The United Nations World Food Programme (WFP) yesterday commenced cash disbursements in the scale-up of the Urban Social Assistance programme thanks to funding from the United States through the United States Agency for International Development (USAID). USAID’s support will provide relief for vulnerable families in eight urban areas across Zimbabwe struggling to meet their daily […]

Mozambican government on Tuesday announced a ban, with immediate effect, on the import of fish from the Malawian district of Ntchisi, where there has been an outbreak of the fish disease epizootic ulcerative syndrome (EUS), also known as red spot disease (RSD). EUS is caused by the fungus Aphanomyces invadans, and the mortality rate in […]

Piles and piles of rotting vegetables at food markets situated right in Zimbabwe’s central business district would elsewhere be viewed as a sign of plenty. But this Southern African nation has not been spared the irony of food wastage at a time of food shortages. In Bulawayo’s sprawling vegetable market in the CBD, which provides […]

Zimbabwean businesses could leverage on trading food by-products and food waste as these present an opportunity for innovative entrepreneurs to tap into export markets. The national trade development and export agency, ZimTrade, said this Wednesday as it challenged local businesses to generate more export earnings. It said high levels of waste and by-products, which cause […]

WHILE most teachers are idle following the prolonged closure of schools due to the Covid-19-induced lockdown, a Binga High School agriculture teacher has taken advantage of the long break from the classroom to grow vegetables for sale. He started the project in May and now realises $24 000 a month from selling vegetables to local […]

ZIMBABWE’S quest to cut the food import bill through utilisation of existing water bodies has received a major boost with the Lowveld sugar producer, Tongaat Hulett Zimbabwe and the Masvingo Development Trust (MDT) putting a combined 5 000 hectares under winter maize this year. Tongaat will contribute 4 000ha while MDT, a private organisation founded […]

THE SADC Council of Ministers meeting, which was held virtually Thursday resolved to work on an integrated approach to tackle hunger in the region. Foreign Affairs and International Trade Minister Dr Sibusiso Moyo represented  Zimbabwe in the meeting which was part of preparations for the 40th Ordinary SADC Summit of Heads of State and Government […]

Zimbabwe was among 77 countries worldwide that recently participated in an International Criminal Police Organisations (Interpol) seven-month operation, which resulted in over US$40 million worth of potentially dangerous fake food and drinks being seized. The latest Operation Opson IX, which was conducted between December 2019 and last month, saw the disruption of 19 organised crime […]

The European Union has further increased its support towards the most vulnerable in Zimbabwe by providing an additional EUR 14.2 million (approximately USD 16.63 million) to help support people in need dealing with the coronavirus pandemic, extreme weather conditions – such as persistent drought in the region – and other crises. Janez Lenarčič, EU Commissioner […]

Learn more about the cost of ending world hunger, and get statistics about the problem of malnutrition across the globe. Estimates of how much money it would take to end world hunger range from $7 billion to $265 billion per year. Why such a big range? Because experts disagree about how to end world hunger. […]