Farming subsidies in Zimbabwe do help spread crop risk, but impact on income is limited – research

Farming subsidies in Zimbabwe do help spread crop risk, but impact on income is limited – research

In rural development, the conventional wisdom has for decades been simple: households are better off when they have more than one way of making a living. Diversify, spread your risk, and you’ll be more resilient.

The Zim monodialogues

The Zim monodialogues

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As we demand an apology from Europe for slavery, when will African states acknowledge their own complicity?

As we demand an apology from Europe for slavery, when will African states acknowledge their own complicity?

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By a Correspondent
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Letters 13-7-06

We are not tribalists
EDITOR - We wish to raise our concern on the reports and...

Let’s not be fooled again

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Econet secures US$20 million loan

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Monetary policy review?
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Zimbabwean Debt Situation

Domestic debt trebles
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The right to life
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