15.6.2021 12:44

Govt grabs land from Nust director

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The government has seized a farm jointly owned by the director of the National University of Science and Technology’s (Nust) Applied Genetics Testing Centre Zephaniah Dhlamini, Open...
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14.6.2021 10:55

COVID-19 and economic transformation in rural Zimbabwe

Zimbabwe’s COVID-19 situation looks uncertain, with localised outbreaks and a rise in infections south of the...
12.6.2021 7:54

Feeding Africa from Africa – Smallholder farmers to leverage on AfCFTA

COVID-19 impact has exposed weakness of current food systems, but also revealed an opportunity for trade...
31.5.2021 10:24

How land reform transformed small towns in Zimbabwe

Our recent paper – small towns and land reform in Zimbabwe – out in the European Journal of Development...
30.5.2021 8:06

Zimbabwe Price Bulletin, May 2021

English Situation Report on Zimbabwe about Agriculture, Food and Nutrition and Drought; published on 29 May...
24.5.2021 14:04

Small towns and agricultural development in Africa

The most recent Africa Agriculture Status Report from AGRA, ‘Feeding Africa’s Cities: Opportunities, Challenges, and Policies...
19.5.2021 9:06

Zimbabwe suspends maize imports after bumper harvest

HARARE (Xinhua) -- Zimbabwe has suspended maize imports this year after the country recorded a bumper...
15.5.2021 16:30

Zimbabwe’s cotton farmers sweating for no gain

As world celebrates Farmers' Day, country’s cotton farmers suffer...
13.5.2021 8:03

Zimbabwe Scraps State Cannabis Ownership Rules to Lure Investors

Zimbabwe abolished a rule which requires co-ownership between government and private investors in the cultivation of...
4.5.2021 15:03

Beyond the silver bullet solution: towards a ‘systems agronomy’ perspective

The previous two blogs (here and here) have discussed the Pfumvudza conservation agriculture programme that has become a...
2.5.2021 18:41

Zimbabwe’s tobacco farmers plead for a better deal

Wait times for crop payments and exchange-rate roulette can wreak havoc on tobacco farmers’ profits....
26.4.2021 7:17

Conservation agriculture: latest experiences from Zimbabwe

In the last blog, I introduced the Pfumvudza programme in Zimbabwe, a version of conservation agriculture that has...
23.4.2021 11:37

Reparations in Reverse: How Zimbabwe Is Giving Land Back to the Families of White Colonizers

“We all still have scars of having land taken from us in the past.”...
21.4.2021 7:10

Zimbabwe Retains 7.4% Growth Target on Improved Farm Output

Zimbabwe’s Treasury is sticking to its economic growth estimate of 7.4%, even after the nation’s president...

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