PICTURE this; you have an opposition that is in dire straits, an opposition that is so hopelessly out-of-sorts and scared to hold internal elections and you are the ruling Party, fresh from a smooth internal elections, you are the new Youth League executive witnessing...
AGRICULTURAL extension and advisory services play a pivotal role for the development of a country’s agriculture.
They impart practical knowledge and skills to farmers and are key drivers of agricultural growth. In Zimbabwe, extension services are provided by the Government of Zimbabwe (GoZ) through...
ONE of the most outlandish contrasts about the illegal economic sanctions on the country is that ZCTU, the outfit which formed the party that called for the imposition of that widely discredited embargo, often claims to be in solidarity with workers who are arguably...
WHILE the potential for agricultural growth in Zimbabwe is staggering, and is seen by the Minister of Lands, Agriculture, Fisheries, Water, Cimate and Rural Development as “… a key to drive pro-poor economic growth and sustainable development, poverty reduction, employment creation and food and...
SO here we are again, staring agonisingly at that dreaded path that we all detest but one which we nevertheless grudgingly embrace as nature dictates.
This is a spiteful path that has yet to be kind to all of us who are called by the...
A VIBRANT agricultural sector encompasses key facets of the agriculture sector, starting with agricultural production and productivity to ensure national food and nutrition security; agriculture, knowledge, technology and innovation systems (AKTIS); agricultural infrastructure; agro-processing and value addition; agricultural marketing and trade; agricultural finance and...
THE reason Harare has adopted the ‘Nyika inovakwa nevena vayo’ policy as the bedrock of the new dispensation’s economic revival efforts is because our erstwhile colonisers and their allies are relentless in their pursuit of regaining ownership and control of the country’s land and...
ACKNOWLEDGING that Zimbabwe’s agriculture sector has suffered from years of decline, the then Minister of Lands, Agriculture, Fisheries, Water, Climate and Rural Development, the late Perrence Shiri, drafted the National Agricultural Policy Framework (NAPF) 2018-2032 to provide policy guidelines for revamping this vital sector...
EASTER is a festival and holiday celebrated by millions of people around the world who honour the resurrection of Jesus Christ from the dead, described in the New Testament as having occurred three days after his crucifixion at Calvary.
Easter is a ‘movable feast’, chosen to...
THE gruesome murder of Zimbabwean citizen Elvis Nyathi in South Africa last week has once again brought to the fore several issues that need to be tackled as a matter of urgency in both Pretoria and Harare if the dream of a united Africa...
THERE are many things that have been laid bare by the March 26 2022 by-elections, such as the fact that ZANU PF is the Party of choice, but the most interesting one is the bizarre attempt by Nelson Chamisa’s CCC to portray itself as...
HILLBOM AND SVENSSON (2013) asserted that: “… no country has sustained a transition out of poverty and food insecurity without raising agricultural productivity.”
Through its effects on food and labour prices, agricultural productivity growth is the catalyst for broader processes of economic structural transformation in...