Subsistence farmer Charles Chakabawo harvests maize with his family on their plot in Norton, a farming area outside Zimbabwe's capital Harare, May 10, 2016. REUTERS/Philimon Bulawayo. By Marko Phiri ...

JOHANNESBURG, Feb 7 (Reuters) - More than a decade after the chaotic and violent seizure of white-run farms by allies of President Robert Mugabe, food production in Zimbabwe is returning to 1990s ...

As drought hits maize production, sorghum, millet and other small grains could take over - if the path is cleared for them, experts say HARARE, Jan 31 (Thomson Reuters Foundation) - After years of bad ...

Catherine and Augustine Sibanda examine their sorghum crop in drought-hit Jambezi District in southern Zimbabwe. TRF/Busani Bafana JAMBEZI, Zimbabwe, Sept 11 (Thomson Reuters Foundation) - For more ...

A programme focused on maize in 2016 has delivered rapid results, but critics want to know more about the unclear terms of ‘Command Agriculture’ before passing judgement Thanks to good weather and a ...

HARARE (Reuters) - Zimbabwe's largest bank CBZ launched two bond issues on Monday, seeking to raise $80.6 million to finance maize and soybean farming, as the country faces another drought that could ...

HARARE, July 16 (Reuters) - Zimbabwe's 2014 harvest for the staple maize rose 82 percent to 1.46 million tonnes, enough to meet annual domestic consumption for the first time since 2003, when foreign ...

BUBI, Zimbabwe (Thomson Reuters Foundation) - Standing next to her traditional wooden maize store in western Zimbabwe, farmer Lindiwe Ncube gestures towards the empty compartments that spell trouble ...

The Zimbabwean government has started inputs distribution to smallholder farmers countrywide, so that they can participate in the climate-proofed Presidential Input Program, known as "Pfumvudza" to ...

MAMBWERE, Zimbabwe (Thomson Reuters Foundation) - Samuel Mudziwepasi lost his entire maize crop in the last farming season, when a drought ravaged much of Zimbabwe. Now he fears his next harvest will ...