01Sep, 23 ZIMSOFF is implementing the BIZLUR project whose main target social groups are women and youths. The project has three interrelated themes namely peasant rights, leadership and governance and popular feminism. Understanding of these critical issues by the target groups is at different levels.
17Jul, 23 Building on the results of a recent peasant led baseline survey to assess local knowledge gaps on peasant rights, popular feminism and leadership and governance, ZIMSOFF held a two-day national workshop in May (from the 29th to 30th) on Peasant Rights as provided for under the United Nations Declaration on the Rights of Peasants and other People Working in the Rural Areas (UNDROP).
20Jan, 23 Enia Mandebvu, from Northern Cluster Chikwangwadza, has been a member of ZIMSOFF for some years now. He was motivated to join ZIMSOFF when he became aware of the potential health benefits of eating good and healthy food and the harm caused by unhealthy foods.
06Jan, 23 Robert Simbanegavi, from Simbanegavi Village, Gutu District shares his story about how the challenges he faced growing crops using synthetic fertilizers and hybrid seeds. His situation changed when discovered alternative ways of growing crops after receiving training on agroecology.
21Apr, 22 A recent report from the African Food Sovereignty Alliance (AFSA) details how peasants managed livestock in specific ways that would feed the soil rather than trample it.
01Apr, 22 ZIMSOFF organized a preparatory meeting on the 2nd of June to discuss the implications of the new regional seed policies, the Common Market for Eastern and Southern Africa (COMESA), Southern African Development Community (SADC) and Africa Regional Intellectual Organisation (ARIPO) namely the seed policy harmonization and Plant Variety Protection (PVP), on the smallholder farmers in Zimbabwe.
08Nov, 21 The study reports that smallholder farmers play a critical role in the maintenance and stewardship of biodiversity, including agricultural biodiversity.
08Nov, 21 This conversation was part of the Hunger for Justice series from A Growing Culture. View the full broadcast at: www.agrowingculture.org/hfj/food politicsfood
08Nov, 21 Demand for foods based on traditional crops, with a clear link to local culture, is increasing in Zimbabwe. With this, Elizabeth Mpofu’s message is clear: policy needs to protect traditional crops and varieties,
01Nov, 21 First published in Farming Matters | 32.3 | September 2016 20 SEPTEMBER 2016 Social integration and cohesion provide a foundation for society to tackle various issues, including gender inequality. Learning and sharing, at the core of agroecology, provides women with the space to meet regularly and mobilise for various issues including equality. Cohesion is strengthened through, for example, horizontal learning exchanges and by keeping cultural and religious practices alive with rituals and ceremonies. This creates social conditions that erode patriarchal barriers: women are mobilised and the sil …
Created in 2002, the Zimbabwe Smallholder Organic Farmers Forum (ZIMSOFF) “envisions improved livelihoods of organized and empowered smallholder farmers in Zimbabwe practicing sustainable and viable ecological agriculture and its mission statement is to influence policies and public awareness towards agro ecology and smallholder farmers’ rights”.