Farai Shawn Matiashe

Agriculture

19/09/2022 – by Farai Shawn Matiashe

Innovative farming in a refugee camp

A soilless cultivation technique allows refugees in a camp to grow fruit and vegetables on a small space

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Conservation

15/08/2022 – by Farai Shawn Matiashe

Goats farming reduces poaching

Farmers are encouraged to breed goats so they do not have to destroy wildlife to survive

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Livestock farming

21/02/2022 – by Farai Shawn Matiashe

Fodder for the dry season

Planting cattle-feed crops saves many heads of cattle from death due to drought

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Crop diversity

31/01/2022 – by Farai Shawn Matiashe

Seeds of prosperity

A seed bank in eastern Zimbabwe ensures a recovery after natural disaster

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Chilli farming

20/12/2021 – by Farai Shawn Matiashe

A hot spice for a hot market

Zimbabwean farmers take aim at profitable global markets for hot chillies

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Solar power

18/10/2021 – by Farai Shawn Matiashe

Water for a parched land

Solar powered irrigation systems boost agriculture in arid parts of Zimbabwe

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Energy

07/09/2021 – by Farai Shawn Matiashe

Finding new purposes for used drums

How a low-cost digester produces biogas

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Energy

05/09/2021 – by Farai Shawn Matiashe

Why biogas is good for the environment

Zimbabwe is jump-starting rural biogas production with a new low-cost technology

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Agriculture

05/07/2021 – by Farai Shawn Matiashe

Moving a mountain of mangoes

Sun-drying mangoes solves a market-access problem for smallholder farmers

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Agriculture

14/06/2021 – by Farai Shawn Matiashe

Useful insects

Innovative recyclers are turning larvae of black soldier flies into animal feed

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Remote schooling

02/04/2021 – by Farai Shawn Matiashe

New useful tool for remote learning

A WhatsApp bot is supporting remote learning in Zimbabwe – it was co-developed by a student

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Farai Shawn Matiashe