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Agriculture
Farai Shawn Matiashe

Innovative farming in a refugee camp

A soilless cultivation technique allows refugees in a camp to grow fruit and vegetables on a small space

Livestock farming
Farai Shawn Matiashe

Fodder for the dry season

Planting cattle-feed crops saves many heads of cattle from death due to drought

Prison conditions
Jeffrey Moyo
Jeffrey Moyo

D+C correspondent locked up in Zimbabwean prison

Jeffrey Moyo endured three weeks in Zimbabwean jails under horrifying conditions

Crop diversity
Farai Shawn Matiashe

Seeds of prosperity

A seed bank in eastern Zimbabwe ensures a recovery after natural disaster

Chilli farming
Farai Shawn Matiashe

A hot spice for a hot market

Zimbabwean farmers take aim at profitable global markets for hot chillies

Backyard distilleries
Jeffrey Moyo
Jeffrey Moyo

Covid-19 crisis boosts thriving trade in moonshine

As bars closed in lockdown, illicit home-made alcohol filled market in Zimbabwe

Plastic waste
Jeffrey Moyo
Jeffrey Moyo

A tidal wave of trash

A tide of plastic waste threatens Zimbabwe’s environment and key industries

Solar power
Farai Shawn Matiashe

Water for a parched land

Solar powered irrigation systems boost agriculture in arid parts of Zimbabwe

Pensions
Jeffrey Moyo
Jeffrey Moyo

Poverty in old age

Zimbabwe’s senior citizens face lives of grinding poverty

Energy
Farai Shawn Matiashe

Finding new purposes for used drums

How a low-cost digester produces biogas

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