Conservation Plan for New Farmers Launched in Zimbabwe

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Conservation Plan for New Farmers Launched in Zimbabwe

Zimbabwean Ministry of Environment and Tourism Monday launched an integrated conservation plan for farmers resettled under the fast track land resettlement program.

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Zimbabwean Ministry of Environment and Tourism Monday launched an integrated conservation plan for farmers resettled under the fast track land resettlement program.

Department of Natural Resources director Mutsa Chasi said the plan would involve the setting up of sub-committees in the resettlement and rural areas.

"As a department we can only assist new farmers but the actual act of conserving their natural resources in the resettlement areas will depend on their own initiative," Chasi said.

The director said the sub-committees' duties would include encouraging the new farmers to look beyond growing ordinary crops and look at other income generating projects like the tourism and campfire programs, which were environmentally friendly.

She said the sub-committees would ensure that farmers who were into tobacco and cotton production strictly adhered to laid down procedures especially with regards to destruction of stalks after harvesting.

"The clearing of land under the fast track program will definitely require the cutting down of trees but our emphasis is on the new farmers clearing only the areas they want to put under production," she said.

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