Bee keeping cooperative sustains women’s lives

Ten families in Masomere Village have overcome their fear of bee stings and are generating income from selling honey and related products, CLAYTON MASEKESA reports from...

Traditional seeds under threat

Rural communities are fast losing local knowledge about traditional food crops and agricultural practices, a trend...

From unemployed labourer to successful pig farmer

John Kadzunge, once a driver at the now defunct Kondozi Farm, was among 5,000 farm workers...

Female farmer defies all odds

The success story of a female farmer has proved beyond doubt that women have the capacity...

Beware fake seeds, farmers warned

Counterfeit seed continues to circulate on the seed market during the start of every farming season,...

Small-scale farmers bemoan Zinwa levy

Small holder farmers have criticised the Zimbabwe National Water Authority (Zinwa) for ripping them off by...

Comparing communal areas and new resettlements in Zimbabwe IV

One of the striking findings of our earlier work on the new resettlements was the level...

Women plant the fruit of a better future

In the lush Eastern Highlands, women farmers have planted the seeds that could hold the key...

Comparing communal areas and new resettlements in Zim

The communal areas are crowded places. The population density in Chivi district was for example 46...

Land audit commendable but …

The proposed government land audit and redistribution of farms has been commended, but women fear the...

Climate change migration on the increase

Makuleke Village is a melting pot for illegal migrants from Zimbabwe and Mozambique searching for greener...

Land administration challenges after land reform: evidence from Masvingo

After a few weeks of commentary on wider issues relating to land and agriculture, this week...

Tobacco farmers smoke indigenous trees to extinction

The high cost of tobacco farming on health and the environment has remained one of the...

Sustainable intensification: a new buzzword to feed the world?

The term ‘sustainable intensification’ (SI) has entered academic and policy discourse in recent years, including in...

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