Commercial Farmers' Union of Zimbabwe
Nestle buys rights to milk-allergy test June 1, 2016 Business NESTLE SA agreed to pay DBV Technologies SA, a French developer of therapeutic skin patches, as much as 100 million euros ($110 million) for the right to sell an experimental test to detect milk allergy, the most common food allergy in children. Nestle will pay the …
Kaguvi ropes in local community in hides deal June 1, 2016 Business Midlands CorrespondentKAGUVI Vocational Training Centre in Gweru has announced a partnership deal with the local community involving collection of raw hides for the purposes of making leather products. The development comes after the country’s largest shoe manufacturer, Bata Shoe Company, donated five leather stitching …
‘Snow’ falls in Midlands June 1, 2016 Local News, Top Stories Lower Gweru villagers experience ‘snowfall’ in their area last Friday. Patrick Chitumba Midlands Bureau ChiefTHE Meteorological Services Department has described the “snow” that fell in Lower Gweru last Friday as a rare sleet phenomenon that has taken place in the country for the first time in …
Food security risk as farmers reel in debt May 31, 2016 in Business EIGHTY percent of farmers in Zimbabwe are heavily indebted and are failing to settle debts due to liquidity challenges, a situation likely to affect production, NewsDay has established. BY MTHANDAZO NYONI Zimbabwe Commercial Farmers Union president, Wonder Chabikwa said, in an interview yesterday, …
Tongaat’s Zim sugar production down 7,4pc May 31, 2016 Business TONGAAT Hulett’s Zimbabwe operations saw their sugar production for the year ended March 31, 2016 decline 7,4 percent to 412, 000 tonnes. The South Africa-headquartered Tongaat Hulett’s Zimbabwe operations include the wholly-owned Triangle Sugar operation and its 50,3 percent holding in Hippo Valley Estates. The Zimbabwe operations’ sales …
Breeding stations plan to boost national livestock production May 31, 2016 Business Paddy Zhanda Oliver Kazunga Senior Business ReporterTHE government will set up a central breeding station to improve livestock production in the country. Responding to questions during the inaugural Zim-Asset Bulawayo stakeholder conference last Friday, Agriculture, Mechanisation and Irrigation Development Deputy Minister responsible for livestock, Paddy Zhanda, said …
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AfDB in drive to improve agric sector May 30, 2016 Business Mr Ojukwu Business ReporterThe African Development Bank plans to improve the agriculture sector in Africa by embarking on an ambitious seven-point plan which aims at transforming the sector and be able to empower the small scale farmers and youths. AfDB director of the Agriculture and …
Cyanide poisoning claims five more jumbos May 30, 2016 Local News Brenda Ziga Herald ReporterFive elephants were killed last week by poachers using cyanide in Matabeleland North, Forestry Commission information and communications manager Ms Violet Makoto has said. In a statement, Ms Makoto said Forestry Commission guards who were on patrol discovered the cyanide which was planted …
Chief vs minister in Maleme wrangle …White farmer’s stay on prize farm sparks fresh dispute May 30, 2016 Headlines, Top Stories Mashudu Netsianda Senior Reporter—THE Minister of Rural Development, Preservation of Culture and Heritage, Cde Abedinico Ncube and Chief Nyangazonke have clashed over the presence of Peter Cunningham, a white commercial farmer, at the disputed Maleme Farm …