Category: Agriculture
Why linking farmers to the market is not enough
By Charles Dhewa In spite of millions of dollars that have gone into market linkage initiatives in developing countries over the past few years, farmers still struggle...
Sweden allocates additional SEK45M to resilience building
The Embassy of Sweden announced today SEK 45 million grant to the Zimbabwe Resilience Building Fund (ZRBF) to allow the timely roll out of the Crisis Modifier. Crisis...
Nutrition from our environment: A book by Bernadette K Warambwa
By Byron Mutingwende Mrs Bernadette Warambwa has a colour-illustrated book that encourages healthy eating using resources from our local environment. ...
Climate change straining food production: IFAD President
People in rural areas who largely depend on agriculture for their livelihoods are grappling a changing climate and unpredictable weather that are putting an additional...
Questions that must be answered before poor countries import or export food
By Charles Dhewa In the absence of evidence-based agricultural policy formulation and implementation, most developing countries always rush to import food without...
Conserve natural habitats and wildlife: Hubert Boulet
Hubert Boulet is the Programme Coordinator of the Sustainable Wildlife Management (SWM) Programme at Food and Agricultural Organisation (FAO) HQ in Rome, which is...
Trees good for environment, earth and future: Chamisa
Nelson Chamisa, the President of the MDC Alliance on Saturday 1 December 2018 said it is noble to plant trees since they are good for the environment, the earth and its...
IFAD and Zimbabwe to affirm partnership and commitment to reducing rural poverty
In his first visit to Zimbabwe since taking office as President of the International Fund for Agricultural Development (IFAD), Gilbert F. Houngbo will meet President...
The seasonal appetite for knowledge demand and use in developing countries
By Charles Dhewa It is not only revenue streams that tend to be seasonal for farmers in developing countries. The demand and use of knowledge also follow seasonal...
Communication and advocacy, data and information management critical for RVAA success
By Byron Mutingwende The success of the Vulnerability Assessment and Analysis (VAA) efforts in the SADC region depends on strengthening communication and advocacy...
