Commercial Farmers' Union of Zimbabwe
GMB still accepting grain deliveries: farmers told Chronicle 10 September 2017 Harare Bureau The Grain Marketing Board (GMB) has advised farmers that it is still accepting grain deliveries at its depots across the country. Predatory middlemen have been telling farmers that GMB is no longer taking grain since its silos are now full. There …
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Land reform programme not racial: Mombeshora Chronicle 11 September 2017 Minister Mombeshora Elita Chikwati, Harare Bureau The land reform programme has nothing to do with race, but deals with the equitable distribution of the finite resource to ensure all people contribute to the economy and well being of the nation, the Minister of Lands and Rural …
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Government to re-establish agriculture boards, says Made September 7, 2017By Own Correspondent Agriculture, Mechanisation and Irrigation Development Minister, Joseph Made By Nyasha Chingono GOVERNMENT is planning to re-establish agricultural boards, a move likely to result in the restoration of controls that had ended with liberalisation of the economy in the late 1990s.Minister of Agriculture, Mechanisation and …
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Farm input schemes blasted September 7, 2017By Own Correspondent Agriculture, Mechanisation and Irrigation Development Joseph Made By Farai Mabeza ONE-SIZE-FITS-ALL input support programmes by government have stifled agricultural productivity, a joint policy brief on smallholder productivity and subsidies produced by two organisations has said.The Livelihoods and Food Security Programme (LFSP) and the Indaba Agricultural Policy Research …
Zim faces illicit pesticide risk September 7, 2017By Own Correspondent Southern Africa has a total of 500 million small holder farmers, the majority of whom are exposed to pesticide risks due to failure to handle pesticides, hence the SSP programme By Nyasha Chingono THE illegal trade in counterfeit pesticides by unregistered dealers is putting farmers’ and …
Fall armyworm here to stay, says FAO September 7, 2017By Own Correspondent The fall armyworm has become a complex pest to deal with. By Nyasha Chingono THE fall armyworm, which broke out during the rainy season and is yet to be contained in most parts of Africa, will take long to eliminate, Food and Agriculture Organisation …
Winter wheat output to rise September 7, 2017By Tabitha Mutenga, Features and Supplements Editor Local producers have failed to meet the country’s national demand of 450 000 tonnes for many years. ZIMBABWE will this year import about 345 000 tonnes of wheat as preliminary data indicates that the 2017 winter crop will produce an estimated …
Government’s command agric targets fruit trees Financial Gazette 7 September 2017 By Own Correspondent By Farai Mabeza GOVERNMENT has tasked the Forestry Commission to spearhead its command agriculture programme targeting fruit tree production, a Cabinet Minister has said. The government last year launched the command agriculture scheme to increase production o the staple maize crop …
Botswana donates foot-and-mouth disease vaccines to Zim September 8, 2017 in National, News THE Botswana government has donated 473 200 doses of vaccine for foot-and-mouth disease (FMD) to help Zimbabwe contain the recent outbreak and ensure that the infectious disease does not spread into the neighbouring country, which is the region’s prime beef producer. BY PAIDAMOYO MUZULU The …
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