Commercial Farmers' Union of Zimbabwe
Grow hybrid seeds, farmers encouraged Chronicle 25 September 2017 Prime Seed Company regional sales representative, Mr Casim Bisalom, shows farmers some of the hybrid varieties produced by his company at UCF Farm in Queens Park, Bulawayo, last Friday Kiyapili Sibanda, Business Reporter FARMERS have been encouraged to grow hybrid seeds rather than open pollinated varieties …
Dam Levels as at 09/11/2017 DAM NAME FULL SUPPLY CAPACITY CURRENT CAPACITY % FULL (millions of cubic metres) (millions of cubic metres) Kariba 64800.00 32365.3 49.9 Tokwe Mukorsi 1802.6 1268 70.3 Mutirikwi 1378.08 541.178 39.3 Manyame 480.23 459.654 95.7 Osborne 401.64 330.972 82.4 Mazvikadei 343.815 330.878 …
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Farmers unite to grow agric sector FOUR farmers’ organisations have combined forces, launching the Federation of Farmers Union (FoFU), as they move to lobby for the growth of the agricultural sector. BY TATIRA ZWINOIRA The organisations that have amalgamated are the National Farmers Union (NFU), Zimbabwe Farmers Union (ZFU), Commercial Farmers …
Chaos at Beitbridge wildlife sanctuary ILLEGAL settlers have laid siege to one of the most popular wildlife sanctuaries in Beitbridge, with the owner warning that the game reserve is on the verge of total destruction. BY Kudzai Kawaza Mananje Conservancy, on Denlynian Farm, lying 36km …
72 000 register for Command Agric Chronicle 22 September 2017 Zvamaida Murwira Senior Reporter OVER 72 000 farmers have registered to participate in Command Agriculture in the 2017 /18 season and are ready to put close to 300 000 hectares of land under maize, Acting President Emmerson Mnangagwa has said. Addressing a zanu-pf national fundraising …
Beef industry policy proposed The Chronicle 22 September 2017 Harare Bureau THE Competitions and Tariff Commission has recommended the formulation of a beef industry policy for the entire value chain to address a myriad of problems in the sector, chief among them price collusion. Presenting findings from a study of the Zimbabwe beef industry at …
Nkayi tops in goat herd Chronicle 22 September 2017 Wilson Dakwa, Business Reporter NKAYI District has the largest number of goats in the country but farmers need to improve their breeds to meet export quality standards, a Cabinet Minister has said. Speaking during a provincial SMEs Chamber meeting held in Lupane on Tuesday, Small …
Mnangagwa defends GMB grain arrangement Chronicle 22 September 2017 Harare Bureau Acting President Emmerson Mnangagwa yesterday defended an arrangement by the Grain Marketing Board in which it buys grain from farmers at $390 per tonne and sells it to millers at $250 saying the decision was meant to ensure that millers saved foreign currency …
Zesa to pay Eskom to avoid power blackout Chronicle 22 September 2017 Felex Share, Harare Bureau Zesa Holdings will pay South African power utility, Eskom a substantial amount of money to avoid being switched off despite the foreign currency shortages being experienced in the country, Reserve Bank of Zimbabwe Governor Dr John Mangudya said …