Bongi Khumalo The Tobacco Industry and Marketing Board (TIMB) has called on farmers to integrate climate-resilient diversification strategies into their operations as the country prepares for a potentially challenging 2026/27 agricultural season. Forecasts from the Meteorological Services Department indicate a strong likelihood of below-normal rainfall during the upcoming season, raising severe climate risks associated with…
Bongi Khumalo The Ministry of Agriculture has called on farmers nationwide to step up drought preparations across all agricultural sectors as developing El Niño conditions heighten the risk of a dry season. In an early warning advisory, the Ministry of Agriculture, Mechanisation and Water Resources Development called on producers to implement protective measures before conditions…
Staff Writer The International Monetary Fund says a projected El Niño weather event could slow Zimbabwe’s economic momentum, potentially reducing its baseline 2027 growth forecast from 4.2 percent to a range of 2 to 3 percent. The warning follows a mission to Harare by IMF staff to conduct the first review under the country’s 10-month…
Staff Writer The Ministry of Agriculture says the commissioning of the 30-hectare Wanezi Irrigation Scheme in Insiza District marks a major milestone in government’s drive to climate-proof agriculture. This comes as the government is targeting to increase the area under irrigation from 175 000 hectares in 2020 to 496 000 hectares by 2030. Speaking at…
Staff Writer Nearly nine million people across 22 high-risk countries could be protected from a strong El Niño pattern through a new $202 million Joint Anticipatory Action Appeal. The initiative marks the first joint appeal of its kind by the Food and Agriculture Organisation of the United Nations (FAO) and the World Food Programme (WFP)….
In the heart of Zimbabwe’s Chipinge District, a quiet joy resonates within Tambudzai Rukatu as she carefully lifts a handful of golden sorghum grains, allowing them to tumble into a green basin resting in her lap. For Tambudzai, a widow and mother of ward 21 in Chipinge, this moment is more than just a sign…
Zimbabwe and Japan have formalised a new partnership aimed at strengthening food security against the backdrop of escalating climate shocks and geopolitical instability. Under the programme, the government of Japan will provide agricultural equipment valued at approximately US$2.6 million to support Zimbabwe’s agriculture sector. The assistance aims to enhance productivity, improve food security, and contribute…
The African Development Bank Group (AfDB) has approved a $25 million grant to help rural Zimbabweans address climate change. The grant will restore smallholder farms, improve water and grazing land, and drive private sector growth in the region. Funded by the Bank’s Transition Support Facility (Pillar 1), the Zimbabwe Agricultural Climate Resilient and Vulnerability Reduction…
At the Mushandike Irrigation Scheme in Masvingo, farmers go to rest after a day’s work in the fields. The air hums with new promise – their farms were not this healthy and food-certain two years ago. So much has changed. Yeukai has been farming in the Mushandike Irrigation Scheme since 1994, the year she married…
A rapid transition from El Niño-driven drought to La Niña-related extreme weather has left approximately 1.9 million people across Southern Africa in need of assistance, a new report shows. According to the latest impact snapshot released by the United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA), since mid-December 2025, persistent heavy rains and…
