Zimbabwe must take practical steps to domesticate the International Treaty on Plant Genetic Resources for Food and Agriculture (ITPGRFA) that aims to protect indigenous knowledge on plant genetic resources and equitable access and benefit sharing from those resources. Read More

Zimbabwe needs about US$427,5 million for the rehabilitation of 57 000ha of non – functional irrigated land which is in a deplorable state after years of neglect, vandalism and poor maintenance, a senior Government official says. Read More

When you think of food, indigenous vegetables such as tsunga, nyevhe, mutsine, derere rebupwe and wholesome small grain - sorghum, pearl and finger millet and other hard to come by locally grown foods, you will instantly connect it with the Uzumba-Maramba-Pfungwe (UMP), a rural district in north –eastern Zimbabwe Read More

SADC climate experts are meeting here in the capital to carve out a comprehensive regional weather forecast for the 2016 – 2017 cropping season which is likely to shift from the dreaded warmer – than -average weather pattern -El Niño – which caused a devastating drought in the entire sub –region to La Nina characterised by better rainfall and climate conditions. Read More

The SADC Plant Genetic Resource Centre now holds more than 18 000 diverse crop and wild relative accessions as the bloc steps up efforts for the long term conservation of germplasm collections and how to deal with problems caused by a changing and unpredictable climate. Read More