Climate smart agriculture is set to be scaled up through the introduction of the Presidential Rural Horticulture Scheme and Presidential Poultry Production to promote food self-sufficiency, supply export markets and improve earnings for smallholder farmers.
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Source: Horticulture, poultry scheme planned | The Herald Elita Chikwati Agriculture Reporter Lands, Agriculture, Fisheries, Water and Rural Resettlement Minister, Dr Anxious Masuka, speaking on climate smart agriculture and agricultural research at the Zimbabwe National Defence University yesterday, said the Presidential Rural Horticulture Scheme will see 1,8 million households getting free 10 fruit trees each, and is the biggest climate smart agriculture intervention since 1980. The scheme will promote value addition and processing in the rural areas, thereby creating employment opportunities. “The Presidential Rural Horticulture Scheme is a game-changer,” said Minister Masuka. “It would transform rural lives. For Vision 2030 to be attained, the focus ought to be on the transformation of rural areas. 1,8 million rural households each with 10 trees by 2030, each household getting an additional US$600 to US$1 000 out of the sale of fruit trees. “We are defining ecological ...
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