Story by Jerold Sasa
THE Second Republic’s education with production has started to bear fruit, with Marondera based Kushinga Phikelela Farmer Training College having planted a variety of crops set to reduce food deficit.
Kushinga Phikelela Farmer Training College, which is one of the oldest agricultural colleges in the country, has a thriving maize crop in addition to sorghum, rice, groundnuts and potatoes.
The college this Wednesday partnered a local agro-dealer to host a field tour as part of showcasing their success stories under the Second Republic.
College Principal, Mrs Caroline Chipomho said they have embraced education with production as it also equips students with skills after graduating.
The students say the programme is equipping them with life changing skills.
“As you can see with this type of crop, we are learning a lot of skills which we will use after school,” Peace Gorogodo, a student said.
“We thank the government for this programme as we will be able to feed ourselves as students,” another student, Progress Sikuna said.
A local agro-dealer working with the college says they are happy with the quality of crop produced by the college.
“The quality of crop we have seen here shows that the students know what they are doing in terms of production,” agronomist, Deon Shambo said.
The college has so far produced 20 hectares of commercial maize, two hectares of potatoes, two hectares rice and one hectare groundnuts.
