
By Godfrey M Bonda
Zimbabwe Young Farmers For Sustainable Development (ZIYFA-SD) was able to introduce the Green market for youth and women empowerment in exploring wide range of products like broilers, eggs, layers, chillies, green pepper and cabbage.
Today in a recent interview with Positive eye news Mr Ronald Mutizwa the ZIYFA-SD national spokesperson said,” the organisation has benefited about 25,000 Zimbabweans across the country and it has linked people especially the youths to banks such as Youth Empowerment bank and Women’s bank interms of having access to loans”.
ZIYFA-SD also helps in the agriculture sector in terms of the export of goods as it intermediates, he said.
He added that whatever is grown in Zimbabwe is usually under the ZIYFA-SD banner as it already has a market both locally and internationally.
ZIYFA-SD is moving with the President of Zimbabwe His Excellence Dr E.D Mnangagwa of farming as we have witnessed recently highly government degenetaries invited to Precabe Farm.
Mr Mutizwa said,” recently the organisation has also engaged with religious sector for example they were able to paint the ZCC church in Witser Park Gweru”.
Dr Joseph Nyika Ndeyedu Kakoto the President and CEO of ZiYA- SD in addition continues to empower youths and women in agriculture, fostering a passion driven community.