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John Basera

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4 years

Dear Youths. Starting farming is like drinking hot tea, it gets easier after the 1st sip. 1st sip is always hot but gets easier, tastier&you enjoy it as you go on. Take the first step&get things done! Never fear paying entry level school fees but learn fromYour mistakes&GROW. PS

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4 years

You owe me coffee. We want to support you.

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4 years

Target. Ndosvika

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3 years

I think we need to organize a #YOUTHSINAGRIC Coffee sooner. The zest& enthusiasm is incredible. Youths are such a critical piece in the Agric Transformation Jigsaw. You have a big role to play in the attainment V2030 objectives. @MoLAFWRR_Zim @nickmangwana @Jamwanda2 @terrymap1

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4 years

'A good bull is half the herd' Genetics key to Agric Transformation. 😍

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4 years

Harvest from a Fellow Youth in Manicaland. YouthsCan.

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4 years

With appropriate & timed support & encouragement, this young generation of farmers will take the Agric sector to the next level. @terrymap1 is GOALS. Humbled. Thank you for your time. #ZimYouthCan

The Prince Machiavelli

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4 years

The Honorable Man kept his Word😭.

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3 years

Starting this 2021/22 season, Gvt will be distributing 10 fruit tree seedlings per household, targeting 2.3 million households by year 2023. This is Game-Changing & Life-Changing. Leaving no household, no place behind, as we journey towards V-2030, agriculturally.

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4 years

2020 Winter Wheat. Mashonaland Central, 26/05/2020. ZimFarmersCan.

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John Basera

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3 years

A record 66 400 ha under wheat this 2021 Winter Wheat Season. Third highest wheat Hectarage since Independence. Going for GROWTH. #ZimCan

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2 years

Retweet, share and like to THANK the FARMER! #ZimFarmersCan

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2 years

#NewProfilePic

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3 years

All white 'pen'! Impressive brahman genetics.

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John Basera

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4 years

Inch by inch to flour self sufficiency. ZimFarmersCan.

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3 years

We have 3 options: 1. Production 2. Production 3. Production We will choose to choose to run with all the three.

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3 years

The mighty 3 Ps (Production, Productivity and Profitability) key Oilers to the attainment of Vision 2030 Agenda. Potato harvesting in Bindura, 96 tons per Ha. Colossal!

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2 years

Somewhere in Mash East 8/6/2022. Towards flour self-sufficiency.

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John Basera

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3 years

Zim is projecting over 340 000MT of wheat, against an annual requirement of 360 000MT. This is the highest ever and new record wheat production since....... Towards flour self sufficiency.

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John Basera

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5 years

Imagine, having 1.5 million smallholder farmers adopting Conservation Agriculture-the whole country? Surely this should be a GAME CHANGER. 76 year old Gogo Magaret Chiroodza did it in Domboshava.

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John Basera

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4 years

Horticulture Recovery and Growth Plan in MOTION. Impressive 55ha blueberries and over 200ha peas for the global markets. Inamo Agri, Mash West.

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John Basera

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2 years

What about 10 fruit trees per household, targeting 3 million households? Game changing, life changing program loading..... a) household nutrition b) surplus for commerce and incomes; Leaving no household, no place behind, as we journey towards V-2030, agriculturally.

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4 years

We have 3 options: 1. Production 2. Production 3. Production We will choose all and run with all the options.

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John Basera

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3 years

NePFUMVUdza zhara yaona PFUMVU- NgeIntwasa sesiphephile endlaleni Pfumvudza/Intwasa the hunger buster!

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3 years

Colossal! Potato Variety Valor topped over 100 tons per Ha in Bindura, Mash Cetral. 7/10/2021. Upscaling productivity 'reduces' cost of production per unit output and widens farmers' margins.

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3 years

Agriculture grew by 34 per cent up from the budgeted 11 per cent in 2021. We are going for GROWTH. We are crossing an Inflection Point, Agriculturally. #ZimFarmersCan . #ZimCan .

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John Basera

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4 years

Its Game-On. We need more Youths into the Agric Space. Start where you are right now and go for growth. The heavens will be watching.

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9 months

Couldn't resist this one. Somewhere in Beatrice, Mash East. @MoLAFWRD_Zim @obertjiri

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4 years

This is a country that must feed itself. All the good things have been said, we now need to do the right things. 2020/21 diaries. Inch by inch. #ZimFarmersCan

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John Basera

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1 year

N'ombe manyama!

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2 years

Can this holing tool successfully 'retire' the hoe to its so called 'rightful place'- the museum?,:) Pfumvudza-wise? We may (possibly) consider this tool in the Smallholder Mechanisation programming.

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3 years

We need more MASTER FARMERS than 'mere' farmers. Hurudza ngadziwande kudarika varimi. The MASTER FARMER will deliver the Agricultural Transformation process for us.

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3 years

Somewhere in Mash West. 2021/22 soya crop.

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John Basera

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4 years

Level 5 Mechanisation. YES, we are still in Zimbabwe! 2020 Winter Wheat Programme takes off. ZimFarmersCan!

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4 years

ZimAgricRising

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5 years

A key indicator of successful crop establishment: The crop must have a good headstart against weeds.

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3 years

I did it! You can!

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5 years

Potato Seed Production in Nyanga, Zimbabwe. #ZimFarmersCan

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1 year

Colleagues, thanks for the Congrats messages. I’m super proud&humbled to receive on behalf of the Sector, the acknowledgement of our collective sterling performances in FY22. What a befitting indelible legacy we are building for the Sector! Excited but challenged to do more!

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4 years

One of Zim's prominent young farmers Aaron Denenga (35) of Denenga Farm, Beatrice, celebrating a BIG achievement; completion of farm dam. Capacity to irrigation over 100Ha all year round. #ZimYouthsCan #ClimateProofingZimAgric

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John Basera

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3 years

ZimAgric Patati Patata. Going for GROWTH!

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John Basera

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4 years

Pfumvudza with style and on time. Ward 10 Bemhiwa, Marange, Mutare District.

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John Basera

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3 years

Every 10% increase in Agricultural Productivity leads to 7% reduction in Poverty. Improving agricultural productivity is our sure way of achieving Vision 2030 objectives much faster.

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John Basera

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4 years

We are not going to transform our Agric with 'just ideas', but we are going to turnaround the Agric sector with ideas EXECUTED.

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John Basera

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3 years

Happy Holidays to all farmers!

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3 years

Ngarani dzisere kuti fashu! Ingalani zigcwele ziyaphuphuma! 2020/21 Bumper Harvest. Nyazura, Manicaland. 11.04.2021

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John Basera

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3 years

Each of the 26 000 villages in Zimbabwe will have one Nutrition/Income Garden by year 2025 under the Presidential Horticulture Progarmme. Nutrition and Incomes are key aspects in the attainment of V2030 objectives. This can be done!

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John Basera

@basera_john

4 years

How about a virtual coffee? I will pay the Bills 😂😂😂. My team will contact you this week. All the best.

The Prince Machiavelli

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4 years

I’m humbled Sir🙏🏿🙏🏿

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John Basera

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4 years

Seed Security is Food Security. Preparing for 2021/22 maize cropping season. #ZimCan .

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John Basera

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4 years

Zim farmers have mastered this golden leaf crop...tobacco. ZimFarmersCan.

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John Basera

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5 years

Productivity defined.... Output/investment, output/unit area, output/input, output/labour etc. It can be done!

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5 years

Zim farmers CAN.

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4 years

Winter maize production in the Lowveld, Middle Sabi. 06.06.2020.

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5 years

First 0-12 weeks, your crop must be weed-free and clean...'like a dining room'.

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3 years

2020/21 harvesting season begins. Transitioning to 2021 winter cereal season.

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John Basera

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3 years

First new Generation Cotton Picker arrived in Zim. 01.03.21. Modernizing cotton harvesting. Game changer for the Cotton Commercilisation thrust. @JohnDeere

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11 months

Heavy artillery for the fight against hunger. ZimCan

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John Basera

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4 years

'We did it in 2016/17& it can be done', is our creed. Maize harvesting, drying and bulk loading in Mash West. We need 100 such anchor farmers to meet our annual 2.0 million ton requirement. 'Exporting again' certainly is not an 'air castle'. It can be done!

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1 year

Mombe N'ombe Inkomo

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John Basera

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3 years

"Millionaires and billionaires of Africa will not come from oil and gas but from AGRICULTURE" Inspiring story. A must read.

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4 years

Early wheat crop at Pote Farm in Bindura. The 2020 Wheat Season has started!

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John Basera

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5 years

Youths CAN!

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John Basera

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5 years

If the rhythm of the drumbeats changes, the dance steps must adapt. Climate change is a real reality and we have to adapt. Irrigation development is a TOP priority.

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4 years

Amazing Breed. Looking for this.

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John Basera

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5 years

Starting farming is like drinking hot tea, it gets easier after the 1st sip. 1st sip you take is always hot but gets easier, tastier&you enjoy it as you go on. Take the first step&get things done! Do not fear paying entry level school fees but learn from your 1st mistakes&GROW.

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4 years

Yes, It can be done! ZimFarmersCan Mash West 11. 11. 2020

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5 years

Yes, the primary target is food security, but the ultimate should be FOOD SURPLUS/EXPORTS. Inch by inch! It can be done! We will get there!

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John Basera

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4 years

In Agric, water is 'ONLY' an ASSET if and when it is used to climate proof the sector, 'not' when it is just flowing. Massive Irrigation Rehab and Development programs loading.....

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4 years

Tugwi-Mukosi, the largest inland, water body in Zim, started spilling on the 24th of Jan, 2021. Historic development since the commissioning of the dam in 2017. No safety fears AT ALL for communities downstream. Focus is on finalizing the Irrigation Master Plan. #GreenBelt

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John Basera

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2 years

Horticulture Recovery and Growth Plan on the ROLL. Blueberry is becoming a big game in town. Avalon Farm, Chinhoyi, Mash West, Zimbabwe, 20.09.2022.

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John Basera

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4 years

Sitting on money.

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John Basera

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3 years

This country has crossed an inflection point, agriculturally and is poised for greater things. #GoingForGrowth #ZimCan #NDS1 #Vision2030Settings .

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4 years

ZimYouthsCan ZimFarmersCan

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4 years

Great Head Start. 2020 Winter Wheat. ZimFarmersCan.

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3 years

Bindura Country Club renovations by FSG Superfert. We need all country clubs back and functioning. They are fundamental ports of technical and social capital. #AnotherAgricExtensionTool .

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John Basera

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5 years

We are a country that can and must feed itself. We need to be bold and radical, more than ever. Eyes on the ball. Hands on the deck.

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4 years

2020/21 summer cropping.

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4 years

Inch by inch, brick by brick, towards flour self sufficiency and surplus. It's a process! Mash West, 2.06.2020.

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11 months

Wheat harvesting - full throttle.

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John Basera

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4 years

Tichafa Macheka young farmer in Goromonzi, Mash East is doing it, and doing it so well. #ZimYouthsCan #ZimAgricRising

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John Basera

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4 years

"If Agriculture fails, everything else will fail", M. S. Swaminathan, Father of India's Green Revolution. "If we get Agriculture Right, then we are on the Right Track to get everything else Right", JB, 2019. We gotta get it right.

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2 years

Zimbabwe is a country that must feed itself. Food security and self-sufficiency. ...and we can!

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John Basera

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3 years

2016. OMG. I was in damn great shape.

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John Basera

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2 years

Congratulations to all ZimWheatFarmers. We have surpassed our 75 000Ha target by 452ha as at 23/06/2022. A record 75 452Ha, which is 101% of our 2022 target is colossal. Attaining flour self-sufficiency 'at all cost'. In pics: Chikwarakwara Irrigation Scheme crop 25/06/2022.

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John Basera

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4 years

There is no substitute for a good HEAD START. Let's get on with planting.

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John Basera

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4 years

Lowveld Maize Green Belt Project. Zim can do two maize crop cycles per year in the lowveld areas. Target is to open and irrigate 100 000 ha by year 2025. ZimCan.

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John Basera

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3 years

2021 Winter Wheat planting under way. Mazowe 13.04.21.

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John Basera

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4 years

ZIM Extension Services Capacitation in motion @ZimGvt_NDS1 . Received 1900 more bikes today for @AgritexS and @DVSZim . 1300 already delivered to Extension staff countrywide, now on 3200. Thank you Your Excellency @edmnangagwa #ZimAgriCan #ZimAgricRising #ExtensionMobilityKey

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John Basera

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2 years

Serious Game. Somewhere in Mash Central, Zimbabwe (20/01/2023). We are #Going4Growth . Eyes on the GOAL.

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3 years

Transitioning from summer to winter. Mash Central. 30. 04. 2021.

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John Basera

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8 months

Re-imagining refuse collection. It can be done!

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John Basera

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4 years

Intshantshu zokulima azande ukudlula abalimi. Hurudza ngadziwande kudarika varimi. We need more master farmers than farmers. Upgraded Master Farmer Program.....coming soon!

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John Basera

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5 years

Green is money! Fabulous Cabbage Fabiola.

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John Basera

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3 years

When I see this, I sleep well! Goodnight! Congrats to all ZimWheatFarmers for a massive stride, this yr on our journey towards flour self sufficiency. Street economics: the number 1&smartest export is 'not to import' what you can competitively produce, locally.

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John Basera

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1 year

Impressive poultry enterprise by a 34 year 'young' farmer in Mash West, Zimbabwe. Converting the youth bulge (62% of Zimbabwe’s population) into a demographic dividend is key, now more than ever. #YouthsCan #ZimFarmersCan #Going4Growth + No to drug and substance abuse.

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John Basera

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5 years

In greenhouse production, the productivity metrics changes from yield per unit area to yield per plant. Its now high value; inputs and outputs.

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1 year

Going4Growth

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2 years

Tour of Irvines Zimbabwe, 5/10/2022, one of the biggest poultry players in Africa. We were inspecting their incredible expansion project. This is Livestock Recovery and Growth Plan in MOTION. The poultry giant has an incredible out-grower and contract farming program.

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John Basera

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5 years

Imagine! At this rate, we only need to put 60 000Ha under wheat, average 7 T/Ha, and we are 'bread/flour secure'. Our national requirement is over 400 000T/year. Produce more on less land and less other resources, must be the new mantra in #ZimAgric

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John Basera

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5 years

Genetics key to Agric Transformation.

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John Basera

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3 years

Seed, table & processing potato grading & packaging line recently installed by Kukura Seeds in Msasa. The potato industry experienced SHARP growth of over 800% from 52 000MT in 2010 to over 475 000MT in 2020. Such investment is a boost to further entrench 'sharper' GROWTH.

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