Zimbabwe maize yields at 0.57t/ha in 2019/20, faces cereal deficit of 1.16m tonnes
HARARE - The country's maize production is estimated to have risen 17% in the 2019/20 season, but the biggest concern remains the poor yields, which averaged 0.57 tonnes per hectare. According to the Second...
COVID-19 response must target African agriculture and the rural poor
Olusegun Obasanjo and Hailemariam Desalegn Boshe
ROME, Italy, – Africa has so far escaped the worst health consequences of the COVID-19 pandemic. However, the continent looks like it could be the worst hit from the...
Extreme veld fire risk in Zimbabwe
Sydney Kawadza
The favourable 2020/2021 agricultural season, while ensuring food security in Zimbabwe, has also increased the country’s veld fires risk which has been classified as extreme.
Zimbabwe is targeting to achieve the 25 percent reduction...
TIMB ditches unpopular out of Harare auction floors
Reason Razao
The Tobacco Industry and Marketing Board has registered three auction floors in Harare after some registered outside failed to attract farmers and registering sales as low as five percent in the previous season.
The...
Zim executive on Time’s 100 Climate Leaders list
Farai Mabeza
HARARE - The chief executive officer of African Risk Capacity Limited (ARC Ltd), Lesley Ndlovu, a Zimbabwean, has been selected as one of Time Magazine’s 100 Most Influential Climate Leaders in Business for 2024.
ARC...
Women form backbone of Africa’s economy
Dr. Jennifer Blanke, Vice President for Agriculture, Human and Social Development takes stock and answers three questions about African women and agriculture and gives us results from the ground in Zambia, Zimbabwe and Sudan
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Maize production increases by 200% – Government
Staff Writer
Maize production across Zimbabwe during the 2020/2021 agricultural season increased by 199 percent compared to the previous season.
Lands, Agriculture, Fisheries, Water and Rural Resettlement Minister Anxious Masuka presented the 2021 Second Round Crop...
Authorities bemoan rot at DDF
Staff Writer
The District Development Fund has lost approximately 90 percent of its tractor units affecting its vital tillage services to resettled farmers.
The DDF’s mandate includes providing and maintaining sustainable rural development infrastructure, resettlement tillage,...
Zimbabwe braces for another cold spell
Talkmore Gandiwa
Zimbabwe is headed for another chilly weekend with the Met Department saying cold and dry south-westerly airflow is expected in the country through the southern province of Matebeleland.
According to the Meteorological Service Department...
