Nkayi farmers resort to fodder crops

Communal farmers in dry Nkayi area are now growing previously unknown fodder crops in their fields in a bid to save their livestock from recurrent...

Soil management in Africa: ways forward

Some years ago, as part of the e-debate hosted by the Future Agricultures Consortium we had...

The importance of agriculture to Zimbabwe

The agricultural industry in Zimbabwe is made up of three main components — the large scale...

The growers complaining about low prices

The growers were complaining about low prices....

Farmers refuse to budge

Farmers have hit back at government’s plans to repossess all unproductive land, arguing that all multiple...

Land reform still unclear 15 years on

The controversial land “reform” programme was not only marred by casualties but benchmarked the demise of...

Poultry projects gives women status

A poultry project, started with support from the Civic Forum for Human Development and co-ordinated by...

Govt to compensate commercial farmers

The government says it is mobilising resources to compensate white commercial farmers who were dispossessed of...

Homefields and outfields: different sites, different response to soil management

There is a long and distinguished history of soils research in Zimbabwe, led by the Department...

Tobacco farmers use banned chemicals

Tobacco farmers are defying a government directive by using banned chemicals in the production of the...

New coalition unearths widespread mining abuse

NGOs working with communities in mining areas have formed a coalition to tackle shocking abuses and...

Soils for life: Some cautionary tales for the International Year of Soils

You may not know, but 2015 is the International Year of Soils. Soils are of course...

Mahofa vows to grab Conservancies

Shuvai Mahofa has vowed to grab Save Valley conservancies, arguing that the area had become an...

Arda operations crippled by labour laws

The Agricultural and Rural Development Authority’s operations have not been spared by the harsh labour laws...

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