Tendai Kamhungira 
A LOCAL firm has partnered with Sadc’s Centre for Coordination of Agricultural Research and Development for Southern Africa in an €180 000 European Union (EU)-funded programme aimed at ramping up production in the agriculture sector and mitigating the impact of the Covid-19 pandemic on livelihoods.
This comes as Zimbabwe’s agriculture sector suffered a massive drought which left more than half the country’s population in need of emergency food aid.
“The Covid-19 global pandemic has had significant negative impact on the economies of countries globally. In the agriculture sector, this pandemic has increased food insecurity and the number of people needing humanitarian assistance. It is for this reason that regional institutions have been looking for immediate opportunities for alleviating the impact of Covid-19 on the agriculture sector, especially on the small-scale farmers,” Kudakwashe Manyanga, Grow a Tree Foundation executive director, whose organisation is the local partner for the project, said in a statement.
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