24.5.2021 14:04

Small towns and agricultural development in Africa

Ian Scoones
The most recent Africa Agriculture Status Report from AGRA, ‘Feeding Africa’s Cities: Opportunities, Challenges, and Policies for Linking African Farmers with Growing Urban Food Markets’ and led...
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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...
19.4.2021 10:43

Can the Pfumvudza conservation agriculture programme deliver food security in Zimbabwe?

It looks like it’s going to be a good harvest this year in Zimbabwe....
16.4.2021 7:57

Japan provides further support to improve food security in Zimbabwe

The Government of Japan has contributed US$ 1.25 million through the World Food Programme (WFP) to support...
13.4.2021 9:21

Zimbabwe Pin Economic Hopes on Tobacco, Despite Anti-Smoking Campaigns

MUREHWA DISTRICT, ZIMBABWE - Tobacco farmers in Zimbabwe, Africa's largest tobacco producer, are pinning their economic...
12.4.2021 10:50

FAO recognises farmer-led irrigation as a major contributor to agricultural development

Buried deep in a long report on water and agriculture by FAO – the flagship state...
10.4.2021 9:29

Zimbabwe’s 2021 tobacco marketing season commences with high hopes

HARARE (Xinhua) -- Zimbabwe's 2021 tobacco marketing season opened on Wednesday with hopes that the country...

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