Zimbabwe decides that ‘Training will give farmers a sense of business’

Source: ‘Training will give farmers a sense of business’ | The Herald Agriculture Reporter FARMERS involved in community nutrition garden projects have started reaping benefits from the Government’s push not to leave anyone or place behind in developmental programmes with Agritex training them on ways of boosting productivity and ultimately incomes. This comes as the country journeys towards the attainment of its vision of becoming an upper-middle-income economy by 2030. In an interview with The Herald yesterday, the acting deputy director of Training and Information Mrs Nester Gumbo said: “We are training rural households on horticulture in all the country’s provinces so that they will take farming as a business. The objective of these nutrition gardens is to boost incomes as well as food security in line with the country’s Vision 2030. We are training farmers on nutrition sensitive agriculture. We are talking of diversified cropping to improve nutrition for households. Under ...