{"id":4231,"date":"2025-06-16T09:09:11","date_gmt":"2025-06-16T09:09:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.zimskills.gov.zw\/?p=4231"},"modified":"2025-06-16T09:09:11","modified_gmt":"2025-06-16T09:09:11","slug":"shamva-agricultural-college-is-leading-zimbabwes-agricultural-revolution","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.zimskills.gov.zw\/?p=4231","title":{"rendered":"Shamva Agricultural College is leading Zimbabwe\u2019s agricultural revolution"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"xdj266r x14z9mp xat24cr x1lziwak x1vvkbs x126k92a\">\n<div dir=\"auto\">Ministry of Skills Audit and Development witnessed cutting-edge hydroponics &amp; aquaculture systems during a special learning visit to the institution, which is harnessing smart agriculture to:<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"x14z9mp xat24cr x1lziwak x1vvkbs xtlvy1s x126k92a\">\n<div dir=\"auto\"><span class=\"html-span xexx8yu xyri2b x18d9i69 x1c1uobl x1hl2dhg x16tdsg8 x1vvkbs x3nfvp2 x1j61x8r x1fcty0u xdj266r xat24cr xm2jcoa x1mpyi22 xxymvpz xlup9mm x1kky2od\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"xz74otr x15mokao x1ga7v0g x16uus16 xbiv7yw\" src=\"https:\/\/static.xx.fbcdn.net\/images\/emoji.php\/v9\/t33\/1\/16\/2705.png\" alt=\"\u2705\" width=\"16\" height=\"16\"><\/span> Boost productivity with less water &amp; space<\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\"><span class=\"html-span xexx8yu xyri2b x18d9i69 x1c1uobl x1hl2dhg x16tdsg8 x1vvkbs x3nfvp2 x1j61x8r x1fcty0u xdj266r xat24cr xm2jcoa x1mpyi22 xxymvpz xlup9mm x1kky2od\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"xz74otr x15mokao x1ga7v0g x16uus16 xbiv7yw\" src=\"https:\/\/static.xx.fbcdn.net\/images\/emoji.php\/v9\/t33\/1\/16\/2705.png\" alt=\"\u2705\" width=\"16\" height=\"16\"><\/span> Strengthen food security through year-round harvests<\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\"><span class=\"html-span xexx8yu xyri2b x18d9i69 x1c1uobl x1hl2dhg x16tdsg8 x1vvkbs x3nfvp2 x1j61x8r x1fcty0u xdj266r xat24cr xm2jcoa x1mpyi22 xxymvpz xlup9mm x1kky2od\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"xz74otr x15mokao x1ga7v0g x16uus16 xbiv7yw\" src=\"https:\/\/static.xx.fbcdn.net\/images\/emoji.php\/v9\/t33\/1\/16\/2705.png\" alt=\"\u2705\" width=\"16\" height=\"16\"><\/span> Combat climate change with eco-friendly tech<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"x14z9mp xat24cr x1lziwak x1vvkbs xtlvy1s x126k92a\">\n<div dir=\"auto\">From soil-less greens to thriving fish farms, Shamva Agricultural College is growing the future, sustainably! <span class=\"html-span xexx8yu xyri2b x18d9i69 x1c1uobl x1hl2dhg x16tdsg8 x1vvkbs x3nfvp2 x1j61x8r x1fcty0u xdj266r xat24cr xm2jcoa x1mpyi22 xxymvpz xlup9mm x1kky2od\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"xz74otr x15mokao x1ga7v0g x16uus16 xbiv7yw\" src=\"https:\/\/static.xx.fbcdn.net\/images\/emoji.php\/v9\/tfe\/1\/16\/1f96c.png\" alt=\"\ud83e\udd6c\" width=\"16\" height=\"16\"><\/span><span class=\"html-span xexx8yu xyri2b x18d9i69 x1c1uobl x1hl2dhg x16tdsg8 x1vvkbs x3nfvp2 x1j61x8r x1fcty0u xdj266r xat24cr xm2jcoa x1mpyi22 xxymvpz xlup9mm x1kky2od\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"xz74otr x15mokao x1ga7v0g x16uus16 xbiv7yw\" src=\"https:\/\/static.xx.fbcdn.net\/images\/emoji.php\/v9\/t21\/1\/16\/1f41f.png\" alt=\"\ud83d\udc1f\" width=\"16\" height=\"16\"><\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"x14z9mp xat24cr x1lziwak x1vvkbs xtlvy1s x126k92a\">\n<div dir=\"auto\">Smart farming isn\u2019t just an option; it\u2019s a pathway to resilient food systems.<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"x14z9mp xat24cr x1lziwak x1vvkbs xtlvy1s x126k92a\">\n<div dir=\"auto\">We applaud the college\u2019s model which shows its potential for national skills development and climate adaptation.<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Ministry of Skills Audit and Development witnessed cutting-edge hydroponics &amp; aquaculture systems during a special learning visit to the institution, which is harnessing smart agriculture to: Boost productivity with less water &amp; space Strengthen food security through year-round harvests Combat climate change with eco-friendly tech From soil-less greens to thriving fish farms, Shamva Agricultural College [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":4232,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"ngg_post_thumbnail":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-4231","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-latest-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.zimskills.gov.zw\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4231","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.zimskills.gov.zw\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.zimskills.gov.zw\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.zimskills.gov.zw\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.zimskills.gov.zw\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=4231"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.zimskills.gov.zw\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4231\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":4233,"href":"https:\/\/www.zimskills.gov.zw\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4231\/revisions\/4233"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.zimskills.gov.zw\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/4232"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.zimskills.gov.zw\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=4231"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.zimskills.gov.zw\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=4231"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.zimskills.gov.zw\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=4231"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}