Improving market participation and competiveness of communal area beef farmers in Zimbabwe’s Mashonaland East Province through better feeding and value chain initiatives

Abstract

The Specific objectives of the ZimCLIFS
Project have been a) to increase the productivity of SH croplivestock households by identifying and
adapting appropriate technologies and
associated management practices,
b) to improve farmers’ access to resources,
technologies, information and markets by
characterising and strengthening crop and
livestock value chains, c) increase the skills of research and
extension staff and agribusiness in the
design and implementation of integrated
farming systems research for development
programs in Zimbabwe