Zimbabwe: Field-Based Research Is a Lifeline for Zimbabwe’s Food Security

Bulawayo, Zimbabwe — Agriculture sustains millions of people in Zimbabwe, serving as a vital source of both food and income. But climate-related pressures affecting land, crops, rainfall patterns, and increasing pest outbreaks are threatening smallholder farmers’ harvests, leaving them food insecure.

Scientists at the International Maize and Wheat Improvement Center (CIMMYT) in the capital, Harare, have teamed up with government researchers and smallholder farmers to conduct farming trials in…