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Bumper Zimbabwe harvest prompts bigger bet on “command agriculture”
Critics argue the centralised subsidy scheme has some major gaps and is unsustainable By Tawanda Majoni Zimbabwe is expected to harvest 2.1 million metric tonnes of maize this year after good rains...
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Sans elles, pas d’action climatique possible
Les femmes ont un rôle moteur à jouer dans la résilience face au changement climatique JOHANNESBURG, 20 septembre 2017 Par Everjoice Win, International director of programmes and global engagement at...
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Don’t ignore the one group that can make climate action happen
Women’s leadership can strengthen resilience to climate change By Everjoice Win, International director of programmes and global engagement at Action Aid International Last year, the planet suffered...
Mind the gap: Why Zimbabwean researchers need to work with farmers
Sally Nyakanyanga Freelance journalist based in Harare Author Notes Part of a special project that explores the impact of climate change on the food security and livelihoods of small-scale farmers in...
Climate-friendly farming solution fizzles in Zimbabwe
Best intentions don’t always translate into best practice, as David Dzama found out to his cost. At first, conservation agriculture seemed liked the solution to the climate change-linked problems...
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Fact file: Climate change, food security, and adaptation
The humanitarian crisis unleashed by drought in Somalia has again highlighted the close links between extreme weather and food security. But how exactly are the two connected? And what can farmers in...
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Fact file: Climate change adaptation finance
Anthony Morland Author Note: This is the second in a series of three fact files that is part of a special project exploring the impact of climate change on the food security and livelihoods of...
Mozambicans pay dearly for a president’s financial mistake
Diagnosed HIV-positive two years ago, Kayana Kandagona* suffers regular episodes of dizziness. However, this is not the cause of the 34-year-old’s anxiety as she waits for a routine appointment at a...
Resettled Zimbabwe farmers left high and dry
HARARE, 21 April 2017 Ten years ago, former bricklayer Samuel Musengi was allocated a nine-hectare plot to cultivate in Zimbabwe as part of an accelerated phase of land reform that saw tens of...
After drought, Zimbabwe contends with fall armyworm invasion
Sally Nyakanyanga It was first detected in Africa barely a year ago, yet the fall armyworm, a type of caterpillar whose name derives from its tendency to maraud in vast numbers, has already infested...
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Drought in Africa 2017
By Obi Anyadike, Editor-at-Large and Africa Editor Farmers, traders and consumers across East and Southern Africa are feeling the impact of consecutive seasons of drought that have scorched harvests...
How women farmers are battling climate change in Zimbabwe
Tonderayi Mukeredzi IRIN contributor in Zimbabwe RUSAPE/ZIMBABWE, 8 March 2017 Chengetai Zonke lost much of her maize crop to drought last year. When it came to planting again, she decided to reduce...
More than a buzzword? Resilience to climate change in Zimbabwe
HARARE, 6 January 2017 Tawanda Majoni Climate change-induced disasters will keep on coming, as sure as the sun rises. But rather than governments and aid agencies swinging into belated – often...
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Le catalogue de Noël des réductions de l’aide alimentaire
Par Obi Anyadike Rédacteur pour l'Afrique NAIROBI, 27 décembre 2016 Dans une bonne partie du monde, la saison des fêtes est l’occasion de se faire plaisir. Mais il en va bien autrement pour ceux qui...
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The Grinch’s not-so-festive guide to food ration cuts
By Obi Anyadike Editor-at-Large and Africa Editor NAIROBI, 27 December 2016 Across much of the world, the festive season is a time of indulgence. But what if you’re too busy fleeing violence and...
Climate change on the front line, in rural Zimbabwe
Two years of drought foretell worse to come By Obi Anyadike Editor-at-Large and Africa Editor SANYATI/ZIMBABWE, 26 September 2016 The last time Tabitha Moyo’s* borehole went dry was the drought of...
Zimbabwe’s rock and hard place
No escape from the country’s hardships Hunger in Zimbabwe is seen overwhelmingly as a rural problem. Consecutive droughts have scorched harvests, and as a result 4.1 million people – half the rural...
A crisis ‘lost in the ocean’
Drought and climate change in Madagascar By Will Worley ANDROY, 21 June 2016 Drought-prone southern Madagascar is facing yet another food emergency this year. An unusually strong El Niño season...
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King corn’s crown slips
Maize's dominance is being challenged by climate change By Obi Anyadike Some call it nshima or sadza, others pap or ugali. Whatever the name, maize meal is the staple food across much of southern...