@UduguNation CiTiZENSLab BEAT AFRIKA We aren't doing well in mechanization of SH agric. Mechanization wld greatly enhance productivity in the sector. Currently "sending hoe 2 the museum" remains a slogan since we don't hve viable replacement 4 the hoe John Basera Kareen Breakfast David S Muvindi Lewis Mataba Dr. Mildred Nyaungwa-Mushunje, PhD

In partnership with ACIAR & Zimbabwe Resilience Building Fund #ZRBF, CIMMYT has built the capacity (several trainings over several years) of 92 service providers, 15 mechanics, 62 extension agents, and 32 students in #Zimbabwe since 2014, building strong foundations for appropriate mechanization.

SMALL GRAINS 🌱: more in this The Herald Zimbabwe piece on #UKaid supported efforts to boost cultivation of drought-resistant small grains in 🇿🇼 Good to see obstacles to production noted (access to seed, low prices, quelea) & efforts to address them herald.co.zw/small-grains-t… Zimbabwe Resilience Building Fund #ZRBF

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With support from Bread for the World we capacitated farmer groups in Rushinga&Mt Darwin with small grain threshers to improve production & utilization of small grains. @MoLAFWRR_Zim ARDAS (AGRITEX) John Bhasera Action on Poverty Ministry of Information, Publicity & Broadcasting BBC News Africa ZBC News Online Nangozi Milly Zimbabwe Agricultural Growth Programme

Trust Nkomo and Reuben Khabo from Hauke Group in Bubi, were initially assisted by ZRBF – MELANA to purchase a thresher. As more farmers are cultivating traditional grains in their ward, demand for threshing has been high.