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CAMPFIRE was initiated in 1989 by the Zimbabwean government as a program to support community-led development and sustainable use of natural resources. [2] The 1975 Parks and Wildlife Act set the legal basis for CAMPFIRE by allowing communities and private landowners to use wildlife on their land, marking a substantial shift from colonial policy that made it illegal for local populations to ...
Zimbabwe's mineral resources include, amongst others, coal, chromium ore, nickel, copper, iron ore, vanadium, tin, platinum group metals (such as palladium) and diamonds. Globally it is a significant producer of lithium, chrysotile asbestos and vermiculite. Gold, platinum group metals and chromium are Zimbabwe's key mineral resources. The Great ...
Zimbabwe's tobacco sector is the largest grower of tobacco in Africa, and the 6th largest in the world. Tobacco is Zimbabwe's leading agricultural export and one of its main sources of foreign exchange. Tobacco farming accounted for 11% of Zimbabwe's GDP in 2017, and 3 million of its 16 million people relied on tobacco for their livelihood. [6]
Download as PDF; Printable version; In other projects ... Pages in category "Books about Zimbabwe" The following 3 pages are in this category, out of 3 total.
Whereas Zimbabwe was the world's sixth-largest producer of tobacco in 2001, [69] in 2005 it produced less than a third the amount produced in 2000. [70] Zimbabwe was once so rich in agricultural produce that it was dubbed the "bread basket" of Southern Africa, while it is now struggling to feed its own population. [71]
The Great Dyke or Dike is a linear geological feature that trends nearly north-south through the centre of Zimbabwe passing just to the west of the capital, Harare.It consists of a band of short, narrow ridges and hills spanning for approximately 550 kilometres (340 mi).
Alley cropping of maize and sweet chestnut, Dordogne, France Maize grown under Faidherbia albida and Borassus akeassii near Banfora, Burkina Faso. Agroforestry (also known as agro-sylviculture or forest farming) is a land use management system that integrates trees with crops or pasture.
Weaver Press is a Zimbabwean independent publisher formed in 1998 in Harare. [1] The press was co-founded by Irene Staunton, who has been credited with "quietly shaping post-independence Zimbabwean literature", [2] with Murray McCartney, and the Press has published many notable African writers.