Commercial Farmers' Union of Zimbabwe
Let’s hope GMB is truly ready April 25, 2017 Business Obert Chifamba Agri-InsightLAST Friday’s Maize Value Chain conference held in Harare provided answers to some pertinent questions that had been troubling most stakeholders in the agriculture sector in terms of the Grain Marketing Board (GMB’s) preparedness to handle the anticipated colossal 2016 /17 season grain deliveries coming …
Command Agric: Farmers call for tight selection criteria April 25, 2017 Business Farmers want a significant role in vetting and monitoring of the Command Agriculture beneficiaries Conrad Mwanawashe Business ReporterFARMERS unions want a significant role in the selection, vetting and monitoring of beneficiaries under the Special Maize Programme, commonly known as Command Agriculture to ensure more transparency …
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Rains to continue, says Met Dept April 25, 2017 Local News Herald reporterThe Meteorological Services Department has predicted a continuation of rains in most parts of the country. In a statement yesterday, the MSD said isolated rain showers were expected in Mashonaland and Manicaland provinces. The MSD urged the people to prepare for the adverse weather …
Embrace plastic money, farmers urged April 25, 2017 Local News Elita Chikwati Senior Agriculture ReporterFarmers’ unions have urged tobacco farmers to embrace plastic money and trade with dealers with point of sale machines to reduce the negative impact of cash shortages. This comes as most farmers are complaining of cash constraints at tobacco auction floor banks. At …
ZITF livestock exhibit returns April 25, 2017 Opinion & Analysis THE return of the livestock exhibition is a boost for the Bulawayo Agricultural Show with farmers being called on to participate at this year’s Zimbabwe International Trade Fair (ZITF) and take advantage of the expo to penetrate the export market. This year’s Trade Fair which will …
Command Agriculture: Feeding nation through one focused vision April 25, 2017 Opinion & Analysis Vast tracts of land under maize, thanks to the Command Agriculture programme at Arda Trek-Antelope Estate, in Maphisa, Matabeleland South Bruce NdlovuIn years past, there has been concern from Government and other stakeholders that some farmers resettled during the country’s historic Land …
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Tobacco exports up 14 percent April 25, 2017 Business VOLUMES of tobacco, which has been exported so far now stands at 42.5 million kg, a 14 percent rise from those exported in the corresponding period last year, statistics released by the Tobacco Industry and Marketing Board (TIMB) show. In its weekly tobacco bulletin, the TIMB said …
Major boost for Command agric April 25, 2017 Local News Minister Joseph Made Elita Chikwati, Harare BureauZIMBABWE is expecting to receive 80 centre pivots worth over $6 million from Spain to aid irrigation under Command Agriculture, as Government moves to adopt new technologies and strengthen infrastructural development in support of the successful import-substitution programme. Negotiations are already …
Resettled Zimbabwe farmers left high and dry April 24, 2017 in Feature Story, News Ten years ago, former bricklayer, Samuel Musengi was allocated a nine-hectare plot to cultivate in Zimbabwe, as part of an accelerated phase of land reform programme that saw tens of thousands of black families resettled on what were once vast, mostly white-owned commercial farms. …
Get rid of the silt – Agro-ecology expert April 24, 2017 Business An aerial view of the water in Tokwe-Mukosi dam after recent rains Jeffrey Gogo Climate StoryWHEN Cyclone Dineo rammed Masvingo earlier in the year, floods unleashed a glut of silt on Tokwe-Mukosi, the biggest in-land dam built in post-colonial Zimbabwe, rivalled only in size …