Commercial Farmers' Union of Zimbabwe
Cropping preps intensify October 11, 2017 Local News Nyemudzai Kakore Herald CorrespondentPREPARATIONS for the 2017-18 summer cropping season have intensified as 45 000 tonnes of maize seed and fertilisers are already being distributed to Grain Marketing Board (GMB) depots across the country for onward transmission to intended beneficiaries, Government has said. Farmers are expected to start collecting the …
Maize deliveries to Mutare GMB hit 60 000t … More still expected to come October 11, 2017 MANICALAND & MASH EAST, Top Stories GMB Silos Obert Chifamba Manicaland BureauMaize deliveries to Mutare Grain Marketing Board (GMB) have reached 60 000 tonnes, with more still expected to come, The Herald has established. In an interview yesterday, Manicaland provincial district administrator …
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Poultry producers import hatching eggs from Europe Chronicle 11 October 2017 Lovemore Zigara, Midlands Bureau POULTRY producers could be forced to import hatching eggs from Europe on the back of local and regional shortages that were triggered by the outbreak of the highly pathogenic H5N8 avian influenza virus commonly known as bird flu. Gweru-based chicken …
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Ready market for organic produce in Europe, farmers told Chronicle 11 October 2017 Kiyapili Sibanda, Business Reporter THE European market is ripe for organic horticultural products and Zimbabwean farmers stand to reap more earnings from such an enterprise, a Netherlands expert said. Speaking on the sidelines of a ZimTrade export awareness seminar for Matabeleland horticulture …
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‘Land tenure key to improving production’ – 3 Hours Ago The Food and Agriculture Organisation (FAO) has called on African governments to strengthen land tenure policies, and improve access to credit and equity in supply contracts as part of measures to guarantee food security on the continent. BY PAIDAMOYO MUZULU In its latest report titled …
Treasury pays $400m for grain deliveries Chronicle 10 October 2017 Livingstone Marufu, Harare Bureau Government has so far paid close to $400 million to farmers after they delivered 1,1 million tonnes of maize to the Grain Marketing Board. This comes after Treasury upped weekly disbursements to GMB to about $40 million to farmers every week …
‘Make the 99-year lease bankable’ The Zimbabwe Independent 9 October 2017 NOW in its second year running, there has been wide-ranging debate on whether the Command Agriculture scheme introduced last year by government has been a success given the attendant problems surrounding the programme which include the erratic supply of inputs. Last week, the Zimbabwe …
Innscor to inject US$8 million towards chicken restocking The Zimbabwe Independent 6 October 2017 Innscor to inject US$8 million towards chicken restocking INNSCOR Africa Ltd says it is planning to invest in excess of US$8 million for the restocking of its chicken-rearing subsidiary Irvine’s in the aftermath of the recent avian flu outbreak outbreak at …
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Unpacking cabinet’s GMB riot act The Zimbabwe Independent 6 October 2017 THIS week cabinet read the riot act on the Grain Marketing Board (GMB) after reports that some of its officials ill-treated farmers and refused to accept small grains. By Peter Gambara Complaints against GMB have continued unabated since the start of the marketing season …
Agric key to defeating poverty in Africa October 9, 2017 Features, Opinion & Analysis Kofi Annan CorrespondentAfrica is witnessing a quiet revolution which holds out real hope of banishing poverty and hunger and driving economic growth. This transformation is not in sectors like oil and gas, minerals or tourism, which grab global headlines, but in agriculture, which remains …