Food Security in Zimbabwe

LAND REFORM IN ZIMBABWE : IMPACT ON FOOD PRODUCTION SELF-SUFFICIENCY G. THERON President – Commercial Farmers Union (Zimbabwe) INTRODUCTION This paper covers the thorny subject of how land acquisition has been applied in Zimbabwe and its downstream effects on food security and food production self-sufficiency. There has been a direct linkage between land acquisition and …

European Commission approves Amflora starch potato

News release BASF Plant Science European Commission approves Amflora starch potato  BASF plans to start commercial cultivation in 2010  Amflora will increase the competitiveness of the European starch industry Ludwigshafen, Germany – March 2, 2010 – Today the European Commission approved Amflora, BASF’s genetically optimized starch potato, for commercial application in Europe. The …