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...
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PELUM-ZWE
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...
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PELUM-ZWE
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...
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PELUM-ZWE
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...
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PELUM-ZWE
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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PELUM-ZWE
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...
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PELUM-ZWE
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...
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PELUM-ZWE
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...
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PELUM-ZWE
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...
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PELUM-ZWE
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...
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PELUM-ZWE
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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PELUM-ZWE
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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PELUM-ZWE
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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PELUM-ZWE
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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PELUM-ZWE
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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PELUM-ZWE
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...
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PELUM-ZWE
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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PELUM-ZWE
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,...
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PELUM-ZWE
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...
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PELUM-ZWE
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...
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