Day: January 1, 2025
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How seed fairs help small scale farmers revive long lost, first generation seeds
By Tatenda Chitagu BIKITA, ZIMBABWE-Since childhood, Ellen Mutsinze (55) has planted small, early generation grains to add variety to the family’s staple corn diet. She never imagined the once-looked-down-upon drought tolerant crops as a source of cash-until now. Climate change-induced droughts that have led to successive maize crop failures-compounded by increasing lifestyle diseases-drove increased demand…