In exchange, Zimbabwe received US$66m worth of agricultural equipment for the agricultural mechanisation programme, notably tractors made at the famous former Soviet plant in Belarus.
Standard People
By Ian Scoones
Feb. 12, 2023
Maize is central to a complex web of small-scale businesses supporting production, transport, processing and marketing.
Standard People
By Ian Scoones
Apr. 30, 2023
Proof of rigging requires the cross-checking of the infamous V11 forms, but these have not yet all been provided.
Standard People
By Ian Scoones
Oct. 1, 2023
In the past, the support for mechanisation was focused on big, high-tech and expensive machines – the classic tractors, combines or centre pivot irrigation systems.
Standard People
By Ian Scoones
Dec. 17, 2023
Remittances also flow internally within the country, from people working in town in government jobs or in businesses of different sorts.
Standard People
By Ian Scoones
Feb. 4, 2024
This had important echoes of what happened during the colonial land distribution process.
Standard People
By Ian Scoones
Mar. 31, 2024
We have known that this was going to be an El Niño season for many months.
Standard People
By Ian Scoones
Apr. 21, 2024
This came to light just before the global climate summit in Dubai, COP28, and supposedly showed how seriously the petrostate was taking the climate challenge.
Standard People
By Ian Scoones
Apr. 28, 2024
Although many are making comparisons with the big Labour majority of 1997 when Tony Blair swept to power, today is a very different context.
Standard People
By Ian Scoones
Jul. 14, 2024
Despite the grand claims around tenure reform interventions involving land demarcation, registration and certification, the outcomes are more ambiguous.
Standard People
By Ian Scoones
Jul. 28, 2024
The main constraint identified is macroeconomic instability, which hampers the unlocking of private sector potential as an engine of economic growth.
Standard People
By Ian Scoones
Oct. 13, 2024