Commercial Farmers' Union of Zimbabwe
Anthrax cases on the rise 0 January 30, 2018 4:35 PM Source: Anthrax cases on the rise | Daily News HARARE – Anthrax virus infection is on the rise in rural Zimbabwe, with the Health ministry recording nine cases — four in one week — in the first two weeks of January this year. The people …
Beef prices drop 3 January 30, 2018 4:40 PM Source: Beef prices drop | Daily News Andrew Kunambura • 30 January 2018 HARARE – For beef lovers, the time of suffering and paying through the nose for steaks, braai packs and roasts could soon be coming to an end. Beef prices, which have been increasing for months, …
Cecil Kop Reserve needs to be restocked – January 30, 2018 A MEMBER of the Wildlife and Environment Zimbabwe Committee, Michael Peter Hitschmann, who is also Manicaland’s leading wildlife conservationist, has called for restocking of Cecil Kop Nature Reserve Game Park in Mutare with large animals so that it attracts more tourists. BY KENNETH NYANGANI …
Agriculture a hard sell for Zim’s youth – January 30, 2018 MAZOWE — Laiza Mukute’s 14-hectare plot is a pale shadow of what it was 10 years ago. Irin The Mukute family — 43-year-old Laiza, her husband, and three sons — obtained the plot in 2001 under a land reform programme that saw thousands of commercial …
Logistical issues delay cloud seeding – January 30, 2018 THE Meteorological Services Department (MSD) delayed commencing its cloud seeding programme, saying this was due to logistical issues and poor weather conditions. BY SHARON SIBINDI The programme, which was supposed to start on December 18, 2017 only started on January 10, covering Matabeleland North, South and …
Dam levels drop marginally January 30, 2018 MASH WEST & MASH CENTRAL Sydney Kawadza Chinhoyi BureauThe mid-summer dry spell sweeping across Zimbabwe since the beginning of the year has led to a marginal 0,58 percent decline in the country’s average dam levels to 67 percent since January 15. According to the Zimbabwe National Water Authority (Zinwa) spokesperson …
Govt bans peri-urban land sales January 30, 2018 Business Livingstone Marufu, Property ReporterSOME farmers who were allocated land on the outskirts of Harare and other towns are illegally converting the land into residential stands and selling them. It has emerged that these unscrupulous land dealers are selling residential stands measuring up to 2 000 square metres for …
Govt to train farmers on irrigation January 30, 2018 Local News Mellisa Mutasa Herald ReporterGovernment will soon be training farmers who benefited under the Pedstock Centre Pivot Irrigation loan facility on the operation, maintenance and management of their irrigation equipment. The training, which is being conducted by the Department of Irrigation Development, will be carried out in all …
January disease kills 2 000 cattle January 30, 2018 Local News Elita Chikwati Senior Agriculture ReporterAt least2 000 cattle have died of January disease, also known as Theileriosis — a tick-borne disease common between December and March — with Government is urging farmers to intensify dipping of their livestock as a prevention measure. Government has also intensified awareness …
16k families invade wildlife conservancies Andrew Kunambura • 29 January 2018 12:33AM • 0 comments HARARE – More than 16 000 families have unilaterally resettled themselves in the Save Conservancy, the capacious wildlife sanctuary which tracks either side of Save River, triggering a potentially deadly human-wildlife conflict. The stunning revelations were made by Environment, Water and …