LARGE-scale farmers have thrown their weight behind Government’s new grain import levy and local procurement framework, describing the measures as critical to strengthening domestic production, stabilising grain markets and accelerating Zimbabwe’s food sovereignty agenda under Statutory Instrument 87 of 2025. The policy introduces levies on selected grain imports while compelling processors to increase local sourcing,…

For more than four years, elderly villagers in Mushenjere village have watched their farmland disappear behind the walls of a sprawling industrial complex owned by the Dinson Iron and Steel Company (DISCO), leaving many trapped in poverty, hunger, and uncertainty. What was once productive agricultural land sustaining generations of rural families has now become part…

Muchaneta Chimuka, Agriculture Correspondent The Participatory Ecological Land Use Management (PELUM) Zimbabwe is reviving nomadic land-use practices through training farmers in Holistic Land Management (HLM) and biomonitoring to climate-proof agriculture and ensure sustainability. HLM is a decision-making framework and grazing approach that manages livestock to improve ecosystem health, such as soil, water and biodiversity, while…

At least three people have died in and around Cape Town after powerful winds and heavy rains battered parts of South Africa’s Western Cape Province, leaving a trail of destruction, flooded informal settlements and widespread infrastructure damage. Authorities said the deaths were linked to falling trees and drowning incidents as severe weather swept across the…

The National Association of Agricultural Show Societies of Zimbabwe (NAASSZ) has elected a new executive committee, with leaders pledging to reposition agricultural shows as engines for investment, innovation and provincial economic development. The elections were held during the association’s annual general meeting hosted in Bulawayo on the sidelines of the Zimbabwe International Trade Fair (ZITF),…

Zimbabwe has taken a significant step toward reducing food losses and strengthening agricultural resilience following the handover of post-harvest equipment under the Zimbabwe Emergency Food Production Programme. On Tuesday, Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations in partnership with the African Development Bank and the Government of Zimbabwe, implemented an initiative which is part…

As global demand for critical minerals accelerates to support the clean energy transition, feminist activists across Africa are warning that the benefits of the boom risk bypassing women, particularly those in mining-affected communities. Speaking ahead of the upcoming Women Deliver 2026 conference, eco-feminist scholar Dr. Mela Chiponda said the current model of mineral extraction continues…