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THE Organic Farming Academy(OFA) trainers Tatenda Manyadza and Doreen Ngwenyama underwent biochar production training in November at CIMMYT-Zimbabwe. The training was conducted by our partner, CarbonConnect’s co-founder Nando Knodels with the help of our biochar consultant, Tafadzwa Nyamande. The biochar production technique on which they were trained uses an open-earth cone-pit method.   While explaining the … Read more

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