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Conservation agriculture in action - a basin with crop cover

Climate-friendly farming solution fizzles in Zimbabwe

18 July 2017

Conservation agriculture is touted as a sure-fire remedy for food insecurity. Not all Zimbabwean farmers agree

Feature

Resettled and forgotten
21 April 2017
The vagaries of climate change coupled with a lack of government support mean many of Zimbabwe’s resettled farmers feel forgotten
Feature

Zimbabwe losing battle against armyworm
29 March 2017
A new pest is devastating crops in 13 African states. Are hopes for a post-drought recovery in Zimbabwe being dashed?

How women farmers are battling climate change in Zimbabwe
8 March 2017 Feature
How much worse are African droughts because of man-made climate change?
6 February 2017 Analysis
Building an alternative to the ICC’s slippery slope
1 November 2016 Opinion

Analysis

Climate change on the front line, in rural Zimbabwe
26 September 2016
The government pays lip service to the idea of resilience but is doing very little to support farmers threatened by climate change
Analysis

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King corn’s crown slips
11 May 2016
Maize has dominated Africa’s food production for close to a century, but climate change may bring that reign to an end. What are the alternatives?
Analysis

Malawi’s hunger season
17 February 2016
It’s mid-morning on a dusty road to Lisungwi market in Neno, southern Malawi, and Bertha Cham’bwinja is sitting under the shade of an acacia tree...
Maps and Graphics

Corruption and risk 2016
27 January 2016
Transparency International has launched its annual ranking of corruption , pointing to the negative effects of public sector graft on the poor and vulnerable. The...
News

Zimbabwe - same old problems
7 January 2016
Over the next three months, 1.5 million Zimbabweans will be short of food until the new harvest comes in – and even then it’s expected...
Analysis

Unwanted: El Niño and Africa in 2016
23 December 2015
El Niño is the largely unwanted Christmas gift – a warming of the tropical Pacific causing drought and floods that will peak at the end...

COP21: Why talking about the weather is important
10 December 2015 Analysis
COP21: A downpayment on disaster?
8 December 2015 News
Southern Africa's food crisis - from bad to worse
4 December 2015 Feature
COP21: A turning point?
26 November 2015 Analysis
EU-Africa migrant plan raises worrying questions
12 November 2015 News
Gloves off between local and international NGOs
22 October 2015 Analysis

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