Zimbabwe joins eight countries in the region which concluded food control system assessments. Earlier this month, Uganda successfully concluded a nine-month assessment in Kampala. LAST week, the Food and Agriculture Organisation (FAO) concluded an eight-month assessment of Zimbabwe’s food control system with a final workshop in Harare where a strategic action plan was presented to ...

An agriculture expert, Ismail Olawale, has called for adequate communication of the advantages and disadvantages of genetically modified organisms (GMOs) crops before adoption by local farmers. Are You Looking for Work in Canada, Here Is This Opportunity, Fruit Picking Jobs in Canada Mr Olawale, a fellow at the National Agriculture Extension Research Liaison Services NAERLS, ...

While the Southern African agricultural sector was dealing with a “moving target”, and the extent of the impact of the heatwave and dryness on crops changed daily, it was clear that the whole region had taken strain and would see a significant reduction in the volume of the crop produced, says the Agricultural Business Chamber(Agbiz) ...

Swaths of maize crops had wilted, with farmers saying most of the affected crop would not recover even if rains returned. THE bulk of the 2023/2024 maize crop is a complete write off following below average rainfall, agricultural sector leaders disclosed this week, warning that over half of the population would require food aid. The ...

Elevating Zimbabwe’s Agriculture: Vice President Chiwenga’s Vision Inspired by Russian Farming Innovations During a significant visit that might herald a transformative era for Zimbabwe’s agriculture, Vice President Dr. Constantino Chiwenga recently found inspiration in the heart of Russia’s agricultural sector. His tour of the Kazan Agro-Industrial Park and the Komoc Milk and Dairy Processing Plant ...

Russia has successfully fulfilled its commitment to provide humanitarian aid in the form of 200,000 metric tonnes of free grain to six African countries, as previously announced by President Vladimir Putin in July. This is based on a Reuters report. The delivery, confirmed by Agriculture Minister Dmitry Patrushev, included 50,000 tonnes each to Somalia and ...

In the heart of Zimbabwe, small-scale farmers are grappling with a paradox of plenty. Amid the lush fields and bountiful harvests, a crisis of overabundance is causing financial distress. As the sun rises over fields laden with fruits and vegetables, it also casts a shadow over an issue that threatens the livelihoods of these farmers ...

The United States Agency for International Development (USAID) is providing US$2.2 million to the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) for the “Mitigating the Impact of Livestock Diseases” project. The one-year project will work to improve household resilience to shocks by protecting their livestock assets. The project’s design is based on the FAO, Department ...

Zimbabwe expects to harvest 2.28 million metric tons of maize this year, enough to meet its annual consumption, due to the promotion of farming practices aimed at reducing the impact of climate change, such as no till farming and water harvesting. “Water harvesting techniques, soil and moisture conservation and the minimal disturbance of soil under ...