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Mechanisation of small grain processing to enhance quality and markets for value added small grains

Mar 27, 20212 min read

Mechanisation of small grain processing to enhance quality and markets for value added small grains

Many smallholder farmers in Zimbabwe have turned their backs on small grains. They now favour growing maize because it is less labour...

Investment in small grain processing technology essential for sustainability

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Mar 26, 20212 min read

Investment in small grain processing technology essential for sustainability

George Kugava (62), a smallholder farmer from Gutu says the cost of machinery to enhance the production and processing of small grains is...

Water harvesting increases climate resilience in Chikukwa

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Feb 26, 20211 min read

Water harvesting increases climate resilience in Chikukwa

Patience Sithole, a programme officer for Chikukwa Ecological Land Use Community Trust (CELUCT), a PELUM Zimbabwe Member says her...

Resettled farmers breathe life into dying landscape

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Feb 26, 20212 min read

Resettled farmers breathe life into dying landscape

Setting up water harvesting structures takes time. It calls for patience, collective action and the cultivation of a deep relationship...

Flooding wrecks water harvesting systems in Chimanimani

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Feb 26, 20212 min read

Flooding wrecks water harvesting systems in Chimanimani

Julius Piti, the Director of the Participatory Organic Research Extension Training (PORET) says the heavy rains experienced in January...

Smallholder farmer constructs household seed heritage archive

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Jan 22, 20213 min read

Smallholder farmer constructs household seed heritage archive

Nelson Mudzingwa (51) is a smallholder farmer from Shashe in Masvingo province in Zimbabwe. Nelson has constructed a seed heritage...

Smallholder farmers convert 184 Hectares into Agroecology School

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Jan 22, 20213 min read

Smallholder farmers convert 184 Hectares into Agroecology School

Twelve families of smallholder farmers in Shashe, Zimbabwe have turned a total of 184 hectares into an agroecology school for smallholder...

ZAPPA hosts an agroecology learning visit in Shashe

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Jan 22, 20212 min read

ZAPPA hosts an agroecology learning visit in Shashe

The Zimbabwe Alliance for the Practice and Promotion of Agroecology (ZAPPA) hosted an Agroecology learning visit to showcase the practice...

Participatory Plant Breeding strengthens farmers’ skills to grow seed

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Dec 8, 20202 min read

Participatory Plant Breeding strengthens farmers’ skills to grow seed

Smallholder farmers from Bulilima, Gwanda, Mangwe and Matobo districts located in Matabeleland South province have become a working...

Bio-fertiliser training set to wean farmers from synthetic fertilisers

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Dec 8, 20202 min read

Bio-fertiliser training set to wean farmers from synthetic fertilisers

Bio-fertiliser trainings facilitated by PELUM Zimbabwe Member, Towards Sustainable Use of Resources Organisation (TSURO) Trust are...

Agroecology gives hope of saving farmers’ wealth

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Dec 4, 20202 min read

Agroecology gives hope of saving farmers’ wealth

Smallholder farmers in Matabeleland South province, Zimbabwe are losing their livestock as persistent food insecurity forces them to...

Smallholder farmers escape the clutches of maize

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Nov 10, 20201 min read

Smallholder farmers escape the clutches of maize

Smallholder farmers in Zimbabwe are increasing the production of small grains, a move necessitated by annual crop failure caused by high...

Participatory Variety Selection empowers smallholder farmers

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Nov 10, 20201 min read

Participatory Variety Selection empowers smallholder farmers

Smallholder farmers in Gwanda district located in Matabeleland South province approximately 127 kilometres from the city of Bulawayo,...

Family seeks to rehabilitate the environment they destroyed

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Nov 10, 20202 min read

Family seeks to rehabilitate the environment they destroyed

The practice of land clearing by slashing and burning is still very common among farmers. When Patricia Mazungunye (38) and her family...

Traditional seeds key in emancipating rural women

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Oct 2, 20202 min read

Traditional seeds key in emancipating rural women

Many rural women struggle to care for their families when their husbands die. These women are trapped in a farming system that heavily...

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Oct 2, 20201 min read

OPV seeds helping to restore ubuntu

Weaving the basket of life in rural areas continues to be a challenge. Many communities are weak because they have forgotten how to...

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Oct 2, 20202 min read

Nutrition garden empowers youths

A group of youths from Shurugwi district in the Midlands province (about 310 km from Harare) are running nutrition gardens. These...

Smallholder farmers embrace organic pesticides

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Aug 27, 20202 min read

Smallholder farmers embrace organic pesticides

Prosper Muvandi (33) a student pursuing a diploma in Agroecology with PELUM Zimbabwe Member, Fambidzanai Permaculture Centre (FPC) says...

Traditional and Open Pollinated Varieties help farmer manage expenses

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Aug 27, 20201 min read

Traditional and Open Pollinated Varieties help farmer manage expenses

Eunice Madzora (58) is a smallholder farmer from Chimanimani district. She looks after five children. Her husband is not formally...

Rocket stove reduces firewood consumption

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Aug 27, 20202 min read

Rocket stove reduces firewood consumption

The cost of electricity, frequent power-cuts and poverty are leading causes of deforestation and land degradation in Zimbabwe. Millions...