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Farmers Advised To Plant Short Season Seed Varieties

1 year agoFri, 01 Dec 2023 07:24:06 GMT

Farmers Advised To Plant Short Season Seed Varieties

Farmers across the country have been urged to plant short-season crop varieties this summer season following delays to the start of the rainy season.

In an interview with New Ziana, Ministry of Lands, Agriculture, Fisheries, Water and Rural Development chief agronomist Rutendo Nhongonhema said farmers should finish preparing their land while waiting for the onset of the rains. She said:

My appeal to farmers at the moment is that those who can, should go for short-season varieties because the planting season has progressed with no rains.

According to a preliminary weather forecast, Zimbabwe expects to receive normal to below-normal rainfall with parts of the Midlands and Matabeleland provinces getting below-normal rains for the beginning of the 2023/24 planting season.

The delay in the onset of the rains, attributed to El Nino, is threatening both humans and wild animals as water sources are drying up.

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Last month, the World Meteorological Organisation (WMO) said that the ongoing El Niño event is expected to last at least until April 2024.

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7 Comments

tshaka de Zulu · 1 year ago

rimayi makanyarara Inga mbeu MAKAPIHWA wani uye namafetilaiza.manje asirikuiise chibahwe ku GMB next year tikutora minda iyoyo .Hamungatore mbeu dzenyiks mokanga mbeu zveu😂😂😂😂

idyai mbatata · 1 year ago

mbatata chibahwe charamba

Anonymous · 1 year ago

Stupid government official. On the first day of December you think you are giving advice, when people have long bought their seasons. The reporter who did the interview must be a DULL head. why not question why the advice is late.

A Visionary leadership · 1 year ago

Had people utilise the command farming and or pfumnvudza Intwasa and grew ten folds in their fields with less politicking,we would not have felt the effect of El nino homecoming, we would otherwise be growing drought resistant crops and other activities to avert future devastating weather phenomenon Command farming intwasa pfumnvudza, All this, had been the Visionary leadership of our President Ed despite being a victim of sanctions he's had a vision to outgrow poverty and dependency on food imports, They say make hay while the sun shines Stop politicking and get down to work NOW

· 1 year ago

Voetsak

skun · 1 year ago

APA kukwidza ma tax kusina mvura hahaha gore renzara ahead

XXX · 1 year ago

The El Nino phenomenon was known long back. That is the time when the Ministry of Lands, Agriculture, Fisheries, Water and Rural Development should have started advising citizens that they should buy drought resistant seeds. Most farmers bought seeds long time ago. It is hoped that the Ministry will do better performance than this next time. EHE ICHO !!!!!