Commercial Farmers' Union of Zimbabwe
Govt to put 2 000ha under irrigation in two districts January 12, 2018 MASVINGO & SOUTH-WEST Walter Mswazie Masvingo CorrespondentGovernment is set to put at least 2 000 hectares of land under irrigation in Chivi and Masvingo districts this year, Agriculture, Lands and Rural Resettlement Deputy Minister Davis Marapira has said. The development comes as the District …
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Farmers get more inputs January 12, 2018 MASH WEST & MASH CENTRAL Blessings Chidakwa CorrespondentFarmers in Mashonaland West Province have lauded Government after receiving additional Presidential and Command Agriculture inputs this week for the 2017-2018 summer cropping season. Of late, farmers had been raising concern over the late disbursement of inputs, which has forced some of them …
New abattoir to create 1 200 jobs in Norton January 12, 2018 Business Blessings Chidakwa and Fortunate GoraABOUT 1 200 direct jobs are set to be created when an abattoir is constructed in Norton in four months’ time, an official has said. The abattoir would be constructed using funds from the Chegutu District Community Share Ownership Trust …
White commercial farmer Mitchell gets assurance January 12, 2018 Local News, MASVINGO & SOUTH-WEST Cde Chadzamira George Maponga Masvingo BureauTHE Zanu-PF Masvingo provincial leadership has reassured white commercial farmer Ms Hellen Mitchell – the province’s biggest day-old chick producer – that her multi-million-dollar hatchery project at Barquest Farm would not be acquired for resettlement. Government, at the behest …
Govt introduces six command initiatives January 12, 2018 Local News Water, Environment and Climate Minister Oppah Muchinguri-Kashiri addresses ministers of State for provincial affairs on the six command initiatives in Harare yesterday. – (Picture by Innocent Makawa) Innocent Ruwende Senior ReporterGovernment has introduced six command initiatives and programmes aimed at promoting rigorous environmental practices and sustainable natural …
Tobacco selling season set to delay Oliver Kazunga, Acting Business EditorTHE Tobacco Industry and Marketing Board (TIMB) says opening of the 2018 selling season is likely to delay due to the late onset of the rains as most of the crop is still in the fields. Under normal circumstances, at this time of the …
Poor households face food crisis: FEWSNET January 11, 2018By Own Correspondent By Nyasha Chingono POOR households face a food crisis, having already exhausted grain stocks by December 2017, the Famine Early Warming Systems Network (FEWSNET) has warned, calling for urgent food aid in affected areas in the southern and northern parts of the country.Whereas a normal …
Government to build new bridge at Birchenough January 11, 2018By Own Correspondent Birchenough Bridge, 120 kilometres south-east of Mutare, straddles the Save River and connects Chipinge and Buhera districts. By Kenneth Matimaire GOVERNMENT is to construct a new bridge at Birchenough Bridge to replace the current one, which has outlived its lifespan.This was disclosed by Transport …
Smallholder farmers get $18m UK funding By Own Correspondent By Farai Mabeza THE British-funded Livelihoods Food Security Programme (LFSP) has disbursed $18 millionto fund smallholder farmers and agriculture value chain actors, an implementing agent has said. The programme is designed to improve the food security and nutrition of smallholder farmers and rural communities in Zimbabwe. …
Parly grills Energy ministry official over fuel prices – January 11, 2018 MINES and Energy Parliamentary Portfolio Committee members on Tuesday grilled Energy ministry secretary, Patson Mbiriri over the high fuel prices in Zimbabwe, which are higher than in neighbouring countries. by VENERANDA LANGA Mbiriri had appeared before Parliament to speak on the $94 million …
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