Farmers have been urged to dry their crop properly as the recent rainy spell will have increased the moisture content of the crops and the maximum permitted moisture content for a GMB delivery is of 12,5 percent. The Grain Marketing Board received more than 130 000 tonnes of grain from farmers in the first eight weeks of […]

The forecast record maize harvest of 2,8 million tonnes and significant output of other crops such as soyabean, cotton and traditional grains could save the country more than US$200 million, which could be channelled to support ongoing projects to modernise the country’s infrastructure, improve standards of living and create employment. Projections from the First Round […]

RETAIL giant, OK Zimbabwe, has invested in capacity improvement as it hopes for the anticipated economic rebound largely driven by the good agricultural season and the prevailing stable macro-economic environment. The good rain season has given Zimbabwe a huge boost of a bumper harvest, which is expected to stimulate consumer disposable income and help trim […]

South Africa has donated 5 625 tonnes of mealie meal worth 50 million rand to Cyclone Idai victims which struck Eastern parts of the country in 2019 claiming, hundreds of lives and leaving a trail of destruction to property and infrastructure. The first batch of 272 tonnes was handed over to President Mnangagwa this morning […]

Strengthening food systems must be an integral part of efforts to recover from the COVID-19 pandemic and to build resilience in Africa, said African Development Bank Director General for Southern Africa, Leila Mokaddem. Hunger is a greater threat to many Africans than the COVID-19 crisis, Mokaddem said in a session on sustainable food systems at […]

World hunger has risen for the third year in a row, with Africa reported to have the highest rate of undernourishment of all regions globally. Africa also bears the greatest burden of HIV, which is linked to food insecurity, and women are disproportionately affected by HIV and food insecurity compared to men. One of the ways these issues are connected is when women are […]

Strengthening food systems must be an integral part of efforts to recover from the COVID-19 pandemic and to build resilience in Africa, said African Development Bank Director General for Southern Africa, Leila Mokaddem. Hunger is a greater threat to many Africans than the COVID-19 crisis, Mokaddem said in a session on sustainable food systems at the Southern […]

More than one-third of global greenhouse gas emissions caused by human activity can be attributed to the way we produce, process and package food, a UN-backed study published on Tuesday has revealed. Food system emissions were estimated at 18 billion tonnes of carbon dioxide equivalent in 2015, or 34 per cent, though down from 44 per […]

A funding shortfall is putting the lives of some three million refugees in eastern Africa at risk, two UN agencies warned on Tuesday. The UN refugee agency, UNHCR, and the World Food Programme (WFP) are appealing for $266 million as they have been forced to cut food rations by up to 60 per cent. The situation is […]

JOING OUR WHATSAPP ONLINE MEDIA THE EASTERN REVIEW MEDIA ON: https://chat.whatsapp.com/BB805ECVqtZ3ZLD3yxK3ZI   Japan has donated about 20 000 tonnes of maize towards Zimbabwe’s Food Deficit Mitigation Strategy (FDMS) to meet the essential food security needs of vulnerable households. Zimbabwe for the past two years been facing severe starvation following El Nino-induced droughts and years of […]