Commercial Farmers' Union of Zimbabwe
Covid-19 weighs on fresh produce market 0 July 18, 2021 5:18 PM Source: Covid-19 weighs on fresh produce market | The Sunday Mail Drastic increase in the supply of tomatoes in the last few months has led to prices going down Word from the market with AMA Horticulture is one of the sub-sectors underpinning the current agriculture transformation …
Advocates4Earth in bid to stop elephant exports 0 July 18, 2021 6:56 PM Source: Advocates4Earth in bid to stop elephant exports – #Asakhe – CITE Advocates4Earth Trust, a non-profit, public interest environmental law, climate and wildlife justice organisation has approached the High Court seeking an order banning elephant exports without proper consultations with relevant stakeholders. Zimbabwe’s sale of …
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Presidential scheme cuts cattle deaths Chronicle 16/7/2021 Mashudu Netsianda, Senior Reporter THE number of cattle that succumbed to tick-borne related diseases such as January Disease went down to 12 503 during the 2020/2021 agricultural season compared to the previous season when the country recorded 33 514 deaths. There was also a sharp decline in …
Conservation Ag Shining in Zimbabwe 0 July 15, 2021 12:57 PM Source: Conservation Ag Shining in Zimbabwe The government of Zimbabwe is working to train nearly 2 million farmers in conservation agriculture (CA) and 1 million farmers have already been trained in the country. The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) and Foundations for Farming (FfF) have been …
GMB hunts defaulting farmers 0 July 15, 2021 5:49 PM Source: GMB hunts defaulting farmers | The Herald Elita Chikwati Senior Agriculture Reporter Farmers contracted by Government to grow soyabeans under the soyabean special programme for import substitution popularly known as Command Agriculture who do not deliver the crop to the Grain Marketing Board will be blacklisted from future …
Zimbabwe hopes hemp, medical cannabis can shore up exports Posted By: HempToday® 15/7/2021 Officials in Zimbabwe say changes that loosened rules for cannabis production have translated into investment interest from the U.S., U.K, Germany and Switzerland, as licensing for medical marijuana and industrial hemp is now fully underway. Scrapping regulations that would have put all …
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Padenga stock to trade at discount – NewsDay Zimbabwe 15/7/2021 BY MTHANDAZO NYONI A LEADING advisory firm has given thumps up to Pandenga Holdings’ move to list on the Victoria Falls Stock Exchange (VFEX), but hinted that the firm’s stock could initially trade at a discount due to a liquidity crisis. Padenga delisted from the …
Thieving maize transporters nabbed in Hurungwe – NewsDay Zimbabwe 15/7/2021 BY NHAU MANGIRAZI Police in Hurungwe have arrested five truck drivers caught while in a queue at Magunje Grain Marketing Board depot intending to sell maize without the knowledge of farmers. ‘‘The police have arrested five drivers at Magunje GMB depot. We have the same …
Veld fire destroys 120 tonnes of maize Herald 15/7/2021 Conrad Mupesa-Business Reporter AT least 120 tonnes of maize have been destroyed by veld fires and dozens of families from three farms in Zvimba District are now homeless as the Environmental Management Agency (EMA) calls on farmers to prioritise fireguards. The veld fires swept through …
Motorists bemoan police roadblocks Herald 15/7/2021 Motorists were on Tuesday stranded at Hunyani River bridge along Seke road Rutendo Jiri Correspondent Last month, President Mnangagwa announced the country’s Covid-19 Level 4 lockdown to curb the Delta variant, which was first detected in India and has found its way to Zimbabwe and other parts of …