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Farmers cautioned to save seed for succeeding farming seasons

Aug 24, 20192 min read

Farmers cautioned to save seed for succeeding farming seasons

Silvernose Chinopera (74) is a seed saver from Chimanimani district, eastern Zimbabwe. Silvernose vividly remembers the year 1992 when...

Latest resolution on tackling Fall Armyworm and Witchweed in Zimbabwe

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Aug 24, 20191 min read

Latest resolution on tackling Fall Armyworm and Witchweed in Zimbabwe

Zimbabwean Civil Society and Government have resolved to tackle the problem of pests and diseases by promoting the planting of plants...

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Aug 24, 20192 min read

Hunting for meat but finding seed.

Kumbirai Dube (50) is a smallholder farmer from Chimanimani district working with PELUM Zimbabwe member, Participatory Organic Research...

Goromonzi seed custodians host a district seed fair

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Jul 17, 20191 min read

Goromonzi seed custodians host a district seed fair

Justice Ncube (25), the Documentation and Research Officer for Fambidzanai Permaculture Centre says the recently held seed fair organised...

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Jul 17, 20192 min read

The Miracle Crop

Sithokozile Chikuni (48) is a smallholder farmer from Masvingo province located approximately 297 kilometres from Zimbabwe’s capital,...

Seed Study Groups, an agent for Social Cohesion

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Jul 17, 20191 min read

Seed Study Groups, an agent for Social Cohesion

Towards Sustainable Use of Resources Organisation (TSURO) Trust is restoring social cohesion in Chimanimani district through working with...

PORET creates a centre of excellence for ecosystem management

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Jun 27, 20191 min read

PORET creates a centre of excellence for ecosystem management

PELUM Zimbabwe member Participatory Organic Research Extension and Training (PORET) has turned its 20 hectare site into a centre of...

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Jun 27, 20192 min read

Farmer re-learns how to farm and eat

Smallholder farmers in Bikita are working with Schools and Colleges Permaculture Programme (SCOPE) Zimbabwe, a PELUM Zimbabwe member to...

New farming knowledge rescues rural woman from sex work

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Jun 27, 20191 min read

New farming knowledge rescues rural woman from sex work

Nyasha (name changed) (55) says she abandoned sex work to earn a living through farming. Nyasha is the sole breadwinner in her family....

Smallholder farmers work to restore Africa’s food system

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Jun 9, 20192 min read

Smallholder farmers work to restore Africa’s food system

Smallholder farmers working with the Food, Environment and Enterprise Trust (FEET) in partnership with UKUVUNA and the Seed and Knowledge...

Conservation Agriculture, an answer to food insecurity in a changing climate

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Jun 8, 20191 min read

Conservation Agriculture, an answer to food insecurity in a changing climate

Mbonisi Dube (53) is one of the farmers in Matobo District in Matabeleland South Province riddled with the problem of climate change....

Farmer-led field days, the future of Advocacy

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Jun 8, 20192 min read

Farmer-led field days, the future of Advocacy

In the battle for food sovereignty, nutrition and climate resilience, advocacy comes on many fronts and on many levels. However,...

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Apr 23, 20193 min read

It is life to us, it is food to us

Sidanisile Dube (45) is a smallholder farmer living in Matobo district and working with PELUM Zimbabwe member, Fambidzanai Permaculture...

Farm saved seeds brighten life of Youth in Chimanimani

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Apr 23, 20192 min read

Farm saved seeds brighten life of Youth in Chimanimani

Colonialism and globalization have led to a loss of identity. Zimbabwe, like many African countries, has not been spared from this attack...

Farmer lobbies Agritex Officer to promote open pollinated maize

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Apr 23, 20192 min read

Farmer lobbies Agritex Officer to promote open pollinated maize

Peace Nyakazeya (43) is a lead famer working with Zimbabwe Seed Sovereignty Programme (ZSSP) partner, Towards Sustainable Use of...

Traditional and Organic Food Forum to play a key role in national event led by the First Lady.

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Apr 1, 20191 min read

Traditional and Organic Food Forum to play a key role in national event led by the First Lady.

PELUM ZWE was a key stakeholder at the multi-stakeholder preparatory meeting of a national festival celebrating traditional Zimbabwean...

Zimbabwean Seed Custodians meet in Harare

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Apr 1, 20191 min read

Zimbabwean Seed Custodians meet in Harare

Zimbabwean Seed custodians gathered in Harare during a one-day symposium aimed at retracing seed custodians’ roots, discussing practices...

Diversified farming enhances farmers’ resilience

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Apr 1, 20191 min read

Diversified farming enhances farmers’ resilience

John Taruona (47) is a smallholder farmer who lives in Bikita district located about 80 kilometres east of Masvingo in the Masvingo...

A devastating cyclone rips Eastern Zimbabwe

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Mar 20, 20192 min read

A devastating cyclone rips Eastern Zimbabwe

More than 250 people were killed and at least 200 are still missing after a devastating cycle hit the eastern part of Zimbabwe and...

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Feb 20, 20191 min read

Africa’s 1st Agroecology conference

PELUM-ZWE participated in Africa’s first agroecology conference held in Cape Town, South Africa from 28 to 30 January 2019. The much...