EnviroPress Reporter Benefiting over 2,180 households in rural Zimbabwe, UNDP is partnering with the Ministry of Agriculture to implement ‘Building Climate Resilience of Vulnerable Agricultural Livelihoods in Southern Zimbabwe with financial support from the Green Climate Fund. Rural provinces including Matabeleland South Province, Masvingo, and Manicaland will receive 21 solar-powered pivot-system irrigation schemes – using […]
Upenyu Chaota City of Masvingo will soon be producing commercial bio-methane gas from sewage and other bio-degradable materials after the local authority partnered the Zimbabwe Open University (ZOU) to find new use for digesters at the city’s sewage works. Bio-methane, also called renewable gas, is a combustible gas that is produced from biogas that has […]
Clayton Shereni The plunder of diamonds in Chiadzwa by government officials and security officials who work in collaboration with Chinese firms, the gold rush at Hwendedzo and the lithium rushes in Bikita, Goromonzi and Mberengwa may all amount to the resource curse that has come to characterize mining operations in Zimbabwe. With 80 percent of […]
Moses ZiyambiIn a patriarchal society, the business of selling car parts, especially engines and gearboxes, is ordinarily a preserve for men, but one young woman in Masvingo has defied the odds and went on to dominate the field.Growing up in Masvingo, Primrose Chirongoma had a humble upbringing, and she most probably never imagined making the […]
Samson Cader A local community based organisation, Centre for Gender and Community Development in Zimbabwe (CGCDZ) and its partner communities in Masvingo province are introducing innovative agricultural practices that promote land and livestock management.The stakeholders believe that the movable kraal concept and the holistic land and livestock management can address some long-standing conservation challenges in […]
Moses Ziyambi Fledgling Pan-African car manufacturer Mureza Auto is already envisioning its place in a greener auto future as the industry trudges away from internal combustion engines towards electrical vehicles, EnviroPress can report. The car maker has for several times postponed the launch of its groundbreaking brands including the much publicized Prim8 edition ostensibly to […]
Moses Ziyambi ‘After my business collapsed – I accepted defeat, I knew I h’d done everything in my power to make it work. I knew that the collapse of my business had nothing to do with me but rather – whatever had taken place had everything to do with the environment I was operating in’ […]
Moses Ziyambi The Great Zimbabwe University (GZU) has launched a traditional grains contract farming programme in the Chibwedziva area of Chiredzi district in Masvingo province as part of efforts to introduce adaptable agriculture to vulnerable communities The programme is being implemented by the university’s Gary Magadzire School of Agriculture, with support from the Ministry […]
Moses Ziyambi Prospects for quicker energy transition in Zimbabwe have faded after President Emmerson Mnangagwa clearly stated that coal will continue to underpin the drive to energy security. While commissioning the new Muchesu Coal Mine in Binga on July 31, President Mnangagwa said the country planned to continue growing the coal mining sector of the […]
Beans are a staple crop in Uganda. This plant breeder is working to make them more nutritious and easier to grow. Read original article on Bill Gates’ blog https://www.gatesnotes.com/Heroes-in-the-Field-Clare-Mukankusi?WT.mc_id=20230719100000_HITF-Clare-Mukankusi_BG-EM_&WT.tsrc=BGEM Bill Gates What’s your favorite way to eat beans? Mine is in chili. I know that’s a controversial opinion in some parts of the United States, but in […]
Upenyu Chaota The United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) Zimbabwe, in collaboration with UK’s Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office (FCDO), and the Rural Electrification Fund (REF), has launched a clean energy biogas project which will see a total of 150 digesters being installed in three districts across the country. The initiative will be undertaken in Chipinge, […]
…initiative is part of efforts to help create new green jobs Moses Ziyambi An innovative Bee Farmer Field School (BFFS) project being implemented in Zimbabwe by the Food and Agriculture Organisation (FAO) is improving the livelihoods of 300 young people in six districts of the country. The initiative, which runs under the Green Jobs for […]