Zimbabwe's controversial land reform programme, which left most of its land without collateral value has meant the country is now carrying a dead asset, its Finance and Economic Development Minister Mthuli Ncube has said.

The future calls for fresh thinking about freshwater with businesses and governments collaborating to manage sustainable water use – and avoid a global crisis.

 Some Zambian farmers who used to supply maize are now buying this commodity in local markets which is being sold at an expensive price rate to survive the hunger. 

As the largest exporter of fresh fruit in the southern hemisphere and with fresh fruit exports totaling 5.2 billion USD (2.7 million tons) in 2018, Chile is a major player in the global fresh produce sector. More than 30 different species of fruit are grown in Chile and shipped to over 1,700 fruit importers and distributors in more than 100 countries.

 Food companies doing business in Africa risk becoming bogged down in decades-long legal disputes over land that could cost tens of millions of dollars, according to a report released on Monday.

Bayer is set to face a second US jury over allegations that its popular glyphosate-based weed killer Roundup causes cancer, six months after the company’s share price was rocked by a $289m verdict in a California state court.