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Value addition and food processing changes farmers’ lives

Jul 28, 20202 min read

Value addition and food processing changes farmers’ lives

Polite Makwarimba (30) an Agroecology Training Officer working with PELUM Zimbabwe Member, Fambidzanai Permaculture Centre (FPC) says...

Traditional herbs key to averting pandemics

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Jul 28, 20202 min read

Traditional herbs key to averting pandemics

The outbreak of the Coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic has re-enforced the need for local communities to establish herbal gardens. Local...

Land restoration crucial in improving crop yields

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Jul 28, 20202 min read

Land restoration crucial in improving crop yields

Chinyika community in Gutu district, 229km south of Zimbabwe’s capital, Harare is one of the driest and drought prone areas in the...

Local communities unite to reclaim gulleys

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Jul 1, 20202 min read

Local communities unite to reclaim gulleys

The community of Chimene village in Rusape, Makoni South ward 26, is working to reclaim gulleys in their village under the prompting and...

Speech: You are what you eat in the light of the COVID-19 pandemic

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Jul 1, 20203 min read

Speech: You are what you eat in the light of the COVID-19 pandemic

It is hard to believe how much and how dramatically the world has changed since we last met, ladies and gentlemen. In the blink of an...

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Jul 1, 20202 min read

COVID-19 undermines social cohesion

One of the less emphasised impacts of COVID-19 is its impact on social cohesion and the sense of community that is characteristic of...

Zero tillage groundnuts enhance food security for smallholder farmer

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Jun 1, 20201 min read

Zero tillage groundnuts enhance food security for smallholder farmer

PELUM Zimbabwe Member and Zimbabwe Seed Sovereignty Programme (ZSSP) partner, Farmers Association of Community Self-Help Investment...

Preservation and processing techniques key in boosting farmers’ income.

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Jun 1, 20201 min read

Preservation and processing techniques key in boosting farmers’ income.

Reducing post-harvest losses helps farmers fetch more income on the market. One smallholder farmer, Kevin Chimombe (44), is now reaping...

Lockdown threatens profitability of farmers’ produce

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Jun 1, 20201 min read

Lockdown threatens profitability of farmers’ produce

Shepherd Kamugogode (36) is a smallholder farmer from Rushinga district who depends on traditional crops for both food and income...

PELUM Zimbabwe welcomes re-opening of Farmers’ Markets

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Jun 1, 20201 min read

PELUM Zimbabwe welcomes re-opening of Farmers’ Markets

The Harare City Council, the local authority running Zimbabwe’s capital city, Harare, announced the opening of three farmers markets. In...

COVID-19 Lockdown [Some Relief for farmers - Markets re-opened but still inadequate]

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May 20, 20202 min read

COVID-19 Lockdown [Some Relief for farmers - Markets re-opened but still inadequate]

Zimbabwe is presently on its second lock down extension. The lock down which started on 30 March 2020 and was initially meant to last...

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Apr 30, 20202 min read

‘Our produce has turned to compost’

Zimbabwe’s 35 day lock-down has robbed farmers of their income as markets remain closed with some being demolished to pave way for a new...

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Apr 30, 20201 min read

Farmers’ crops rot in fields

Community interaction is the glue that strengthens social cohesion and holds communities together. Agricultural activities depend on...

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Apr 30, 20201 min read

COVID-19 slashes farmers’ income

Stella Saungweme (47) is a smallholder farmer from Chimanimani district, eastern Zimbabwe. Stella lives in a community that was affected...

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Apr 29, 20202 min read

Global responses to COVID-19

COVID-19 pandemic is a wake-up call. It is crystal clear that we need to do things differently. We are being called to join in as...

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Apr 28, 20202 min read

COVID-19: A systemic crisis

We have been living on borrowed time. COVID-19 and other global pandemics attest a systemic crisis. This crisis is as a result of the...

Agroecology: the real deal for climate crisis in Africa

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Apr 21, 20203 min read

Agroecology: the real deal for climate crisis in Africa

PRESS RELEASE : ALLIANCE FOR FOOD SOVEREIGNTY IN AFRICA : PRESS RELEASE 12 African organizations are taking action together online, in...

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Apr 14, 20202 min read

PELUM ASSOCIATION MESSAGE ON THE CORONA VIRUS DISEASE (COVID-19) PANDEMIC

07 April 2020, To: All the Governments in the 12 countries where PELUM Association is Operating (Kenya, Uganda, Tanzania, Rwanda,...

PELUM Zimbabwe Message on Coronavirus disease (COVID-19)

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Apr 7, 20202 min read

PELUM Zimbabwe Message on Coronavirus disease (COVID-19)

Dear colleagues, It has taken us eight days to reach out to you after our Government called for a 21-day lockdown starting on 30 March...

Organisations join hands to learn to manage livestock

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Mar 31, 20202 min read

Organisations join hands to learn to manage livestock

Zimbabwe like many countries in Southern Africa is battling with a man-made tsunami – desertification. The land is slowly transforming...