Commercial Farmers' Union of Zimbabwe
Take silos to the people, Govt urged June 1, 2017 Local News Cde Machaya Munyaradzi Musiiwa Midlands CorrespondentGovernment has been urged to set up silos in each province to ease the burden of transportation and mass storage of grain by the Grain Marketing Board (GMB).This comes in the wake of a projected bumper harvest due to Command …
Cabinet warns grain buyers June 1, 2017 Local News Dr Made Elita Chikwati Senior Agriculture ReporterCabinet has warned unscrupulous businesspeople fleecing farmers by offering low prices for maize and contractors buying the crop they did not finance, to desist from the activity as the State will take punitive action against them. Government gazetted a maize producer price …
Tongaat banks on Tokwe-Mukorsi Dam By ZimSitRep_M | May 31, 2017 0 Comment Source: Tongaat banks on Tokwe-Mukorsi Dam – DailyNews Live BUSINESS WRITER 31 May 2017 HARARE – Zimbabwe’s largest sugar producer, Tongaat Hulett (Tongaat), isbanking on the newly-completed Tokwe-Mukorsi Dam to increase production. “The recent completion in Zimbabwe of the Tokwe-Mukorsi Dam….willdiversify the water catchment area …
Protecting smallholder farmers from price variability May 31, 2017 in Business That most African smallholder farmers can produce enough commodities for household consumption and surplus for the market is now beyond question. The majority of committed farmers have mastered the art of producing almost any commodity. What remains outside their control are market dynamics such as prices …
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Farmers ask for more time to repay bank loans May 31, 2017 in News FARMERS’ unions are lobbying MPs to assist them to be given more time to repay the millions of dollars they secured in loans from banks to buy equipment and machinery for their operations. by VENERANDA LANGA Parliamentary Portfolio Committee on Lands and Agriculture …
International rhino horn trade ban failing to stop poaching May 30, 2017 Features, Opinion & Analysis Emmanuel Koro CorrespondentThose who take rhino conservation very seriously must rethink if the United Nations Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Flora and Fauna (CITES) international ban on rhino horn is really working. About a week ago, eight …
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Empowerment is not about starting banks May 30, 2017 Features, Opinion & Analysis, Nick Mangwana – View from the Diaspora Command Agriculture is an example of an empowerment programme that has been in the main a success, without the State having to open another “Agribank” Nick Mangwana View from the DiasporaZimbabwe has experienced a high share of bank …
Tips for cabbage production May 30, 2017 Business Chipinge farmer Mr Chonayi in his cabbage plot recently John Basera and Silas MutotaDue to changes in eating habits as well as a generally health conscious populace, opportunities for vegetable production have abound. Farmers can tap into these opportunities and upscale their top line and bottom line questions …
After successfully ‘commanding’ maize, wheat must be next . . . May 30, 2017 Business Obert Chifamba Agri-InsightAs the 2016 /17 farming season’s prospects for a bumper maize harvest fast metamorphosed into a reality, so did the nation’s dreams of becoming food self-sufficient. And, yes, for a season whose conclusion could have gone either way thanks …
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Horticulture exports to surpass peak earnings May 31, 2017 Business Ms Pilime Business ReportersHORTICULTURE exports are expected to surpass its peak earnings figure of $143 million by 2020, ZimTrade chief executive officer Ms Sithembile Pilime has said. Zimbabwe`s horticulture sector performance peaked at $143 million in the 1999 /2000 season contributing between 3,5 percent and 4,5 percent …