BEITBRIDGE community has embraced the Intwasa/Pfumvudza farming concept, as almost three-quarters of the wards did not need food assistance from Social Welfare this year, a local legislator has said.
Intwasa/Pfumvudza is a farming concept that uses a climate-proofing agricultural concept that emphasizes on the use of conservation farming techniques to make the most out of small pieces of land.
Essentially, it allows Zimbabweans to get the most of their produce from a small piece of land.
The government has come up with the agriculture revival strategy that is already bearing fruit after the country recorded a bumper harvest in the previous summer cropping season.
"First, I wanted to talk about the issue of Pfumvudza which was not common to us in our culture, especially the people of that area. For the first time, I want to report that we managed to get something. Beitbridge is known to be a very dry place where you will not harvest anything if you plough. However, since the introduction of Pfumvudza" said Nguluvhe.
On the same day in Gokwe, President Emmerson Mnangagwa said Government is targeting to avail $8 billion next year for the scheme.
Last year, $5, 8 billion was released.
Added Nguluvhe: "Last year, we managed to secure something that almost three-quarters of the wards did not need food assistance from Social Welfare. It is only now that we need the food. We want to applaud that move.
"As we are talking, Pfumvudza is on the ground again. They were busy distributing seed last week and I want to say we appreciate that. As our area is dry, I would say let us look at this Pfumvudza, I think it will do on small grains".
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