Zimbabwe Farmers Receive USAID Help

More than 52,000 farmers and agribusiness owners in Zimbabwe are expected to benefit from the USD14 million worth of grants awarded by the United States Agency for International Development to seven non-governmental organizations in the country, according to the

. The grants will support conservation farming training, provision of extension services given to farmers, creation of small-scale irrigation, and other related activities that aim to increase harvest yields and raise the income of farmers in the provinces of Mashonaland East, Mashonaland Central, Mashonaland West, Midlands, Masvingo, Matabeleland, and Manicaland.