The failure by the government to create jobs, despite economic growth, has promoted illegal fishing practices - threatening the country's food security. Read more »
Preparations for the opening of the 2013-14 tobacco selling season are in full swing and farmers are expecting prices to be better this season. Read more »
Thousands of inmates in the country's overcrowded prisons are facing starvation due to lack of funds, a top government official says. Read more »
The UN World Food Programme has cut food aid as the government admits it lacks funds needed to feed millions who are faced with hunger. Read more »
Zimbabwe has received 700 tonnes of non-genetically modified grain as part of the 150 000 tonnes the government is importing from South Africa. Read more »
The country has been pushing to address crop-pricing problems and stimulate production since 2011, but the project is yet to take off due to lack of funding and bickering within ... Read more »
Skilled plant breeders often seek more lucrative opportunies abroad but a new group of thinkers in crop breeding see fresh opportunities in Africa, writes IPS. Read more »
Small-scale farmers fear that corporates will continue to encroach on farmland due to an agricultural programme inspired by tropical agriculture technology pioneered in Brazil. Read more »
Egypt Sends Mursi To Trial For Conspiring With Foreigners... An Upward Spiral - the Story of Climbing Beans in Rwanda...CAR: New Fighting Between Rival Christian, Muslim ... Read more »
CGIAR - the world's largest agricultural research partnership - announced on Tuesday that it doubled its funding from U.S.$500 million in 2008 to $1 billion in 2013. The funding ... Read more »
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