Smallholder farmers dominate potato market

Smallholder farmers are fast becoming the dominant force in Zimbabwe's potato industry, now supplying the bulk of produce arriving daily at Mbare Musika, the country's largest agricultural market....

Countries dependent on external inputs are colonised

COUNTRIES whose environments are not ideal for food production, but have resources like minerals and oil can afford to use those resources to import food and living a healthy life. Such countries are ...

Mnangagwa must travel to rural areas by bus

TRAVELLING from capital cities to rural areas using public transport like long distance buses could go a long way in inculcating servant leadership in African Presidents and ministers. Such experience...

How politics destroys home-grown solutions

FOLLOWING the success of politics in liberating African countries from colonial injustice, a mindset that has been planted in Africa is that politics has a monopoly on all solutions. Unfortunately, th...

Harare man kills three people in one night

A Harare man has appeared in court facing allegations of murdering three people in one night in Chinamhora.Peter Dirai, who was on the run, allegedly committed the crime in the company of Bles...

Bread shortage looms

ZIMBABWE is likely to reap one of its worst ever harvest of wheat this season, with estimates indicating the country could get a yield of 10 000 tonnes of wheat, or just a week's worth of national de...

All eyes on $1 trillion

African agribusiness is set for a huge leap, according to a World Bank report Imagine for a moment the impact of a $1 trillion African agribusiness...

Reaching for new heights

Information and communications technology takes agriculture to a new level in Zimbabwe Charles Dhewa loved to write about agriculture, especially soil ...