Reviving use of local seeds in African farming
Growing more local seeds in Africa can solve the region’s food insecurity and climate problems.
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Growing more local seeds in Africa can solve the region’s food insecurity and climate problems.
BIKITA, Zimbabwe — Nothing seems to happen at the right time for Maria Mazambara, a communal subsistence farmer in Bikita, one of Zimbabwe’s southernmost rural districts. “The seed we get from government’s input scheme is usually delivered to us late in the season,” she says. “And when we do receive it, the rains are too […]