FPC alumni shines at Zim Agric Show
Fambidzanai Permaculture Centre’s (FPC) former Diploma in Agroecology student, Nyasha Gonde shined as she scooped the Overall Best Extension Officer Award at the just-ended Zimbabwe Agricultural Show. Having graduated as the Best Female Student and Best Practicing Students Awards at the FPC 2023 graduation ceremony, Nyasha Gonde has demonstrated her academic aptitude and practical prowess […]
Goromonzi TOFF 2024: An awareness campaign for younger generations
The Goromonzi Organic Farmers Association (GOFA) together with Fambidzanai Permaculture Centre (FPC) successfully hosted the 2024 edition of the Traditional Food and Seeds Festival over the weekend. Running under the theme, Celebrating the diversity and resilience of Zimbabwean foods, the festival was aimed at sharing and exploring the diverse traditional foods that Zimbabwe as a […]
Agroecology-based Farming Thrives in Nyanga’s Nutritional Garden Projects
Nyarai Dzimba (pictured below) is one of our recently graduated Diploma in Agroecology students. She works as an agriculture extension worker in Mapako, Nyanga. For a couple of years now, she has been working with smallholder farming communities in her area of operation to champion the agroecology transition. Recently, Nyarai coordinated a wonderful Ward Garden […]
Former Student Champions Grassroots AE Learning in Mhondoro-Ngezi
Former diploma in agroecology student, Nyasha Gonde, is fostering agroecology learning and cultural preservation in Mhondoro-Ngezi through grassroots community agriculture shows. Nyasha has been a practising government agriculture extension officer for some years, before embarking on a new academic journey in agroecology education which she began in 2021. After completing her studies in 2023, Gonde […]
Aquaculture project now on…
Aquaculture is often referred to as controlled cultivation or farming of aquatic organisms and in our case fish. Fambidzanai Permaculture Centre has embarked on a fish farming project to complement the Fisheries module that is part of the Diploma program offered by Fambidzanai Permaculture Training centre in affiliation with Bindura University of Science education. Integrating […]
Visitors from Uganda tour FPC
Fambidzanai Permaculture Centre (FPC) today had the privilege of receiving visitors from the Climate Smart Jobs-Uganda (CSJ) and other Private Sector Companies. The visitors are here to tour Zimbabwe in a quest to learn how Zimbabwean smallholder farmers are contributing to Climate Smart Agriculture, the promotion of conservation agriculture and green technologies. Climate Smart Jobs […]
Agroecology in practice – A visit to the Shashe Household Centres of Excellence
Aroecology is built under various pillars that are called Principles of Agroecology, namely Care and fairness, Diversity, food sovereignty, equality, connectivity of elements, agroforestry and to mention just but a few. Shashe Agroecology School has to the best of their ability tried to capture most of these principles in their day to day practices of […]
CALL FOR CONSULTANCY: TSASAZ III END OF PROJECT EVALUATION
Consultancy to conduct end of project evaluation for the Transforming and Strengthening Agricultural Extension Services on Agroecology in Zimbabwe (TSASAZ-III) Project. See finer details below.
How to make your own wicking bed
How to Build a Wicking Bed for Your Garden A wicking bed is a self-watering raised garden bed that uses a reservoir of water at the bottom to provide moisture to the plants from below. This way, you can save water, reduce evaporation, and prevent weeds and pests. In this blog post, I will show […]
Food Value Addition Skills Training Course Yields Positive Results in Gwanda.
Following the processing and value addition knowledge training with the participants from Hand in Hand Zimbabwe (HIH Zimbabwe) held at Fambidzanai permaculture Centre (FPC), the knowledge acquired from the one-week training course has indeed yielded fruits at the Phakamani Garden in Gwanda. The Hand in Hand participants were equipped with innovative skills on how to […]