Commercial Farmers' Union of Zimbabwe
Treasury avails $20m for grain payments June 27, 2016 Local News Dr Made Elita Chikwati Agriculture ReporterGrain deliveries to the Grain Marketing Board have surpassed 58 000 tonnes owing to the improvements in the payment system. Agriculture, Mechanisation and Irrigation Development Minister Dr Joseph Made said he did not expect such deliveries considering the drought that affected crops …
AfDB extends grant for Zim beef, leather sector June 27, 2016 Business THE Government says it has received funding from regional financier, the African Development Bank (AfDB), towards supporting SMEs in the country’s beef and leather value chain. The project is targeted at reviving the local beef and leather industry. “Government has received grant funds from the …
United Refineries completes $2m soya project June 27, 2016 Business Busisa Moyo Oliver Kazunga Senior Business ReporterUNITED Refineries Limited (URL) has successfully completed a pilot project for a $2 million soya bean contract farming initiative. The company’s chief executive officer, Busisa Moyo, told Chronicle Business that his company would in the next farming season engage farmers in Jotsholo …
1 000 new farmers resist Mutendi’s Central Estates takeover By ZimSitRep_M | June 26, 2016 1 Comment MVUMA — Over a thousand resettled farmers at Central Estates Farm, 10km northwest of Mvuma, are resisting Zion Christian Church leader Nehemiah Mutendi’s attempts to take over the farm’s headquarters. Source: 1 000 new farmers resist Mutendi’s Central Estates takeover – NewsDay Zimbabwe June …
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Govt land commission just another wild goose chase By ZimSitRep_M | June 26, 2016 1 Comment Source: Govt land commission just another wild goose chase – The Zimbabwe Independent June 25, 2016 “You know our policy; we do not give somebody land who is less than 21 years, but we are getting people with 10 years, 12 owning plots and that …
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How Zanu PF milked besieged farmer dry By ZimSitRep_M | June 26, 2016 2 Comments Source: How Zanu PF milked besieged farmer dry – The Standard June 26, 2016 Homeless, with no income or relative to turn to and with nowhere to go: this sums up the predicament in which former dairy farmer, Yvonne Goddard, finds herself after her Cresta Ibeka …
Cash crisis impedes grain imports: GMAZ June 24, 2016 in Business THE Grain Millers Association of Zimbabwe (GMAZ) is set to hold a meeting with the Reserve Bank of Zimbabwe (RBZ) over Telegraphic Transfer (TT) delays which have affected imports posing a threat to the food security situation. BY TARISAI MANDIZHA Currently TT transactions are taking four …
European Commission, World Vision invest in aquaculture June 24, 2016 in Business The European Commission (EC) and World Vision have combined forces to increase fisheries and aquaculture in the country to provide communities in eight districts with a source of income. BY TATIRA ZWINOIRA EC invested $300 000 at the start of the project in November 2013, …
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Concession’s ‘Quail City’ June 24, 2016 Features, Opinion & Analysis Bishop Cyprian Mutsvene at the cages at his Quail City in Concession Sydney Kawadza : Senior Features Writer “Quail farming is becoming a very big industry and people enjoy it . . . Quails are fast breeders and you find each quail, if you keep them properly, …
RBZ, GMAZ to assess season’ preps June 24, 2016 Business Business Reporter ACCESS to cash for local maize and soya purchases and outstanding foreign payments for grain imports are some of the topical issues set to feature this morning at the Reserve Bank of Zimbabwe and grain millers’ engagement to assess preparedness for the forthcoming summer …