Chombwe Scheme News Today

JUST IN: Chombwe Pfumvudza crops in good shape George Maponga in Masvingo Crops grown under the Pfumvudza concept with irrigation support from the $8million Chombwe Piped Water Scheme in northern Chivi are in excellent condition pointing to a bumper harvest in the area for the first time in years. The scheme was commissioned by President Mnangagwa in December last year after being bankrolled using devolution funds. Among the crops being grown under a model Pfumvudza project on an area straddlin...

The project was financed through Government’s devolution funds. President Mnangagwa said the devolution programme would transform the lives of the rural folk over the next five years through financing the development of piped water schemes that will supply water for domestic consumption, irrigation and livestock. The Chombwe scheme had been mothballed for nearly 25 years owing to the breakdown of infrastructure to pump, store and convey water. Nearly 10 000 households in arid Chivi North and ...