Climate change has affected food production in recent years, yet population growth has increased the demand for food. Farmers need to produce more food than before. Large scale commercial farming has had negative impacts on the environment and arable land is becoming scarce as global population grows.
Author: Nyaladzi Lester Kole
Nyaladzi Lester Kole is my full name. I was born in Plumtree and did my primary education in three different schools: Mlomwe Primary (Grade 1 to 3), Nopemano Primary (Grade 4 to 6) and Thekwane Primary Grade 7. I did my secondary education in Thekwane High (Form 1 to 6). I also did my degree in Publishing Studies at National Univesity of Science and Technology (NUST) and graduated in 2021. Currently working as a publisher at Scrivener Zimbabwe.
Portia Tshuma Moyo: Done and Dusted
My name is Portia Tshuma Moyo, also known as PoshMagolide. I am a counsellor and HIV tester with the love of sign language interpreting
Urban Agriculture: Threat to Water Quality, Aesthetic Value
Dry thickets were hewn, maize stalks cleared into heaps and urban veld burnt in preparation for planting. Now we are in the middle of the cropping season.
Timukudzeishe Gumbo Biography
My name is Timukudzeishe Gumbo. I was born on the 5th of July 1998. I did my primary education at the following schools; Mupagamuri Primary School in Chivi and Masvingo Primary School in Mberengwa.
Incessant Rains Leave Communal Farmers Counting Losses
When the World Meteorological Organisation (WMO)released its long-range forecast results, in October 2020, the news of the La Nina phenomenon brought joy to farmers in Zimbabwe who had endured the poor harvests of the 2019/20 cropping season.
Poetry: Falls, the tree
We were all alert when the tree fell
Wetlands and Water . . . Inseparable for life
The Word Wetlands Day is celebrated on the 2nd of February every year, marking the date of the adoption of the Convention on Wetlands. The Convention was adopted on the 2nd of February 1971 at the Iranian city of Ramsar.
115 cases test positive for the novel virus
ZIMBABWE’s Covid-19 fatalities have reached 1 217 since the outbreak of the novel virus which has claimed over 2 200 000 lives globally.
POLYGAMY SOMETHING EVIL?
Before one dismisses polygamy as evil, he or she has to first understand the terms ‘polygamy’ and ‘evil’.
Woza valentine
Kwanele Khumalo better known as Mntungwa kaMbulazi or Kwanele Mntungwa is a poet from Plumtree. He was born on 08 June 1997 in Filabusi, Insiza District