The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) and the World Food Programme (WFP) have launched a US$202 million joint appeal to protect nearly 8.8 million people across 22 high-risk countries from the anticipated impacts of a strengthening El Niño weather pattern. The first Joint Anticipatory Action Appeal by the two UN agencies,…
Rainbow Tourism Group (RTG) has invested US$2 million into the refurbishment of Montclair Resort and Conference Hotel in Nyanga, with sustainability, operational efficiency and responsible tourism emerging as key pillars of the upgrade. The investment, which began on 1 June 2026 and is expected to be completed by 31 July 2026, is part of RTG’s…
The journey into Mudzi District begins with a road that tests both vehicles and patience. After kilometres of dust, potholes and dry landscapes, the silence of the countryside is broken by a small round signpost standing beside the road. Written on it are only two words: “Benson Mine.”It is a simple sign, easy to miss,…
For generations, farmers in Ward 5 of Mudzi District, Mutoko, depended on the land. Small grains such as sorghum and millet crops traditionally considered more resilient in dry areas sustained households through difficult seasons. But as rainfall patterns become increasingly unpredictable and dry conditions intensify, even traditional coping strategies are becoming harder to maintain. Now,…
by Melody Mudzi Kutsaga Research has warned tobacco growers against purchasing illegal and unregistered seed following reports of farmers suffering significant crop losses. This came during the first round of Circus Meetings held at TSF, Premier, and Ethical Tobacco auction floors ahead of the 2026/27 tobacco production season as more than 1,000 growers received production…
Hundreds of rural women farmers across southern Zimbabwe are benefiting from labour-saving agricultural technologies introduced through a partnership between the Green Climate Fund (GCF), the Government of Zimbabwe and the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP), aimed at strengthening climate resilience and improving livelihoods. The Climate Resilient Livelihoods Project has provided 230 Farmer Field Schools with…
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,…
In Buhera, families say mining dust and workplace injuries are leaving communities sick, disabled and searching for answers…. The sound of mining trucks had become part of everyday life in 11-year-old Chantiel Museka Makuni, in Buhera village. Every morning, the young school girl walked dusty roads to school as heavy vehicles rumbled past nearby homes,…
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…
