World Food Programme and Government join forces to boost farm production, strengthen livelihoods and empower women in a challenging environment. Sa’a Moussa heads a cooperative of women farmers adapting to changing rainfall patterns to grow their businesses in Niger. Photo: WFP/Adamou Sani Dan Salaou. Sitting atop a pile of millet sacks in the southern Niger ...

Source: Xinhua/ Editor: huaxia Marova Moyo, a Zimbabwean farmer, shows farming skills to other villagers in Mutoko, Mashonaland East Province, Zimbabwe, on June 5, 2024. Despite the El Nino-induced drought facing Zimbabwe, Moyo and her husband, Abel Katsande, still harvested enough grains to last them until the next harvest, thanks to climate-smart farming practices that ...

Zimbabwe’s agriculture commodities market is navigating mixed fortunes amid currency volatility, impacting the availability and affordability of basic products. The country’s open air vegetable markets, a barometer for the agriculture sector’s performance, offer insights into commodity availability and pricing. These markets, where agriculture produce is traditionally available year-round, have seen shortages due to diminished commercial ...

While Zambia’s economy is still recovering from the COVID-19 pandemic and a previous recession, a new Country Economic Monitor (CEM) report shows pathways that can support the country’s productivity to enhance economic transformation, create better jobs, and deliver sustained and inclusive growth. The new CEM, launched today, titled Unlocking Productivity and Economic Transformation for Better ...

A livestock specialist shows incubators installed by Chinese agricultural experts at the China-Zimbabwe Agricultural Cooperation and Poverty Reduction Demonstration Village in Zvimba, Mashonaland West Province, Zimbabwe, on June 4, 2024. (Xinhua/Tafara Mugwara) Villagers from Zvimba District in Zimbabwe’s Mashonaland West Province on Tuesday launched the Zvimba Farmers Cooperative Club with the help of Chinese agricultural ...

President Emmerson Mnangagwa addressed the Korea-Africa summit on Agriculture Productivity and Regional Development, emphasizing the crucial role of agriculture in driving socio-economic growth and sustainable development. Speaking at the 2024 Korea-Africa summit in Seoul, Mnangagwa highlighted the significance of agriculture in ensuring food security, economic prosperity, and sustainable development, especially in rural areas. “As the ...

August 26 – August 31 Join CIMMYT at the 114th edition of the Zimbabwe Agricultural Show, a premier event that convenes diplomats, senior business executives, policymakers, government officials, and private sector representatives, among other stakeholders. Running under the theme, Cultivating Prosperity: Growing business. Innovating for change. Nurturing our future, this event highlights the vital importance of ...

In March 2019, Cyclone Idai made landfall in Zimbabwe damaging large tracts of crops in the eastern parts of the country. Approximately 50,000 households were destroyed and around 270,000 people were impacted. The torrential rain, ferocious winds, flush floods and landslides brought by Cyclone Idai severely damaged large fields of maize, groundnuts, cowpeas, sorghum and other crops, eradicating ...

According to Zimstats 2023, tobacco production in Zimbabwe supports up to 160 000 households and accounts for more than 50% of agricultural exports contributing to 10% of the national gross domestic product (GDP). BASED on the 2022 Trademap statistics, Zimbabwe remains the number one producer of tobacco on the African continent. It is ranked sixth ...