- Jun- 2019 -22 JunePolitics
Zimbabwe begins paying white farmers who had land expropriated
Zimbabwe’s government began compensating white commercial farmers whose land was expropriated, an agriculture lobby group said. Twenty-eight farmers received payments…
Read More » - 22 JuneBusiness
Tanzania to sell 1 million tons of corn to drought-hit Kenya
Tanzania is set to sell 1 million tons of corn to neighboring Kenya where a drought curbed production and caused…
Read More » - 12 JuneOp-Ed
Greenpeace says agriculture to blitz forests the size of Spain
At least 50 million hectares of forest — an area equal to the size of Spain — is likely to…
Read More » - 12 JuneMarkets
Top cocoa growers halt sales amid drive to agree minimum price
The world’s two biggest cocoa producers halted sales for the harvest that will begin in October 2020, pending an agreement…
Read More » - 11 JuneBusiness
Zimbabwe may withdraw from endangered-species deal to sell $300 million of Ivory
Zimbabwe may consider withdrawing from the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species because the organization won’t allow it to…
Read More » - 6 JuneClimate
Zimbabwe plans big corn imports after bad weather devastates harvest
Zimbabwe’s government plans to boost corn imports as adverse weather slashes the southern African nation’s harvest. The country’s Grain Marketing…
Read More » - 5 JuneGame & Wildlife
Zambia cancels hippo cull after activist pressure, hunters say
Zambia has canceled a plan to cull 2,000 hippos in the Luangwa Valley after a concerted campaign by animal activists,…
Read More » - 3 JuneOp-Ed
The ‘Fall Armyworm’ terrifying farmers the world over
The fall armyworm is hungry, on the move and scaring farmers the world over. The crop-devouring pest has spread from the…
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