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Pfumvudza/Intwasa
Conservation agriculture · Zimbabwe · also called Pfumvudza, Intwasa, Presidential Inputs Scheme
A government conservation-agriculture scheme, also called the Presidential Inputs Scheme, that gives farming households a standardised package of seed and fertiliser to grow small, intensively managed plots so they can produce food even in a poor rainy season.
What to know
| Administered by | Ministry of Lands, Agriculture, Fisheries, Water and Rural Development, through Agritex extension officers; input distribution is coordinated at ward level by committees chaired by councillors and supported by chiefs and extension officers. |
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| Who qualifies | Communal, A1, small-scale commercial and old resettlement farming households. Priority goes to farmers who delivered at least 10 kg of grain to the Grain Marketing Board the previous season. |
| What you get | A standardised input package for up to five 39 m x 16 m plots per household: seed (about 10 kg maize, plus smaller amounts of sorghum, pearl millet, soyabean, sunflower and cowpeas, sugar beans or groundnuts depending on the region), two 50 kg bags of Compound D basal fertiliser, one 50 kg bag of top-dressing fertiliser, and pesticide for fall armyworm and stalk borer control. |
| How to register | There is no separate application: a household completes Agritex-run training and prepares its Pfumvudza plots; once the local extension officer certifies the plots are properly prepared, inputs are issued through the ward-level distribution point. |
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