Reports

HIGHLIGHTS Funding shortages continue to impede partners from delivering complete food baskets, with half rations being distributed in all but six districts. Waterborne disease cases and deaths significantly exceed those reported throughout 2012, raising concern among partners. Upsurge in…

Farmers are under-utilising the land due to shortage of inputs and working capital and this development confirmed that the country faces another poor agricultural season, the Commercial Farmers Union President, Charles Taffs said today. In an interview…

EXECUTIVE SUMMARY The month of December witnessed the least violations recorded within a month in 2013 as the levels of politically motivated human rights violations continued on a downward trend throughout the country. There were 213recorded incidents…

Gibbs Dube WASHINGTON DC — Some farmers in the Midlands, Masvingo and Matabeleland regions say crops are now wilting due to lack of rains in the past two weeks, raising fears of another devastating drought this year. Farmers…

Period covered by this Ops Update: This update represents a summary of 11 – 24 December 2013 activities. Appeal target (current): CHF 805,279 Appeal coverage: 36% (based on soft pledges described below); Appeal history: • This Emergency Appeal was initially…

Maize grain and maize flour are the main foods consumed by all households in Zimbabwe. These food items are both produced locally and imported from neighboring countries particularly in the south western provinces of the country. The markets monitored are…

FAO and DFID agree on a 4-year, $48 million project on climate-smart agriculture, training, market access and inclusive financing 20 December 2013, Harare/Rome -The United Kingdom's Department for International Development (DFID) and FAO have agreed on a…

Residents in Gweru have said the provision of adequate, clean and safe water by the local authority is top of the agenda for them in the coming year Their concerns come amid indications that the authorities in…

17 December 2013, Harare, Zimbabwe - Drought, high food prices due to a poor harvest, and a lack of funds to purchase agricultural inputs, have resulted in a 32 per cent increase in the number of…

by Clayton Masekesa For Mavis Mukubva from Bikita in Masvingo province, the year 2008 will forever be marked in her mind as one of the most disastrous years of her life. She lost her daughter-in-law Margaret, who died…