Category: Agriculture
Reimagining a new socio-economic fabric for African informal economies
Byron Adonis MutingwendeJun 01, 2020
By Charles Dhewa Lockdowns as a major method for containing COVID-19 has undoubtedly destroyed social fabrics that sustain most low-income economies. While governments...
The effects of COVID-19 pandemic on communities and conservation efforts in Zimbabwe
Byron Adonis MutingwendeMay 23, 2020
By Zimbabwe Environmental Law Association Introduction The tourism sector is one of the most affected industries by the COVID-19 pandemic which is an unprecedented...
COVID-19 response must target African agriculture and the rural poor
Byron Adonis MutingwendeMay 14, 2020
By Olusegun Obasanjo and Hailemariam Desalegn Boshe Africa has so far escaped the worst health consequences of the COVID-19 pandemic. However, the continent looks like...
COVID-19 shows symbiotic relationships between formal and informal economies
Byron Adonis MutingwendeMay 12, 2020
By Charles Dhewa Among other revelations, COVID-19 has shown the extent to which formal and informal African economies do not work in isolation but are more like Siamese...
USAID Announces New Program to Combat Food Insecurity in Zimbabwe
Byron Adonis MutingwendeMay 12, 2020
USAID/Zimbabwe announces a new Feed the Future activity, Fostering Agribusiness for Resilient Markets (FARM). The US$19.8 million, five-year contract with...
Reflections on costing of agricultural commodities – thanks to COVID19
Byron Adonis MutingwendeMay 04, 2020
By Charles Dhewa In addition to disrupting food supply chains, COVID-19 has presented a pricing headache for smallholder farmers in African countries. If government...
Charities distribute aid as part of early response to food insecurity in Senegal
Byron Adonis MutingwendeApr 29, 2020
Humanitarian agencies in Senegal are this week distributing aid as part of an early response to food shortage, which has been caused by the late onset of rainfall last...
Zimbabwe rated as one of the world’s top global food crises in a new United Nations report
Byron Adonis MutingwendeApr 27, 2020
Zimbabwe remains in the grip of severe food insecurity, with millions of people already requiring humanitarian assistance due to prolonged drought, climate-related...
How COVID19 has exposed limitations of colonial food systems in Africa
Byron Adonis MutingwendeApr 27, 2020
By Charles Dhewa The majority of developing countries are still to tear themselves away from the colonial set up where major food markets were located in cities or towns...
AFSA launches online campaign #Agroecology4Climate
Byron Adonis MutingwendeApr 22, 2020
The Alliance for Food Sovereignty in Africa (AFSA) officially launched a social media campaign on Agroecology for Climate Action on April 21, 2020. The campaign will...
