Christian Thierfelder, Principal Scientist at CIMMYT, poses in a field that is being tested for conservation agriculture at Henderson Research Station, Harare, Zimbabwe. Credit, Busani Bafana/IPS BULAWAYO, Dec 05 (IPS) – On the dusty plains of Shamva District in Zimbabwe, Wilfred Mudavanhu’s maize field defies drought. With the El Niño-induced drought gripping several countries in ...

INDUSTRY capacity utilization is projected to reach 55% in 2025 on the back of a rebound of the agricultural sector, which will go a long way to stimulate productivity among other factors. Presenting the 2025 National Budget in Parly Thursday, Finance Minister, Mthuli Ncube said the manufacturing sector is set to rebound in the coming ...

Image used for illustrative purpose. Getty Images Under this project, small-scale farmers will be supported in growing sesame seeds to practice market-oriented agriculture and a Japanese trading company called ITOCHU Corporation is expected to play an important role in completing the value-chain of the project The three-year project will enhance food security and resilience for ...

The United Nations World Food Programme (WFP) welcomes a contribution of US$ 5.1 million from the Government of Japan to support 37,000 climate-affected smallholder farmers across five districts in Zimbabwe. The three-year project will enhance food security and resilience for smallholder farmers by establishing water-based infrastructure, developing value chains, and strengthening agricultural extension service capacity. ...

In Zimbabwe’s arid regions, farmers like Gertrude Siduna and Muchaneta Mutowa are embracing climate-smart agriculture initiatives to adapt to challenging environmental conditions. Through training funded by the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID), they’ve discovered crops and technology suited to Zimbabwe’s changing climate. Siduna, a 49-year-old farmer from Chipinge district, now cultivates chilies instead of ...

A villager harvests vegetables in a plot that is part of a climate-smart agriculture program funded by the United States Agency for International Development in Chipinge, Zimbabwe, on Thursday, Sept. 19, 2024. (AP Photo/Aaron Ufumeli) By Farai Mutsaka And Melina Walling, CHIPINGE, Zimbabwe (AP) — Gertrude Siduna appears to have little appetite for corn farming ...

Zimbabwe has, since the beginning of November, harvested a record 518 502t of wheat from 106 230ha. A total of 119 594ha were planted to wheat this year compared with 91 000ha in the previous season, when a crop of 465 546t was achieved. The government is targeting a wheat crop of 550 000t in ...

Earlier this year, the International Finance Corporation (IFC) published a report highlighting several business opportunities in Zimbabwe’s agriculture sector. 1. Fruits and vegetables Zimbabwe’s horticultural output aligns well with seasonal gaps in Western markets. Crops like blueberries and mangetout, for example, reach global export markets during prime windows, giving Zimbabwean producers a first-mover advantage over competitors and allowing them ...

Reliable food security statistics are essential for informed decisions on food access, quality, and affordability. Recognizing this, a regional collaboration between the Common Market for Eastern and Southern Africa (COMESA) and Statistics Norway, funded by the Norwegian Agency for Development Cooperation (Norad), has supported eight African nations in strengthening their food and nutritional security through ...

HARARE—Zimbabwe’s new land tenure policy aims to expose multiple farm ownership and identify underutilized land, potentially benefiting over 250,000 individuals on the government’s waiting list, according to Justice, Legal, and Parliamentary Affairs Minister Ziyambi Ziyambi. The government recently announced that beneficiaries of the land reform programme will now receive bankable, registrable, and transferable land tenure, ...