MIDWEEK REPORTER
MASVINGO–Knowledge Transfer Africa (KTA) popularly known as eMKambo has embarked on a Provincial African food lobbying and advocacy through a multi-stakeholder meeting to promote and support agroecology commodity markets.
The two-day engagement meeting is set for July 31 and August 1, 2023.
KTA manager, Clever Mukove has confirmed the development to The Midweek Watch. He said the meeting will assist in coming up with strategies to recognize; support and protect agroecologically produced products supply chains in Masvingo Province.
“Knowledge Transfer Africa (KTA) in partnership with Participatory Land Use Management (PELUM) Zimbabwe are to conduct a two-day multistakeholder meeting in Masvingo Province. The meeting provides a platform to build homegrown strategies for recognition, support and protection of Agroecology commodity markets in respective provinces of Zimbabwe.
“Agroecology production practices seek to mitigate against negative climate change impacts induced by industrial production practices especially use of industrial chemicals. The impacts are mostly felt in low rainfall regions like Masvingo. It is against this background the PELUM Association represented by its Masvingo Community Based Organisation Partners as Chinyika Trust in Gutu, Mwenezi Development Training Centre (MDTC), Zimbabwe Small-holder Organic Farmers (ZIMSOFF), Schools & Colleges Permaculture Zimbabwe (SCOPE) and KTA came up with engagement meeting to lobby and advocate for indigenous food production,” said Mukove.
He added that the engagement meeting was organised so as to come up with strategies to recognize; support and protect agroecologically produced products supply chains in the Province.
“As KTA we hope that after the engagement meeting in Masvingo, production and supply of the Province’s food systems shall be mainly dominated by indigenous and organic commodities,” he added.
The meeting will be held at Chevron Hotel in Masvingo.
eMKambo has been working in agricultural mass markets for more than 10 years and these markets take more than 70% of what is produced in Zimbabwe, that is, indigenous food like small grains, indigenous chickens, fresh produce.
