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Satellite data brings farming advice to remote areas of Zimbabwe

10 Feb 2020

NTABAZINDUNA, Zimbabwe (Thomson Reuters Foundation) - Deep in rural western Zimbabwe, where tarred roads are nonexistent, Japhet Ngwenya used to spend every season worrying that the people who advise him on how to protect his crops from dry spells and pest invasions would not be able to reach him.

FEATURE-Satellite data brings farming advice to remote areas of Zimbabwe

10 Feb 2020

NTABAZINDUNA, Zimbabwe, Feb 10 (Thomson Reuters Foundation) - Deep in rural western Zimbabwe, where tarred roads are nonexistent, Japhet Ngwenya used to spend every season worrying that the people who advise him on how to protect his crops from dry spells and pest invasions would not be able to reach him.

FEATURE-'We just have to brave it': Women face assault on Zimbabwe's public buses

11 Sep 2019

BULAWAYO, Zimbabwe, Sept 11 (Thomson Reuters Foundation) - W hen Zimbabwe's government started running a bus system earlier this year with fares on average one-third lower than those of private bus companies, Thandekile Gama was excited.

FEATURE-Grave problem: No space for the dead in Zimbabwe's growing cities

03 Jun 2019

BULAWAYO, Zimbabwe, June 3 (Thomson Reuters Foundation) - A fter Thomas Gumede's father died in April, the Zimbabwean bus driver could not afford an expensive funeral. So, he applied for a burial plot through the local municipality.

As Zimbabwe's forests fall, timber shortage tightens screws on carpenters

31 May 2019

BULAWAYO, Zimbabwe (Thomson Reuters Foundation) - Since timber was added to a list of commodities running short in Zimbabwe's crisis-hit economy late last year, carpenter Josh Mbuyazwe has struggled.

FEATURE-As Zimbabwe's forests fall, timber shortage tightens screws on carpenters

31 May 2019

BULAWAYO, Zimbabwe, May 31 (Thomson Reuters Foundation) - Since timber was added to a list of commodities running short in Zimbabwe's crisis-hit economy late last year, carpenter Josh Mbuyazwe has struggled.

Zimbabwe seeks wiser ways to use water amid erratic rains

23 Jan 2019

HARARE (Thomson Reuters Foundation) - Bensen Muzamba knows the cost of water only too well. He runs a maize farm outside Harare, Zimbabwe's capital, but because of poor rains at the start of the season, he was forced to purchase water to irrigate his crop - something he can ill afford.

FEATURE-Zimbabwe seeks wiser ways to use water amid erratic rains

23 Jan 2019

HARARE, Jan 23 (Thomson Reuters Foundation) - Bensen Muzamba knows the cost of water only too well. He runs a maize farm outside Harare, Zimbabwe's capital, but because of poor rains at the start of the season, he was forced to purchase water to irrigate his crop - something he can ill afford.

Zimbabwe's farmers feel the heat of fires - and of price hikes

30 Oct 2018

HARARE (Thomson Reuters Foundation) - An extended dry season, runaway wildfires and a lack of foreign currency for maize seed, fertilizer and fuel suggest Zimbabwe's small-scale farmers may face a tough growing season ahead, officials and farmers say.

FEATURE-Zimbabwe's farmers feel the heat of fires - and of price hikes

30 Oct 2018

HARARE, Oct 30 (Thomson Reuters Foundation) - An extended dry season, runaway wildfires and a lack of foreign currency for maize seed, fertiliser and fuel suggest Zimbabwe's small-scale farmers may face a tough growing season ahead, officials and farmers say.

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