by Donald Chidoori In Zimbabwe smallholder farmers and community forest users in Zaka – a rural district endowed with vast Miombo and Mopane woodlands in Zimbabwe’s Masvingo Province – are embracing sustainable agriculture and forest management practices. This transformation is driven by the Dryland Sustainable Landscapes Impact Program (DSL-IP), a regional initiative funded by the…
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As food security concerns rise in Southern Africa, SADC Ministers responsible for Agriculture and Food Security, Fisheries and Aquaculture met virtually on 30 May 2025 to review the overall regional situation among other issues. In a virtual meeting, Dr Anxious Masuka, Zimbabwe’s Minister of Lands, Agriculture, Water and Rural Development and Chairperson of SADC Ministers…
A climate resilience project implemented in Rushinga District has strengthened food security and improved livelihoods for vulnerable communities, with government pledging to build on the gains made through climate adaptation initiatives. The Integrated Climate Risk Management for Food Security and Livelihoods Project officially came to a close on Wednesday during a ceremony at Chishonja Village…
WOMEN in Mupambe village under Chief Saba in Binga have been left with smiles after a solar-powered water scheme ended years of walking up to 10 kilometres daily in search of water, a burden that had defined life for households in the drought-prone area. The transformation follows the rehabilitation of a long-failing borehole into a…
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,…
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,…
As Zimbabwe’s real estate sector continues to boom, with a current valuation of over $11 billion,sustainability is emerging as a key driver of growth and innovation. According to Mr Morgan Makamure, General Manager of the Zimbabwe Property Expo 2025, “The role of sustainability in the property sector is rapidly growing in importance, driven by climate…
In the parched district of Rushinga, Mashonaland Central, where rainfall has become erratic and rivers have long run dry, a group of determined women in Chimukoto Village are rewriting their story of survival. Once struggled to put food on the table due to consistency droughts, they have turned to non-timber forest products and drought-resistant crops…
Every morning, long before many residents of Dzivarasekwa begin their day, an 80-year-old woman shoulders a sack and quietly walks the streets searching through piles of discarded plastic. To some, Eneresi Garavhata, well known in Dzivarasekwa as gogo manyoni is just another waste picker. To others, she is a grandmother and a heroine. But behind…
