Monthly Archives: April 2014
Happy Earth Day
Written by Young Farmers’ Clubs Happy Earth Day, Young Farmers!!!!! Earth Day is an annual event that is celebrated on the 22nd of April, on which events are held worldwide to demonstrate support for environmental protection. Earth Day was … Continue reading
Posted in Earth Day 2014
Tagged 1970, 44th anniversary, earth day 2014, environment, sustainable futures, sustainable technology
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The Baobab
Written by Young Farmers’ Clubs This post is a bit different to what we usually write about. In this post we’ll be looking at one of our indigenous trees, the Baobab (Adansonia digitata). Also known as the “upside down” … Continue reading
Posted in Indigenous Plants
Tagged baobab, calcium, commercialisation, cosmetics, health, indigenous plants, indigenous trees, iron, magnesium, nutrition, potassium
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International Year of Family Farming
Written by Young Farmers’ Clubs This post is undoubtedly a little late, we’re in our fourth month of 2014, but the point is we’re still in 2014 and 2014 is “The International Year of Family Farming”!!!!! The International Year of … Continue reading
Posted in Crops, Finance, International Year of Family Farming 2014
Tagged agribusiness, agriculture, extension services, finance, food insecurity, food security, hunger, International Year of Family Farming 2014, malnutrition, market links, poverty, smallholder farmers, sustainable development
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Access to Finance
Written by Young Farmers’ Clubs Zimbabwe The first in a series about Young Farmers and Finance. We as young farmers face many challenges in setting up and maintaining our agricultural ventures. One crucial obstacle being our access to finance and … Continue reading
Posted in Finance
Tagged access to land, banks, facilities, finance, inheritance, loans, start up capital, youth
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EcoFarmer, Anyone?
We came across this article from Farmradio (http://weekly.farmradio.org/), which is a great resource for farmers. What are your thoughts on EcoFarmer? Have you received the following message, “Wana dzidziso yekurima pafoni yako, kusanganisa mazano ekurima nekutengesa ku EcoFarmer. Kuti uwane … Continue reading
Posted in Articles
Tagged crop insurance, ecofarmer, Econet, farmradio, insurance, weather
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Sack Potato Farming in Zimbabwe
Written by Young Farmers’ Clubs A few posts ago we wrote about sack potato farming in Zimbabwe. Take a look at this video: “Zimbabwe: Farming Potatoes in sacks” http://http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=COjXebeaadw (Youtube link)
Indigenous Chickens
Written by Young Farmers’ Clubs Zimbabwe Take a look at this practical guide for rearing indigenous chickens. “Improved Practices in Rearing Indigenous Chickens” Improved Practices in Rearing Indigenous Chickens (PDF Format)
FIT FOR LIFE
Fit for Life Fact Sheet Fit for Life Fact Sheet Fit for Life Fact Sheet. (Pdf Format) Fit for Life is an ongoing groundbreaking project that aims to provide access to non-formal education for up to 15 000 Zimbabwean youth … Continue reading
The New Vision for Agriculture (The World Economic Forum)
The World Economic Forum (www.weforum.org) presents an initiative to change the way we manage farming and food production. This initiative was started in 2009 with 17 global companies that were/are concerned with the issue of global food sustainability. Considering that … Continue reading
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