CHINHOYI – THE Pfumvudza concept is a crop production intensification approach under which farmers ensure efficient use of resources on a small area of land. Instead of ploughing and sowing a large area, the Pfumvudza concept involves planting crops in small holes that trap rainwater. The soil is continuously covered, so that the moisture is […]
CHEGUTU – THE partnership between the Government and the EU-funded Zimbabwe Agricultural Growth Programme (ZAPG) has seen the establishment of six Agricultural Centres of Excellence (ACEs). These are at Chibero Agricultural College and the Matopos Research Institute, and then four District Agricultural Centres of Excellence (DACEs) set up in Chegutu, Insiza, Matobo and Mhondoro-Ngezi. The […]
MARONDERA- A majority of the hundreds of thousands of farmers who have been beneficiaries of the land reform programme and those who acquired it through other means are not agriculturalists and need solid technical guidance for them to maximise the land. Hence more farmer trainers are required to assist them after the Government made agriculture […]
VARIMI vegorosi kubva munzvimbo zhinji dzemudunhu reMazowe vakasara vasina mufaro nekuda kwekunaiwa kwegorosi ravo nemvura nemusi weMuvhuro iro vhiki radarika. Mumwe murimi ane gorosi rakanaiwa nemvura ndiVaKinglsey Lang, vekuMufenje Farm kuConcession, avo vakarima mahekita zana nemakumi mashanu echirimwa ichi (150 hectares). Gorosi redu rakanaiwa nemvura svondo radarika nokuti hatisati tatanga kukohwa, sezvo isati yanyatsooma zvinotarisirwa, […]