Commercial Farmers' Union of Zimbabwe
Govt’s daunting task on farmer-miner relations By ZimSitRep_M | September 29, 2016 0 Comment Source: Govt’s daunting task on farmer-miner relations | The Herald September 28, 2016 Zvamaida Murwira Senior ReporterGovernment faces a daunting task on how to balance the interests of a farmer tilling the land on his farm on one hand and a miner who wants to prospect and …
Agric success hinged on weather, water use and farmers’ attitudes By ZimSitRep_M | September 29, 2016 0 Comment Source: Agric success hinged on weather, water use and farmers’ attitudes | The Financial GazetteSeptember 29, 2016 By Vincent Gwarazimba WHILE land was given to many families who had no access to it or were settled on poor quality soils, few have …
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Command agriculture: Will Zimbabwe succeed? By ZimSitRep_M | September 29, 2016 1 Comment Source: Command agriculture: Will Zimbabwe succeed? | The Financial Gazette September 29, 2016 By Nelson Chenga, News Editor ACROSS the Odzi river along the Harare-Mutare highway going east, there is agricultural land that lies fallow to the right. Those familiar with this piece of land would be disheartened. The …
Masvingo suspends livestock exhibition over foot-and-mouth disease By ZimSitRep_M | September 29, 2016 0 Comment THE Masvingo Show Society has suspended livestock exhibitions for the third year running, as the province battles to control the foot-and-mouth disease (FMD). Source: Masvingo suspends livestock exhibition over foot-and-mouth disease – NewsDay ZimbabweSeptember 29, 2016 By Tatenda Chitagu This year’s provincial trade exhibition, which …
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Farmers harvest 32 000 tonnes of cotton By ZimSitRep_M | September 29, 2016 1 Comment Source: Farmers harvest 32 000 tonnes of cotton | The Financial Gazette September 27, 2016 ZIMBABWE’s cotton industry faces viability problems after production tumbled to 32 000 tonnes for the 2015/2016 agricultural season from 90 000 last year. The 2016 Mid-Year Fiscal Policy statement showed that …
$5m boost for livestock farmers By ZimSitRep_M | October 2, 2016 0 Comment Source: $5m boost for livestock farmers – Sunday News October 2, 2016 Munyaradzi Musiiwa, Midlands CorrespondentFINANCIAL institution ZB Bank has availed a $5 million loan facility for communal and smallholder livestock farmers on relaxed terms to enable them to boost production during the summer season. In an interview, …
High Court reserve judgment on Matobo villagers, Arda-Trek land dispute By ZimSitRep_M | October 3, 2016 0 Comment BULAWAYO High Court judge, Justice Martin Makonese, last Thursday indeifinitely reserved judgment in a case where 55 Matobo villagers are suing the Agricultural and Rural Development Authority (Arda) and Trek Petroleum (Private) Limited for invading their ancestral land and annexing …
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Ruwa land grab, matter postponed By ZimSitRep_M | October 3, 2016 0 Comment NINE suspected Ruwa land invaders arrested last month for allegedly grabbing land belonging to Ruwa Local Board and allocating it to their Tongogara Housing co-operative members, had their matter postponed to October 13 after their lawyer, Douglas Mwonzora failed to attend the hearing last Friday. …
Save Valley settlers’ regularisation begins September 8, 2016 Local News From George Maponga recently at SAVE VALLEY CONSERVANCY, in Chiredzi Government has started the regularisation of hundreds of settlers who occupied parts of the Save Valley Conservancy at the height of the land reform programme as the state intensifies plans to restructure the wildlife rich conservancy. At the end …
Thousands face eviction from farms – Financial Gazette September 1, 2016 By Staff Reporter By Shame Makoshoriand Idah Mhetu THE Ministry of Lands and Rural Resettlement has issued a statement directing all people illegally settled on farms to move off immediately or face eviction. In the warning, publicised last week in both the …