Commercial Farmers' Union of Zimbabwe
EU transforms Mutema smallholder farmers August 30, 2017 in National, News A MULTI-MILLION-DOLLAR European Union (EU) irrigation infrastructure support to smallholder farmers in Zimbabwe has started to pay dividends, with farmers in Mutema Irrigation Scheme, Chipinge district, harvesting their first banana crop with a ready market. BY PAIDAMOYO MUZULU The EU is disbursing the six million euro fund …
One million face hunger in Zim August 30, 2017 in News OVER a million people in the rural areas face hunger at the peak of the coming lean season, a top World Food Programme (WFP) official has said. By Jairos Saunyama Chinese Ambassador to Zimbabwe Huang Ping places a stone at the site of a weir dam …
Water fundamental to meeting Global Goals Herald 30 August 2017 Correspondent Our Children, Our Future Globally, water demand is predicted to increase significantly over the coming decades. In addition to the agricultural sector, which is responsible for 70 percent of water abstractions worldwide, large increases in water demand are predicted for industry and energy production. Accelerated …
Another SA farm hit by bird flu Herald 30 August 2017 Cape Town. – The Western Cape Department of Agriculture has confirmed the presence of Highly Pathogenic Avian Influenza on a commercial poultry farm in the province. The department’s veterinary services programme confirmed the disease has spread to a farm in the Paardeberg region. It said …
Fertiliser industry upbeat The Herald 30 August 2017 Elita Chikwati Senior Agriculture Reporter Local fertiliser manufacturers are confident of meeting demand for the 2017/18 summer cropping season if the sector continues to get support from the Reserve Bank of Zimbabwe (RBZ). The sector has 120 000 tonnes of fertilisers in stock and is currently working closely with …
Mat South loses 7 000ha grazing land to veld fires A man watches as a veld fire sweeps through a farm in this file picture. The Environmental Management Agency (EMA) has embarked on a massive awareness programme to reduce the effects of veld fires in fire risk districts in Matabeleland South Thupeyo Muleya, Beitbridge Bureau THE …
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No plastic ID, no vote, Mudede says Registrar-General Tobaiwa Mudede Felex Share, Harare Bureau REGISTRAR General Tobaiwa Mudede has urged prospective voters in next year’s harmonised elections to obtain machine readable plastic national identity cards if they entertain hopes of registering during the biometric voter registration exercise. Mr Mudede’s department will on Monday next week roll …
Farmers stop servicing loans after getting subsidies August 24, 2017By Own Correspondent Agribank chief executive officer, Sam Malaba By Nyasha Chingono ZIMBABWE’s largest agricultural bank, Agribank, says some farmers have abandoned loan repayments after government provided farming inputs through its agriculture programmes, pushing default rates up.The government provided nearly $200 million in farm inputs under the …
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Seeds, not diamonds, will make Africa great August 29, 2017 in Feature Story, News As I settle back in my homeland Nigeria since retiring as the president of the International Fund for Agricultural Development (IFAD) in March this year, I am reminded of a local saying that when you go to the stream to fetch water, your bucket …
Sadc told to prepare for two-pronged rainy season Walter Nyamukondiwa in Gaborone, BOTSWANA— Southern African countries have been urged to prepare for the worst in the 2017/18 rainfall season, after a regional forecast released over the weekend showed there will be a drought in the first half of the season and floods in the second. According …
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