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alex reacted to this post about 4 days agoCIMMYT develops multiple stress tolerant maize varieties
GOVERNMENT has hailed the International Maize and Wheat Improvement Centre (CIMMYT) and its partners for developing multiple stress tolerant maize varieties that withstand drought and fall armyworm.
Speaking at the 2024 CIMMYT annual partner’s day in Harare recently, Agriculture ministry permanent secretary Obert Jiri said the organisation was playing a key role in developing the agricultural sector........
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alex reacted to this post about 3 weeks agoFake seed throws farmers, market into quandary
AGRIPPA Sithole is a known major maize farmer in his area in Bikita, Masvingo province, and year after year, save of course for the drought seasons, it is a given that Sithole will have a bumper maize harvest.
Something strange, however, happened to Sithole this season, notwithstanding it being a drought year......
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Kutsaga approves new tobacco agrochemicals
KUTSAGA, formerly Tobacco Research Board, has approved new tobacco agrochemicals as it ramps up efforts to support farmers to produce high-quality crops acceptable on the global markets.
In a notice to all tobacco growers, contractors, merchants and agrochemical companies yesterday, Kutsaga said the new agrochemicals would boost the quality of tobacco..
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TIMB gets tough on side marketing
GOVERNMENT has published a Statutory Instrument (SI 77 of 2022) prohibiting side marketing of tobacco to fight unscrupulous dealers who thrive on unlawfully buying tobacco from farmers.
The SI, published in the Government Gazette, will see tobacco contractors being required to obtain “contractors licences” in terms of the regulations.
Side marketing takes place when an uncontracted farmer sells his or her tobacco (auction tobacco) to an unlicensed buyer or when an uncontracted farmer sells his or her tobacco (auction tobacco) to a licensed contractor.
Under the new legislation, any person who participates in side marketing shall be liable to a fine not exceeding level five or to imprisonment for a maximum of six months or to both such a fine and imprisonment.
“This serves to notify all stakeholders that the Tobacco Industry and Marketing (Prohibition of Side Marketing) Regulations, 2022 (SI 77 of 2022) (hereinafter titled the Regulations) were published through the Government Gazette of 15 April 2022. The following are its salient features; Tobacco contractors are now required to obtain contractors’ licences in terms of the regulations. All manner of “side marketing” is prohibited. Notwithstanding the above penalties, any side marketer may be required to compensate three times the loss suffered by any particular contractor,” the Tobacco Industry and Marketing Board said in a statement.
Early this year, the regulator also indicated that it will be making constant radar sweeps on frequency of sales on grower numbers with the view to identify grower numbers perpetuating side marketing.
Tobacco, which is one of the country’s foreign currency earners, has been subjected to side marketing over the years due to shortage of cash, late payment and poor payment among other things.
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Maize producer price up
The maize producer price has been increased to $6 958 a tonne from $4 000, for the present marketing season, with that for traditional grains increased to $7 260....
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$1 000 fine for errant tobacco farmers
Tobacco farmers who continue violating rules and regulations governing the production of the golden leaf now risk paying a $1 000 spot fine or losing their land, an official has said.
Manicaland provincial Agritex crops and livestock officer Mrs Phillipa Rwambiwa said Government was concerned with the increasing number of farmers who were not following proper procedures in tobacco production.
“Agritex is trying to promote the correct way of doing things, given that we have a number of new tobacco farmers across the province,” he said.
“However, most of these farmers are not following the proper procedures, especially stumping, burning of stock and planting dates,” said Mrs Rwambiwa.
“This puts other farmers’ crops at risk of contracting diseases, including Potato Virus Y (PVY). At the moment, farmers who would be caught on the wrong side are charged a spot fine of $1 000 per hectare.”
Mrs Rwambiwa said those farmers who would continue disregarding the law would lose their land.
“In cases where the farmer is leasing a piece of land, both the farmer and the land owner are going to lose their farm if caught on the wrong side of the law,” she said.
Tobacco is one of the biggest foreign currency earners for Zimbabwe and has become the crop of choice for many communal farmers who make up the bulk of the tobacco producers in the country.
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TIMB hikes tobacco weighing, auction floor fees
THE Tobacco Industry Marketing Board (TIMB) has hiked weighing and auction floor charges, further eroding farmers’ earnings.
The fee was raised from US$4,50 last season to US$7,70 per bale this season, much to the chagrin of farmers who felt that their earnings were being squeezed.
Apart from weighing and auction fees, other deductions incurred by farmers include tobacco levy (0,75%), TIMB stop order levies (0,8%) and the Ministry of Agriculture levy (USD$0,875c per kg )....
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Normalcy returns to auction floors
Activities at the country’s tobacco auction floors are expected to improve this week following the scrapping of the 2 percent electronic transfer tax on all activities at the floors, with prices being offered for the crop beginning to firm.
The Tobacco Industry and Marketing Board (TIMB) and the Reserve Bank of Zimbabwe also re-affirmed their commitment to give farmers their entitlement of 50 percent payment in US dollars in their Nostro FCA and the remainder in local unit at the ruling interbank rate....
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Floor Prices Day - Wednesday 20.03.2019
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calvin@espekasa.co.za reacted to this post about 5 years agoGood day Ladies and Gentleman. We are in manufacturing, mainly Hammer Mills, Food Mixers, Wood Chippers , Lawn Mowers etc to name a few...visit us www.espekasa.co.zaPost is under moderationStream item published successfully. Item will now be visible on your stream.
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Cotton price increased
COTTON farmers in Gokwe are smiling all the way to the bank with their crop being sold for 52 cents per kilogramme up from 49 cents. Addressing cotton farmers in Nyanje area in Gokwe South on Monday, the Minister of State for Midlands Provincial Affairs Mr Owen Ncube said the new cotton price was aimed at making cotton farming viable for the farmers.....
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New bean variety could save Zim US$120k a month
Zimbabwe continues to shine in the field of agricultural research, with local plant breeders coming up new improved bean varieties that can enhance productivity and the country’s overall food security. One such centre which has been at the forefront of agricultural research is the Department of Research and Specialist Services (DR&SS) in the Ministry of Lands, Agriculture and Rural Resettlement.....
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