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Nqobile Bhebhe, Zimbabwe The British Department for International Development (DFID) estimates that by 2050, climate change would have  reduced Zimbabwe agricultural sector productivity by five...

By Nita Karume, Nairobi - Kenya The year 2017 saw farmers in Africa who had already been struggling with devastating drought, face a new pest...

By: Wandile Sihlobo Remember the public outcry in 2016 when news came out that some greedy Zambian businessmen were smuggling maize meal to Burundi in...

By: Nqobile Bhepe, Zimbabwe,Bulawayo Zimbabwe’s groundnut production is expected to increase as a lucrative market is opening up in South Africa.Groundnuts in Zimbabwe are mostly...

Nqobile Bhebhe, Zimbabwe AN OUTBREAK of the has been reported in the Midlands area of Zimbabwe causing   significant damage of about 20 percent of...

Nqobile Bhebhe,Zimbabwe Government officials in Zimbabwe are queuing  up and calling on farmers to urgently shift to small grain production  against the backdrop of impending...

Nqobile Bhebhe,Zimbabwe ZIMBABWEAN authorities say the southern Africa country, once a breadbasket for the continent has 500 000 tonnes of maize locked away in its...

Nqobile Bhebhe,BulawayoZimbabwe’s Fertiliser Manufactures Association has assured thousands of farmers that there would be enough fertiliser in the market for the 2018-19 farming season.The...

At least 400 hectares of maize field in Tanzania's northern district of Arusha are on the brink of destruction after an invasion of fall...

By Inge Gerremo, Senior Advisor at SLU Global.   Why do African and European leaders of today make partly the same mistakes as they did in...