Commercial Farmers' Union of Zimbabwe
Zim fuel price highest in Sadc 0 February 1, 2018 2:01 AM Source: Zim fuel price highest in Sadc | Daily News Gift Phiri • 31 January 2018 HARARE – Fuel costs in Zimbabwe are still much higher than anywhere else in the region even after government decreed fuel retailers to cut the price of petrol and …
Dire crop situation calls for contingent measures 0 February 1, 2018 2:03 AM Source: Dire crop situation calls for contingent measures | Daily News STAFF WRITER • 31 January 2018 HARARE – The crop situation in most parts of the country is not looking good because the heavens have not been generous with the rains. Farming experts …
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Mnangagwa offers 99-year leases to white farmers by Staff reporter 3 hrs ago | 1294 Views HUNDREDS of white farmers who had been discriminated against while their black counterparts were getting 99 yearlong leases instead of 5 years have a reason to celebrate as they have now been put in the same bracket.According to NewZimbabwe.com, the decision …
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Global malaria report reveals Africa’s hits and misses January 31, 2018 Features, Opinion & Analysis Tabitha Mwangi CorrespondentThe 2017 World Malaria Report provides a clear picture of the work required to control malaria. Data from over 90 countries reveals a dramatic reduction in the rates of disease and deaths between 2010 to 2015. But malaria deaths remained unchanged …
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Command Water Harvesting: Seven weirs complete January 31, 2018 Local News Elita Chikwati Senior Agriculture ReporterSeven weirs have been completed countrywide under the Command Water Harvesting Programme being implemented by the Ministry of Environment, Water and Climate through the Zimbabwe National Water Authority (zinwa). The programme is being undertaken as part of Government’s 100-day “quick wins”. Command Water …
Govt to conduct nationwide crop assessment January 31, 2018 Headlines, Top Stories Deputy Minister Marapira Elita Chikwati Senior Agriculture ReporterGovernment plans to carry out the first round of nationwide crop and livestock assessments to ascertain the severity of the prolonged dry spell. Lands, Agriculture and Rural Resettlement Deputy Minister Cde Davis Marapira yesterday confirmed that Government would carry out …
Small grains bring smiles to Binga farmers Pamenus TusoFor many years, farmers like Ms Winet Kamutero (65) from Kariyangwe area of Binga District in Matabeleland North Province, have toiled on their irrigation plots under the brutal sun every day without much success. The farmers who are plot-holders at Lungwalala Irrigation Scheme have every season …
Byo Leather Cluster holds development workshop Prince Sunduzani, Business ReporterTHE Bulawayo Leather Cluster will tomorrow hold a cluster development meeting to help stakeholders across the value chain understand the clustering concept, which seeks to accelerate the industrialisation agenda. The workshop, organised by Mindpower Consulting in collaboration with the National University of Science and Technology’s fibre …
Dry spell renders crops a write-off A moisture stressed maize crop Pamela Shumba, Senior ReporterLANDS, Agriculture and Rural Resettlement Deputy Minister Davis Marapira has said about 30 percent of the country’s crops are a write off due to the prolonged dry spell that has hit the country. The country has been experiencing a dry spell …
National Peace and Reconciliation Commission to start public hearings President Mnangagwa Auxilia Katongomara, Chronicle ReporterTHE National Peace and Reconciliation Commission will next month begin public hearings on various issues to do with justice, healing and reconciliation. Earlier this month, President Emmerson Mnangagwa signed the National Peace and Reconciliation Commission Bill (NPRC) into law to operationalise …
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