Foodsecurity

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NEWS Top Story

Severe frost lays waste whole maize, bean crop

post@e July 31, 2024 0 Comment

Stanslous Ruvengo Farmers in Nyamakwe and Nyimai irrigation schemes are ruing their losses following a bout of cold spells which resulted in severe frost laying waste several hectares of winter maize and beans. The...

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Business Top Story

Food security: millets should anchor climate-resilient agriculture

post@e March 25, 2023 0 Comment

Moses Ziyambi Increased cultivation of millets in Zimbabwe could play a critical role in alleviating food insecurity in a country which is experiencing adverse effects of climate change, it has been agreed. Various stakeholders...

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Business NEWS

Weak irrigation systems a bane for food security

post@e October 8, 2022 0 Comment

EnviroPress Reporter With climate change severely undermining the viability of rain-fed agriculture in many parts of Zimbabwe, the country’s underdeveloped irrigation systems is one of the many obstacles militating against the quest for national...

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Politics Top Story

Food (in)security: special vulnerability status for Chingwizi

post@e August 7, 2022 0 Comment

Moses Ziyambi Government has designated the Chingwizi area an exceptionally food insecure place which will get its own dedicated share of aid from the Department of Social Welfare. Speaking at a food distribution event...

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What climate change does to Zim farmers

post@e March 20, 2022 0 Comment

Sukuoluhle Ndlovu Zimbabwe has not been spared from the effects of global warming which have resulted in episodes of drought coupled with changing rainfall patterns and water levels decreasing. Rains have become so erratic...

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Small grains answer to worsening food insecurity

post@e January 24, 2022 0 Comment

….CGCDZ takes lead in prioritizing agricultural transition in rural areas EnviroPress Correspondent The Centre for Gender and Community Development (CGCDZ) has over the past two cropping seasons provided dozens of villagers in Bikita and...

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Business

Can Zim irrigate its way out of hunger?

post@e January 9, 2022 0 Comment

…challenges remain as irrigation remains unaffordable for many Upenyu Chaota The farming seasons in Zimbabwe are changing due to climate change, with many areas receiving poor rains that do not support the country’s quest...