Zimbabwe: Hunger as El Nino scorches farmlands
Source: The ZimbabweanCountry: ZimbabweSHEPHERD Tavaruva, a previous Masvingo Farmer of the Year winner, says he won’t be adding to his medal tally any time soon.Zimbabwe’s worst drought since the new...
View ArticleZimbabwe: Drought-hit SA under pressure to feed Zim
Source: The ZimbabweanCountry: South Africa, Zambia, ZimbabweSOUTH AFRICA, which is the continent’s biggest corn producer and is suffering the worst drought in memory, may need to help neighboring...
View ArticleZimbabwe: Hunger in Zimbabwe: drought or disastrous policies?
Source: The ZimbabweanCountry: ZimbabweAs over 1.5 million people - over 16% of the population - in Zimbabwe face food insecurity this year, which is an increase of 164% compared to the previous...
View ArticleZimbabwe: Villagers sell Mugabe inputs as hunger bites
Source: The ZimbabweanCountry: ZimbabweZANU PF supporters in Muzarabani and Dande areas are now selling maize seed and fertilizer donated to them under the ruling party’s Presidential Well Wishers...
View ArticleZimbabwe: Government farm aid might worsen hunger
Source: The ZimbabweanCountry: ZimbabweHARARE — Farmers in Zimbabwe say they have been forced to sell the seeds and fertilizers supplied by the government for the 2015-2016 planting season to avert a...
View ArticleZimbabwe: Traditional seeds keep hunger away in drought-prone Zimbabwe
Source: The ZimbabweanCountry: ZimbabweIt was all smiles as Bertha Chibhememe of Sangwe communal area in Chiredzi, south eastern Zimbabwe, showed off her traditional seed varieties at a seed fair. A...
View ArticleZimbabwe: Govt admits foot-and-mouth failure
Source: The ZimbabweanCountry: ZimbabweThe department of veterinary services has admitted that it has failed to deal with the foot-and-mouth outbreak in the southern part of the country, which has...
View ArticleZimbabwe: Irrigation project diversifies into fish farming
Source: The ZimbabweanCountry: ZimbabweThe lives of communal farmers in the drought-prone Filabusi district in Zhulube are a perennial struggle. They survive on the scanty yields from their maize...
View ArticleZimbabwe: Women must be part of the climate change debate
Source: The ZimbabweanCountry: ZimbabweClimate change has seen Zimbabwe experiencing prolonged droughts, extended dry seasons, extreme hot summers and cold winters.These sporadic changes in weather...
View ArticleZimbabwe: Dairy project triumphs over gender barriers
Source: The ZimbabweanCountry: ZimbabweHilda Kusena has silenced critics with the success of her co-operative by forming a partnership with International Development Enterprise (IDE Zimbabwe). Her aim...
View ArticleZimbabwe: New tractor brings prosperity to widow
Source: The ZimbabweanCountry: ZimbabweWhen brave mother of three Annah Kashiri lost her husband 10 years ago, falling into despair was never an option for her. CLAYTON MASEKESA REPORTS.When her...
View ArticleZimbabwe: Conflict over water threatens mining, farming communities
Source: The ZimbabweanCountry: ZimbabweWhile mining and farming activities have been hailed for creating employment and bringing development to Zimbabwe, development is still being hampered by lack of...
View ArticleZimbabwe: $2m fund transforms lives of rural women
Source: The ZimbabweanCountry: ZimbabweBRENNA MATENDERE reports on the success of a European Union-funded project that has seen thousands of families being given the chance to own and breed...
View ArticleZimbabwe: Small grains produce big gains for farmers
Source: The ZimbabweanCountry: ZimbabweFor too many years, farmers like Ivy Sibanda, from the Jambezi area in Hwange district of Matabeleland North, have toiled under the brutal sun every day without...
View ArticleZimbabwe: Nkayi farmers resort to fodder crops
Source: The ZimbabweanCountry: ZimbabweCommunal farmers in dry Nkayi area are now growing previously unknown fodder crops in their fields in a bid to save their livestock from recurrent droughts.The...
View ArticleZimbabwe: Heifer scheme brings joy to rural women
Source: The ZimbabweanCountry: Zimbabweby Clayton MasekesaA local Non-Governmental Organisation scheme - the Heifer International Project - is providing heifers to women in an effort to fight poverty...
View ArticleZimbabwe: Project gives women access to markets
Source: The ZimbabweanCountry: ZimbabweAccess to markets has been the biggest obstacle to success for subsistence farmers. A project called Profit +, funded by USAID, has started to tackle this...
View ArticleZimbabwe: More trouble for Tokwe Mukosi flood victims
Source: The ZimbabweanCountry: ZimbabweIt never rains but pours for Tokwe Mukosi flood victims who were displaced last year following heavy flooding along the dam basin. They have failed this year to...
View ArticleZimbabwe: Tokwe Mukosi dam complete
Source: The ZimbabweanCountry: Zimbabweby Regerai TukutukuThe government says it has finished constructing the giant Tokwe Mukosi dam in Chivi district in Masvingo province at a cost over half a...
View ArticleZimbabwe: 1,000 cattle die from mining pollution
Source: The ZimbabweanCountry: ZimbabweMavis Karenyi desperately tried one treatment after another, but her cattle kept dying and she watched helplessly as her family’s symbol of livelihood...
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