HarvestPlus promoting production & consumption of biofortified crops at the #ZITF2019 under the DR&SS banner.Vitamin A orange maize and iron beans will help fight micronutrient deficiency in the Zim.LFSPZim Charles Mutimaamba @DelilahTee UKinZimbabwe 🇬🇧 🇿🇼 Donald Mavindidze Sakile Kudita

“We can't have mo than 20% of our children stunted in this 20th C ,& #Biofortification directly benefits communities in solving this problem,” said the Principal Director in the Office of the President Amb Mary Mubi in a bilateral meeting with HarvestPlus & Sky Brands Africa 🌍 LFSPZim

Congratulations team on being honoured with the 2019 award for best agricultural stand ZITF Company. Team work pays Busiso Olga Mavankeni HarvestPlus Sky Brands Africa 🌍 LFSPZim @DelilahTee Sakile Kudita Charles Mutimaamba

Congratulations guys. Keep on partnering HarvestPlus FAO Subregional Office for Southern Africa UKinZimbabwe 🇬🇧 🇿🇼 Palladium I Love Gain in spreading the @Biofortification

Vitamin A maize seed bumber harvest on a farm in Zimbabwe, produced by Mukushi Seeds in partnership with HarvestPlus under LFSPZim UKinZimbabwe 🇬🇧 🇿🇼 FAO Subregional Office for Southern Africa Palladium. >50MT of this seed goes on sale this August countrywide in major agro-dealer shops.

Ashton Nyamhungwe of Honde Valley, Zimbabwe, with his bumper vitamin A maize crop ready for sale as green mealies @RTGS$2/4 cobs. Thanks for support from HarvestPlus under LFSPZim FAO Subregional Office for Southern Africa UKinZimbabwe 🇬🇧 🇿🇼. Entire 0.5ha crop has been bought in advance by a Mutare middleman.

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Erina Mutematsaka of Guruve expects to harvest 100kg iron & 0.5T sugar beans, 2T white maize, 0.4T orange maize, 0.3T groundnuts & 0.2T sorghum on 2Ha, despite the adverse season. Thanks to LFSPZim training on climate smart farming! UKinZimbabwe 🇬🇧 🇿🇼 World Vision Zimbabwe Practical Action

Bio fortified crops supported by 🇬🇧 investment in research, & grown by farmers in 🇿🇼 #EndHiddenHunger @DFIDAgResearch DFID UKinZimbabwe 🇬🇧 🇿🇼

A healthy nation is indeed a productive nation, its high time 🇿🇼 farmers take nutrition-sensitive agriculture seriously. Growing & consuming biofortified crops like Vitamin A maize and iron beans is the way to go. As these crops provide the micronutrients required by our bodies.

#SmartAgriculture = More #food, more #nutrients & #Micronutrients, more #income per Square meter of land, per drop of water, per dollar invested, per hour of farmer's time & calories burnt in the field. Its about #mechanization, #Biofortification, #Climate-smartAgriculture, ....

Women are the backbone of nutrition sensitive agric in Zim & globally. HarvestPlus thru HarvestPlus Zimbabwe under LFSPZim & FAO Subregional Office for Southern Africa, funded by UKinZimbabwe 🇬🇧 🇿🇼 prioritize women in promoting production & consumption of vitamin A maize & Iron beans in Zim

What a bumper harvest of ZS242 vitamin A orange maize!! Despite the drought, rural farmers in Zvimba, Zim supported by HarvestPlus HarvestPlus Zimbabwe FAO Subregional Office for Southern Africa UKinZimbabwe 🇬🇧 🇿🇼 Palladium LFSPZim to grow & eat biofortified maize & beans are smiling all the way to the bank.

Lovely Camfed Garden at The RHS Chelsea Flower Show, 21-25 May: celebrates girls’ education, entrepreneurship, #climate resilient crops & agriculture in #Zimbabwe - all supported in 🇿🇼 by UKinZimbabwe 🇬🇧 🇿🇼 🇬🇧. 👏🏽 CAMFED - Campaign for Female Education, Jilayne Rickards, @DFIDAgResearch camfed.org/latest-news/df…

Hey Sky Brands Africa 🌍 look what we found in Lilongwe taking #ProvitaminA maize all over Africa and beyond. #MISST

People in rural & urban areas, of all genders & different age groups including children like eating food made from biofortified crops, even before they know they are more nutritious. They like them even better once they know the nutritional benefits. #endhiddenhunger

Getting seeds and tech support to farmers is all about working with good partners. Thanks Arda Seeds and Mukushi Seeds for your efforts with HarvestPlus Zimbabwe #ZAS2019 @DFIDAgResearch Cate Turton

Happy Friday! We’re counting down to #AGRF2019 and the incredible lineup of speakers, panels and presentations. HarvestPlus and our CEO Arun Baral are participating – come say hello! AFS Forum Food and Land Use Coalition #growdigital

It's Friday but the Zimvac report writing is ongoing. What a committed team

"It takes courage to step up and pioneer a solution, but when you do it always pays" Tinashe D Mbiriri HarvestPlus Zimbabwe LFSPZim EmpowerBank FAO Subregional Office for Southern Africa SUN Business Network Scaling up nutrition through biofortified crops.