Zimbabwe Agricultural Society Urges Farmers to Harness Water
The Zimbabwe Agriculture Society (ZAS) has challenged farmers to harness water in order to address hunger in the country. Speaking during the Buy Zimbabwe annual summit that ended here on Friday, ZAS chief executive officer Dr Anxious Masuka said it was not the drought that has caused hunger in the country but lack of commitment to harness water.
He said the country receives an average of 600 milli-litres of rainfall a year, which is sufficient to mature two maize crops annually.
“The drought that we have in Zimbabwe isn’t because we don’t have enough rainfall. It’s not the problem of drought but we have a challenge of not harnessing water. Since 1980, Zimbabwe has had enough rainfall to mature two maize crops per year. The maize crop requires an average of 300mm of rainfall per year,” he said.
Graham Holliday