Negative attitude still remains one of the biggest barrier to the adoption of small grains in drought-prone parts of the country, agricultural experts say. Speaking at a public lecture at the University of Zimbabwe to mark World Food Day, experts said despite an aggressive campaign by the Government encouraging smallholder farmers to diversify or completely adopt small grains which can cope under dry weather conditions, farmers still plant maize which is not suitable to these conditions.
"It's in the mindset and our behaviour," says Eddie Rowe, country director of the World Food Programme in Zimbabwe. "It all lies in the mindset. For many of our people, if you have not eaten sadza, you have not eaten anything."
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