Smallholder farmers in Chiredzi district are cashing in big with green mealies, a product which is being produced at a relatively low cost and in rotation with chilli and sugar bean. The fresh cobs produced by smallholder irrigation farmers at Ruware, Nyangambe and Tokwane-Ngundu irrigation schemes have attracted buyers from as far as Bulawayo and […]
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“SIRP, critical for rural development and transformation”
The Smallholder Irrigation Revitalisation Programme (SIRP) has seen the successful revitalisation of several irrigation schemes in Masvingo province, a development that is likely to spur a positive turnaround in rural agriculture in the province.
MDTC awarded US $600K for resilience projects
Mwenezi Development Training Centre (MDTC) has been awarded US $600 000 by the United States Agency for International Development, through its Humanitarian Assistance and Resilience (HAR) office, to support vulnerable rural communities in Chiredzi district, Masvingo from August 2022 to July 2023.
Cultural Tourism: Kambako Living Museum
Independence celebrations also remind us of the precolonial period. Major migrations that saw the spread of different cultural groups across Southern Africa, one of such groups led by Soshangane, ended up in southeast lowveld Zimbabwe to be known today as maChangana.
Engineer Wellington Rusere, a young irrigation specialist
Forecasts by the Food and Agricultural Organisation of the United Nations indicate that global food production will need to increase by 60% by 2050 to feed the ever-expanding global population.
Should trophy hunting be banned?
Animal rights activists have called for a ban on trophy hunting and imposition of embargoes on trophy trade. This has become a subject of debate between some conservationists and animal rights activists. Others have even described trophy hunting as blessing in disguise, and some have seen it as an evil practice, “how can killing of an animal help the survival of its species?”
Solar powered boreholes, clinics for Ward 32, Chiredzi North
Ward Councillors have a very important role to play in the development of the communities they represent. Their duty goes beyond being a spokesperson and watchdog of the community to pushing for infrastructural development in the ward especially when the Constituency Development Fund is released
Communal farmers should wake up to the potential of guinea fowl
Diversification is one of the major strategies to deal with the impact of climate change in communal areas. This can be crop diversification involving small grains or diversification of agricultural practices and having multiple sources of livelihood.
Chimurenga continues
It is the 18th day of the month of April 2022, and today marks exactly 42 years after Southern Rhodesia, renamed Zimbabwe, regained her political independence from her former colonial master but we must not forget, even as we put on our dancing shoes and get down on the dance floor in celebration, to remind ourselves that this independence did not come cheap. An expensive price was paid. The Mujibhas, the Chimbwidos and the freedom fighters, all left their friends and families to join the first and second Chimurenga which lasted for several years.
Uhuru in Chiredzi, dancing to the beat of the Chimurenga tune
It’s uhuru mood countrywide and in the small town of Chiredzi, Masvingo province. A seemingly remote and desolate yet rich, with an unimaginable summer splendour, and fragrant air that comes from the large sugarcane plantations which beautify the urban periphery. Not forgetting the decorative baobabs that perfectly position themselves at every corner giving the small town an identity and métier.