Commercial Farmers' Union of Zimbabwe
Du Pont Pioneer sales volumes jump 78pc November 23, 2016 Business Du Pont Pioneer maize seeds Enacy Mapakame Business Reporter —SEED breeder Du Pont Pioneer said sales volumes for the 2016/17 agriculture season have jumped 78 percent to 8 000 tonnes, driven by high maize seed demand for command agriculture. Speaking on the sidelines of a tour …
Premium Tobacco takes over Tribac November 23, 2016 Business Tobacco farm Business Reporter— PREMIUM Tobacco International, the world’s third largest tobacco merchant has acquired the assets of Tribac, a local tobacco contracting firm for an undisclosed amount.Tribac is owned by a consortium of local businessmen compromising Kenneth Butchart, Victor Brown and Pete Chilvers. Premium Tobacco, the …
Scrap Tobacco Levy, Chinamasa urged November 23, 2016 Local News Zimbabwe is this year likely to see a 10-15 percent decline in the volume of tobacco delivered to the auction floors due to the unfavourable weather Elita Chikwati Senior Reporter—Farmers have urged Finance and Economic Development Minister Patrick Chinamasa to scrap Tobacco Levy in the 2017 National …
Seed firms geared for agric season November 23, 2016 Headlines, Top Stories Abigail Mawonde Herald Correspondent—SEED companies yesterday said they were ready for the new farming season, including supporting the Government-initiated Command Agriculture and Presidential Inputs Support schemes, but warned that delays in payment could derail progress. Speaking to the Parliamentary Portfolio Committee on Lands, Agriculture, Mechanisation and Irrigation Development …
As temperatures soar, Zimbabwe’s farmers test maize that can cope November 23, 2016 Opinion & Analysis Appolonia Marutsvaka shows off her drought-tolerant maize cobs harvested through a CIMMYT project. Busani BafanaZAKA DISTRICT, Zimbabwe — Aplonia Marutsvaka looks triumphant as she shows off one of her three bags of gleaming white maize. She harvested the grain in …
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Hailstorms leaves trail of destruction November 23, 2016 Local News Mrs Nqumile Mpala shows her damaged house yesterday Sukulwenkosi-Dube-Matutu, Plumtree CorrespondentFOUR schools and several homesteads in Mangwe district were severely damaged by hailstorms which pounded the area recently. Tjingababili Primary School in Tshitshi Ward was the worst affected as all classrooms and teachers’ cottages were damaged by …
Zesa warns of load-shedding as cash squeeze bites November 22, 2016 in News Zesa Holdings is battling to settle external obligations to foreign energy producers due to a depletion of nostroaccounts, Parliament has been told. by XOLISANI NCUBE Giving oral evidence before the Parliamentary Portfolio committee on Mines, Energy and Power Development yesterday, Zesa Holdings chief executive …
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Villagers foresee bleak 2016/17 agric season November 22, 2016 in News Farmers and community leaders in Matabeleland have said the 2016/2017 agricultural season looks bleak, as livestock continue to perish due to lack of water and shortage of pastures. BY MTHANDAZO NYONI The region was early this year ravaged by an El Nino-induced drought, whose effects continue …
ZESA to raise $314m for Hwange station November 22, 2016 Business ZESA Holdings Chief Executive Josh Chifamba (centre), Zimbabwe Power Company Acting Managing Director Joshua Chirikuutsi (right) and ZETDC managing director Julian Chinembiri before the Parliamentary Portfolio Committee on Mines and Energy yesterday Tinashe Makichi Business Reporter—ZESA Holdings expects to raise $314 million by end of this …
Farmers complain over land tax November 22, 2016 Local News Elita Chikwati Agriculture ReporterFarmers have raised concern over the land tax, which they say should not be charged across the board as the land is not uniform in terms of agro-ecological regions and agricultural activities being under taken. The levy, initiated through the Finance Act No 8 of …