Zimbabwe

Drought-Threatened Zimbabwe Faces A Quandary: Grow Maize Or Not?

EZIMNYAMA, Zimbabwe (Thomson Reuters Foundation) - As Zimbabwe’s farmers head to the fields to plant, the country is facing yet another dry growing season, meteorologists predict. But that has not ...
Reuters

As drought destroys maize, Zimbabwe tries out new staples

JAMBEZI, Zimbabwe (Thomson Reuters Foundation) - For more than 20 years, Dalarex Ncube grew maize in arid Jambezi District, one of Zimbabwe's driest regions, and his family ate maize porridge, the ...
The Zimbabwe Mail

Growing cities, shifting diets: What this means for farmers

Last week, we spoke about the rising need for standards in the agriculture sector that suit the local market and are achievable for the ordinary Zimbabwean farm ...
Reuters

Zimbabwe expects maize output to more than triple this year

HARARE (Reuters) - Zimbabwe expects to harvest up to 2.8 million tonnes of the maize this year, three times 2020 output thanks to higher than usual rainfall, official data showed on Wednesday. The ...