Category: Agriculture
Vaya to extend services to include tractors and ambulances
By the time the next planting season starts, farmers will be able to find a tractor within minutes, anywhere in Zimbabwe. This is part of an ambitious plan by Vaya, a...
How can developing countries valuate their fluid economies?
A major headache for many developing countries is developing criteria for valuating highly fluid and transitory economic activities that are now more prevalent....
FAO, Government of Zimbabwe partner in formulation of gender sensitive land policy
The Food and Agriculture Organisation of the United Nations (FAO) in Zimbabwe is working with Government to develop a Gender Sensitive Land Policy which seeks to improve...
Opportunities in agri-business: Exploiting The Strive Masiyiwa Model
The Founder and Executive Chairman of the Econet Group, Strive Masiyiwa, noted via Facebook that his friend, Akinwunmi Adesina, President of the African Development...
ARDA Seeds (Private) Limited Calls for Small Grains Production Support
By Amon Mwashaireni (ARDA Seeds CEO) The season 2018/2019 is proving to be a drought one in most areas across the country. This has been attributed to the El Nino...
The importance of closing knowledge gaps in African agriculture
By Charles Dhewa Efforts to modernise African agriculture continue to focus on the supply-side at the expense of the demand side. In addition to infrastructure-driven...
How climate change is inspiring intelligent experimentation at grassroots
By Charles Dhewa During times of socio-economic stability, farmers and entrepreneurs can afford to rely on one commodity or value chain. Not when climate change is...
Digitisation is ‘underplayed in the African agricultural transformation agenda’
The potential for new technology to support African smallholders receives insufficient attention, says director of the Technical Centre for Agricultural and Rural...
How can the predatory nature of development efforts be tamed?
By Charles Dhewa Many rural communities in low income countries are fed up with the predatory nature of external development initiatives. According to the WordWeb...
DFID contribution to assist 116,000 WFP-supported Zimbabweans during hunger season
The United Nations World Food Programme (WFP) on Thursday 10 January 2019 welcomed a £3.95 million (US$5 million) contribution from the United Kingdom’s Department...
