EXPORT GROWTH: SWEET POTATO PRODUCTION IN ZIMBABWE

This episode features Wendy Matashu Madzura the Chief Agronomist Seedco Zimbabwe
it is anchored on Sweet potato production
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[@blessmoremtandwa4045]

I would like to advise sweetpotatoes farmers not to use inorganic fertilisers,reasons being your produce will be tasteless ,shelve life will be short and tubers will have more water content. The main goal is to reduce synthesis residues of fertilisers which have side effects.
Therefore it is best to apply mulching and dried leaves.
If you grows tubers naturally your market value will definitely increases since organic is expensive.
Tubers are vital remedy of all chronic diseases such as cancer,diabetes,stroke and metabolism balance.

[@foxbat473]

Agriculture should be taken very very seriously at all school level

[@paulmulenga8742]

Zambia is also watching. Great content

[@christopherschironzvi3805]

This is more helpful indeed, thank you so much Wadza!!!!

[@Masseyzw]

Its really useful facts about agriculture thanks.

[@udeozorchibuike6241]

Great info 👍

[@enochmufunda9683]

Very informative.

[@wanangwashalomjrphiri3131]

very educative

[@shadrackkipkurui3643]

Wadnai you are inspiring us here in Kenya we love your beautiful gap good girl .

[@JosphenMugabe]

Thank you for a very informative and thought provoking program.

[@agribusinesswithwadzanaima275]

🙏🙏. Thank you sir

[@softwaretestingservices7851]

Thank you for this. How do l calculate the water requirements for sweet potatoes per ha from planting to harvest.

[@muskrilcardo9372]

That's it Africa do it yourself, the time for waiting for the Government is long gone.We wasted alot of time waiting 4 them.

[@salieujallow9112]

Zimbabwe must to do irrigation systems for farming in rural areas during the dry season

[@felixprincemare1536]

Have you gone around Zimbabwe almost 50%farmers use irrigation

[@alfredntini3104]

Thank you for the programme on sweet potatoes, where can I get the plants I want to do 2 hectares of the orange variety

[@tarirosakala7552]

Thank you for this information so how do i deal with pongwe its affecting my yields

[@paularuthchideme2622]

Thank you so much

[@jujun6465]

I wish we could avoid chemicals

[@jekesainjikizana9734]

Good informative programme, what's the English name for Pongwe?

[@agribusinesswithwadzanaima275]

Kkk. , thanks for asking. Up to now I don’t even know

[@foxbat473]

Giant Northern Termite causes Pongwe,

[@malvernchinomona3607]

Hello. i seriously wish to contact the agronomist. how can i do so. thank you.

[@handsonmaeresera8062]

If I have already planted vines however they are starting to propagate can I create small farrows on the beds and apply gypsum since I had not done so at planting.

[@agribusinesswithwadzanaima275]

Thanks a lot for watching, . And yes , gypsum is very good for sweet potatoes

[@josephmuteuke7393]

thank you so much , but can i do sweet potatoes when using drip irrigation.

[@agribusinesswithwadzanaima275]

Yes it’s very possible. Just need monitoring to ensure that all outlets are releasing the water and are not blocked

[@peterchikwekwete7303]

Hi Wadza, what can be used to prevent or reduce 'pongwe' attacks to your crop?

[@felixprincemare1536]

Pongwe is a butterfly which lays its eggs on the leaves of sweet patato it is control by spraying the leaves to destroy those eggs to control pongwe

[@salieujallow9112]

Zimbabwe needs irrigation systems for farming in rural areas during the dry season is the only solution for farming in rural areas in zimbabwe

[@chiyenyumba7135]

And water harvesting techniques during rainy season

[@Nady2022]

Its a lucrative project. Can someone go into processing of sweet potato commercially??

[@chiyenyumba7135]

Yes very much so value adding like processing sweet potato chips

[@ephraimkaseke3281]

Quite informative. Where can we find the seed?

[@agribusinesswithwadzanaima275]

Hello there, the seed is available at seedco, farm and city etc etc

[@GrumpyTinashe]

As much as I love agriculture and I am very passionate about it. Agriculture should never be a pillar of any modern economy. If you look at all the functional economies like America, European countries and Australia etc you see farming and agriculture is only 3% of GDP
Thank you

[@enochmufunda9683]

Yes, it should never be Grumpy Tinashe like you have expressly alluded to but despite that its industrialisation which drive economic growth experiences we should not shy away agriculture because it forms the basis of food security.

[@GrumpyTinashe]

@@BoloTim Wandi setsa😁😃

[@GrumpyTinashe]

@@enochmufunda9683 Point taken chief. Yes we need revive farming you are correct. We shouldn't be importing any agricultural produce at all. Salute comrade Enoch. Regards

[@blessingmulomoyabo1782]

Value addition

[@gchihota]

GDP looked at in isolation without considering how it is distributed is not very helpful. Many of those “functional” economies are built on the backs and sweat of exploited mass workers for the benefit of a few. Agriculture has the capacity to put money directly into the pockets of more people and their households without waiting for a pittance from the master every month, and dreading to find their names on that dreaded retrenchment list. Our focus should not be a modern economy as defined by others, but what enables us to feed ourselves and empower more people to be in control of their own destiny and to leave a meaningful inheritance for their children and grandchildren.