Commercial Farmers' Union of Zimbabwe
Editorial Comment: Support vital for Command winter wheat May 5, 2017 Features, Opinion & Analysis, Top Stories Command Agriculture Programme which started this season with maize production has now shifted to winter wheat, with hundreds of farmers registering to grow the irrigated crop. Farmers who are voluntarily taking up wheat production will be provided with all the …
Tobacco production takes passion May 4, 2017 Features, Opinion & Analysis A farmer inspects his tobacco field Yvonne MutavaWith two children at tertiary education level, 57-year-old Tamari Kasiya is determined to see them live their dreams.Kasiya is a tobacco farmer and supplements her agricultural activities through crossborder trading. “My aim is to see my children become …
Time to bust silo mentality, build marketplace solutions May 4, 2017 Features, Opinion & Analysis ICTs can help in eliminating the silo thinking that currently inhibits agricultural actors from fully taking advantage of their heroic economic potential Charles DhewaZimbabwean agriculture has reached a stage where transformative growth can only happen if efforts are directed at busting …
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Women in the green economy May 4, 2017 Features, Opinion & Analysis Bamboo bikes can be used on Ghana’s bumpy roads or exported overseas Isabella Lovin and Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala CorrespondentsIn Ghana, a group of enterprising women and young people is building bicycles out of an unlikely material: bamboo. Ten farmers grow the bamboo, and 25 builders …
Value Added Withholding Tax May 4, 2017 Business In terms of Section 50A of the Value Added Tax (VAT) Act (Chapter 23:12) the Commissioner General of Zimra may appoint any registered operator who purchases goods from other registered operators to be a Value Added Withholding Tax agent. To this end and with effect from April 1, …
Work starts on Tokwe Mukosi mini-hydro May 4, 2017 Local News George Maponga Masvingo BureauWork on the $20 million mini-hydro power project at Tokwe-Mukosi Dam has started, with Italian contractor Salini Impregilo in the process of building a power house for the electricity generation plant. Government and Salini, which constructed the recently completed largest inland dam in …
UN challenges Africa on agriculture May 4, 2017 Business Leonard Ncube in Victoria FallsAFRICA’S agriculture industry has the potential to supply the world if governments take serious agrarian programmes and capacitate small scale producers, a top United Nations (UN) official said. Zimbabwe’s representative to the United Nations, Mr Frederick Shava, who is also President of the …
Byo Poly designs multi-purpose water cart May 4, 2017 Business Bulawayo Polytechnic ZITF exhibitor, Mr Paul Kuzowamunhu, demonstrates how the animal drawn water machine works at ther college’s stand last week Kiyapili Sibanda, Business ReporterTHE Bulawayo Polytechnic has designed a new innovative animal-drawn water machine that could be used for irrigation purposes. The machine was exhibited at …
Comesa establishes regional livestock hub May 3, 2017 in Business THE Common Market for Eastern and Southern Africa (Comesa) has established a regional livestock hub, which will operate as a network of stakeholders interested in and committed to improving the institutional environment at regional level in order to have effective and efficient animal health, welfare, livestock trade …
Sustainable energy provision isn’t just about gadgets, dollars May 3, 2017 Features, Opinion & Analysis An off-grid solar PV market in Kenya David Ockwell and Rob Bryne CorrespondentsAround the world, 1,1 billion people have no electricity and 2,9 billion can’t cook with “clean” energy.The international community has big aspirations to tackle this challenge, and its focus is …
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