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OPINION:There is no reversal of Zimbabwe’s land reform program
The farmers that fall under section 295 (3) will be compensated only for improvements
on their farms in accordance with the Global Compensation Deed recently signed by
the government and former white farmers. These former white farmers owned more
than 98 percent of the land expropriated by the government during the land reform
program. They have no option of getting back that land.
It is worth noting that the number of farms covered by BIPPAs and BITs are fewer than 37.
African farmers are younger than you think. Here is why
Over the past 20 years sub-Saharan Africa has registered the highest rate of agricultural production in the world. There have been knock-on effects with the region also seeing the fastest growth in off-farm employment...
Public, private lending mash-up offers lifeline to virus-hit African firms
LONDON (Reuters) - Blended finance, a mix of public and private capital, is set to boom in Africa to meet funding demand from businesses cash-strapped in the wake of COVID-19...
More than 70 workers test positive for COVID-19 on an English farm
The number of new confirmed COVID-19 cases across Britain each day has been falling from a peak of more than 6,000 in April to 650 in the latest figures released on Sunday, despite wider availability of testing.
Veteran Zimbabwe farmer pours cold water on $58 million mission from Belarus with love.
“Belarus tractors have never been known for their quality or power. They were never bought by Zimbabwe farmers in the past. Training up 1000 Zimbabwe farmers isn’t the answer.
COVID-19: Now is the time for Africa to grow food
This Covid-19 crisis has also exposed the extreme fragility of the global food system. Social-distancing and lockdown measures to curb the virus’s spread have significantly reduced people’s incomes and thus global food demand.
How Zimbabwe farmers will be trained how to farm with a scheme from Belarus with love
When the farm invasions were unleashed by the people in power in 2000, it led to bloodshed and random confiscation that reaped a bitter harvest of lost production and exports that persists until this day. That year with all of its fumbling fury fuelled with the idea that to get rich you merely had to own a farm, is always seen as a turning point for the industry. It created a large slice of the country’s GDP and as it fell, so did the fortunes of Zimbabwe.
How to grow a fortune in the golden fields of Africa.
While smallholder farmers remain an important grouping, it is one that is typically overlooked by many financial institutions. Many have tried to crack this market but have been unsuccessful.
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