A 61-year-old Mbire woman has emerged as the best Rosella farmer in her area during last year’s cropping season. Despite the El Nino-induced drought that prevailed last cropping season, Lista Gambuto from Ward 10, Nyamhara village in Mbire is a proud Rosella farmer after excelling as the most successful farmer harvesting 255 kilograms when the … Read more
With too few young people traditionally interested in farming, the Organic Farming Academy (OFA) and its partner Fairtrade Support Network of Zimbabwe (FSNZ) have been working diligently to attract this group to their activities. Their efforts are now paying off in Binga, where a growing number of youths are now prospective Rosella farmers. Binga, known … Read more
Over the past decade some 400 community members from Mudzi, Rushinga and Mt Darwin were trained and actively engaged in the clearing of landmine infested areas in cooperation with Halo Trust and MAG. As this operation will come to an end next year, the future of these families became uncertain. The German Embassy brought this … Read more
Trainers from Organic Farming Academy (OFA) got further training and learning on various sustainable farming practices at an agroecology conference held in Malawi from August 12th to 16th. The national agroecology conference, hosted in Bvumbwe, Thyolo, and Blantyre, brought together several experts in agroecology. OFA training consultant Tatenda Manyadza described the conference as a valuable … Read more
The Organic Farming Academy (OFA) was contracted by Organic Africa,a leading producer of organic products for export, to introduce a traceability application throughout the companies operations. The application was developed by German software company SAP. Rural Sourcing covers many features including farmer registration, field mapping, processing and storage. In this year OFA is introducing the … Read more
The water woes in Dewe situated in Mashonaland East are so dire that sometimes there have been incidents of physical fights over the precious liquid. Responding to this situation, the Organic Farming Academy, which is producing biochar in Rushinga and two other locations, had to roll out communal composts in May. According to Islum Marimazhira, … Read more
An innovative carbon credit initiative involving the production of biochar has been established in Rushinga, Zimbabwe, marking a strategic entry into the carbon trading markets. This pioneering artisanal biochar project is a collaborative effort between CarbonConnect, a local carbon removal company, and the Organic Farming Academy (OFA), focusing on utilizing baobab shells as the primary … Read more
Writes Tafadzwa Muranganwa Mbire is an arid area where farming has never been a lucrative venture for many but thanks to a rosella farming project by Organic Africa, some villagers are smiling all the way to the bank. Farmers who were undergoing training on organic farming in this wildlife-infested area lauded the initiative by Organic … Read more
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