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AGRITEX

Extension service · Zimbabwe · also called Department of Agricultural Technical and Extension Services, Agricultural and Rural Development Advisory Services (ARDAS)

What to know

MinistryMinistry of Lands, Agriculture, Fisheries, Water and Rural Development
MandateTo ensure effective demand-driven and market-oriented agricultural extension by providing competent and credible staff through training and timely provision of information to farmers and other stakeholders in the agricultural sector.
ServicesAgricultural training and extension advice to farmers, delivered through a network of extension officers, to increase the effectiveness of agricultural extension in the country.
CoverageNational, organised through provinces and districts down to village-level extension workers.
ContactARDAS: +263-242-705341. 1 Liberation Legacy Way, Ngungunyana Building, Harare.

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Last checked August 2026. If something here is wrong or out of date, please tell us.

Sources

  1. TRAINING ARDAS – Ministry of Lands, Agriculture, Fisheries, Water and Rural Development
  2. ARDAS – Ministry of Lands, Agriculture, Fisheries, Water and Rural Development
  3. The agricultural extension system in Zimbabwe (FAO)

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