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Zimbabwe: Farmers Growing More Traditional Grains #AfricaClimateCrisis
The Herald, 31 January 2022
The area planted under traditional crops this year has increased as farmers diversify to boost food and nutrition security. Read more »
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Zimbabwe: Sunflower Farming to Become Mandatory
The Herald, 31 January 2022
All communal farmers will soon be required to venture into sunflower farming as it seeks to substitute US$200 million worth of crude sunflower oil imports. Read more »
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Zimbabwe: Farmers Put 2,5 Million Hectares Under Cropping
The Herald, 1 February 2022
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Zimbabwe: Sunflower a Bright Glow in New Farming Mix
The Herald, 1 February 2022
Zimbabwean small-scale farmers have tended to drift towards just growing and harvesting a small handful of crops rather than exploring the full range of what they can grow and sell… Read more »
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Zimbabwe: Govt Moves to Cut U.S.$200 Million Cooking Oil Bill
The Herald, 6 January 2022
Zimbabwe is working to significantly reduce the annual cooking oil import bill of around US$200 million by promoting increased production of oil seeds for local production of the… Read more »
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Zimbabwe: 2,4 Million Ha Under Cropping, Bulk in Good Condition
The Herald, 25 January 2022
Farmers have put more than 2,4 million hectares under cropping with most of the plants in many areas in good condition. Read more »
Sunflower Farming to Become Mandatory in Zimbabwe
All communal farmers will soon be required to venture into sunflower farming as it seeks to substitute U.S.$200 million worth of crude sunflower oil imports. The government has already started providing farmers with inputs to enable them to get involved in sunflower farming. This will ensure the country ceases imports of between 60,000 and 65,000 metric tonnes of crude sunflower oil from South Africa annually.
The sunflower is also useful for studying climate change because of its natural resilience. Already well-equipped to withstand drought, high salinity in soils and vastly variable ecosystems, the plant also requires little fertilizer.
Zimbabwean farmers have, in 2022 increased the planting of traditional crops as farmers diversify to boost food and nutrition security. The increase in production of the traditional grains has been promoted by the increase in demand producer prices.
