Informes

JOHANNESBURG, 27 March (IRIN) - From the start of the new marketing season on 1 April, Zimbabwe's farmers will benefit from a significant increase in the price of wheat and maize, Agriculture Minister Joseph Made announced on Wednesday. The producer…

World Vision has pledged to bring more food into Zimbabwe to ensure that no one starves in a nation where over 7.2 million people are in need of urgent food aid. Speaking during her visit to the country, World Vision…

JOHANNESBURG, 26 March (IRIN) - A "vigorous response" to HIV/AIDS within the context of the current humanitarian crisis in Zimbabwe was lacking, a UN multi-agency mission has found. In its latest humanitarian situation report, the UN Relief and Recovery Unit (RRU) based…

Harare, Zimbabwe (PANA) - In a move intended to woo farmers to sell grain on the official market and stem illegal exports, the Zimbabwe government Wednesday sharply increased prices for food crops. Agriculture Minister Joseph Made said the price for the…

JOHANNESBURG, 25 March (IRIN) - Over 1,000 households whose crops were destroyed in the recent floods in Zimbabwe's northern provinces will benefit from an emergency agricultural programme launched by the Save the Children Fund (SCFUK), the organisation announced on Tuesday. Last…

UN Agency Mission to Mat South A joint UN Agency mission under the direction of the RRU is visiting Matabeleland South Province following the Zimbabwean governments declaration of a 'state of disaster' in the province, gazetted on…

JOHANNESBURG, 24 March (IRIN) - Zimbabwe's first urban feeding programme has opened in the country's second city, Bulawayo. Up to 800 malnourished children aged under five have been assisted over the past two weeks, Help-Age Germany told IRIN on Monday. The…

The World Vision group distribution model currently used in the relief programme has been highly commended by the visiting Southern Africa Famine Emergency Response (SAFER), director Mr Paul Sitnam. "This is an example of how to do things. World Vision Zimbabwe…

World Vision Zimbabwe has pledged to bring in more food into the country to ensure that no one starves in a nation where over 7.2 million people are in need of urgent food aid. Speaking during her visit to…

by Solveig Olafsdottir in Masvingo province Within the space of a week, the Sithole family have gone from having too much water to hardly any at all. First, they lost their house, land and property Bikita district, in Zimbabwe's Masvingo…