Commercial Farmers' Union of Zimbabwe
Delta Corp scouts for alternative grain markets October 17, 2017 in Business BEVERAGE maker Delta Corporation is scouting for alternative markets to source cheaper brewing grain, as the bulk of farmers who traditionally produce for the company under a contract arrangement, are shifting to Command Agriculture, which is offering a higher price, businessdigest has established. By Tinashe …
Cotton output set to rise October 20, 2017 in Business GLOBAL cotton output is projected to increase by 10%, reaching an estimated 25 million tonnes during the 2017/18 cropping season, a recent report on world production trends shows. By Tinashe Kairiza Cotton production in Zimbabwe increased last season after decades of decline. According to the International Cotton …
Natural calamities bleed regional governments October 19, 2017By Own Correspondent The fall armyworm had become a complex pest to deal with. NATURAL disasters have resulted in an escalation in costs accrued by governments and aid agencies as they try to respond to the calamities, the Food and Agriculture Organisation’s sub-regional coordinator for southern Africa, David Phiri, …
Millers in US$35m foreign payment arrears October 19, 2017By Ndakaziva Majaka, Deputy Business Editor Grain Millers Association of Zimbabwe chairperson, Tafadzwa Musarara GRAIN Millers Association of Zimbabwe (GMAZ) members still owe foreign suppliers over US$34,7 million for wheat imported during the 2016 season due to foreign payment challenges in the country.According to a fresh court application …
Zim’s bee sector struggles to buzz October 19, 2017By Own Correspondent For decades beekeeping in Zimbabwe has been taught with a bias inclined more towards conservation than bee entrepreneurship. By Alois Vinga ZIMBABWE’s honey sector is struggling to transform from small scale extractive operations into fully-fledged, large scale manufacturing entities due to lack of investment, an …
Breeder loses 40 goats to urea poisoning October 19, 2017By Own Correspondent Local farmers are trying to improve goat quality by crossbreeding goat types that grow faster and yield more meat. A SANYATI farmer is counting his loses after losing 40 goats to suspected urea poisoning after they consumed winter supplement blocks meant for cattle.Moses Chambe …
Dam repairs require $80m October 20, 2017 Local News Minister Muchinguri Innocent Ruwende Senior ReporterGovernment requires more than $80 million to repair breached dams and weirs and to maintain 266 dams, which are threatening to breach this rainy season, Water and Climate Minister Oppah Muchinguri-Kashiri has said. Officially opening the National Pre-Conference of Parties workshop in Harare yesterday, …
Nation counts cost of raging veld fires Chronicle 20 October 2017 A teachers’ cottage that was destroyed by a veld fire at Cyrene High School Yoliswa Dube On one sluggish Tuesday afternoon in Hwange, Matabeleland North province, Mrs Nothando Ndlovu could hear distinct flickering sounds from her bathroom window. She thought little of the …
Fertiliser firms optimistic October 20, 2017 Business Harare BureauThe fertiliser industry is optimistic that production will steadily increase following increased foreign currency allocation from the Central Bank, Zimbabwe Fertiliser Manufacturers spokesperson, Mr Tapiwa Mashingaidze, has said. The industry, that has at least 120 000 tonnes in stock, said the recently availed $600 million Afreximbank Nostro Stabilisation …
Maize, tobacco farmers paid $1,4bn Chronicle 20 October 2017 Patrick Chitumba, Midlands Bureau Chief TOBACCO and maize farmers have been paid a staggering $1,4 billion this season, Acting President Emmerson Mnangagwa said yesterday. Addressing senior government officials who included Finance Minister Dr Ignatius Chombo and Agriculture Minister Dr Joseph Made and Arda officials at Fair …