Irrigation schemes promise high bean yields in Zimbabwe

By Nyarai Chisorochengwe, Shylet Tsekenedza, Eileen Nchanji, Patricia Onyango, Owen Kimani Zimbabwean farmers are reaping good bean harvest from the irrigation sites in the country. Irrigation, as opposed to rainfed agriculture, acts as a mitigating measure against...

Dry Season Farming In Nigeria

Majority of smallholder farmers in Nigeria depend on rain-fed agriculture and cannot obtain sufficient water resources to participate in large-scale production in the dry season, this can lead to shortages of important local crops, high market prices and lack of...