio Committee yesterday, Sable Chemicals chief executive officer, Bothwell Nyajeka …
Farmers complain about overfishing in Chinhoyi newsday Farmers in Chinhoyi have applauded the government for the command fishing initiative and training, but warned that the programme was being derailed by overfishing that was eradicating fingerlings (young fish) in smaller dams. BY TINOTENDA SAMKANGE Since the initial launch of the National Command Fisheries Programme at Tokwe …
‘Most crops now a write-off’ February 1, 2018 MIDLANDS & NORTH-WEST Midlands BureauFarmers in the Midlands province have little hope of salvaging anything from their fields despite rains that fell on Monday as most crops had already been written-off. Farmers who spoke to The Herald said they were now waiting for weather and agriculture experts to …