Climate change and variability is affecting the production of maize, a staple food in Zimbabwe, leading to the advocacy for production of traditional grains (sorghum, pearl millet and finger millet) as complementary...
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El Niño-linked drought has caused widespread crop damage and wilting in Southern Africa, with 2024 harvests expected at below-average levels. Import requirements forecast to increase...
Overview: This publication presents findings from an action-learning project (2021–2023) coordinated by the Alliance of Bioversity International and CIAT, supported by the Dutch Ministry of Agriculture, Nature, and Food Quality. The project...
Limited supply, availability, and access to bean seed is probably one of the most containing factors in achieving the crops productivity and thus its role in the food system. Bean...
Mycotoxins are unavoidable environmental contaminants, which are found throughout the food chain, particularly in cereals. Mycotoxin management is not effective in developing countries, such...
Approximately one-third of the people in the Southern African Development Community (SADC) region live in drought-prone areas. Meteorological drought causes substantial socio-economic hardships, decline in public...
Diversity in crop residue management across an intensification gradient in southern Africa: System dynamics and crop productivity.
The likely effects of climate change are not fully consistent between each of Zimbabwe’s ten provinces or the crops assessed, however, several general observations can...
FEWS NET, the Famine Early Warning Systems Network, is a provider of early warning and analysis on acute food insecurity. Created in 1985 by the US Agency for International Development...