Rewind. Fast forward. African farmers everywhere are looking for ways to tackle climate change

HARARE, Zimbabwe (AP) — From centuries-old fertilization methods in Zimbabwe to new greenhouse technology in Somalia, farmers on the agriculturally dependent African continent are looking to the past and future to respond to climate change. Africa, with the world’s youngest population, faces the worst impacts of a warming planet yet contributes the least to the … Read more

Rewind. Fast forward. African farmers everywhere are looking for ways to tackle climate change

HARARE, Zimbabwe (AP) — From centuries-old fertilization methods in Zimbabwe to new greenhouse technology in Somalia, farmers on the agriculturally dependent African continent are looking to the past and future to respond to climate change. Africa, with the world’s youngest population, faces the worst impacts of a warming planet yet contributes the least to the … Read more

White farmers in Zimbabwe live and die with the toxic legacy of Mugabe’s brutal land grab

Philip Rankin and his wife Anita inspect their tobacco crop in 2016, just before their farm was seized – TSVANGIRAY MUKWAZHI Philip Rankin had long hoped for compensation after his family farm in Zimbabwe was seized because he was white, but cancer caught up with him first. The 65-year-old farmer died in early December, almost … Read more