maize – ReStory

Zimbabwe had a bumper harvest: what went right and what needs work

September 27, 2021December 15, 2021 admin harvest, maize, Zimbabwe

Eness Paidamoyo Mutsvangwa-Sammie, University of Pretoria Zimbabwe has reported a bumper harvest of maize and other grains, capable of feeding

Land and food

Nepo SA: The restoration dream continues… to become a reality

March 2, 2020January 15, 2021 admin conservation agriculture, food facilitation, Growing Nations Trust, maize, Nepo, networking, non-GM, Pure Pap, soya

ReStory narrator: Jaap Knot Nepo SA is a start-up company run by myself and my wife as a closed corporation.

Land and food

Restoring a dream: the journey of a smallholder into regenerative farming – Part 1

March 2, 2020January 15, 2021 admin conservation agriculture, Lesotho, maize, non-GM, regenerative agriculture, smallholder, soya

ReStory narrator: Jaap Knot, Ladybrand I am an agriculturist facilitating the implementation of Conservation Agriculture (CA). It is relatively easy

Economic General

Restoration in Africa – a brief encounter

November 4, 2019January 15, 2021 admin Africa, hunger, maize, Moolmanshoek, soil health, sustainable production

ReStory narrator: Willie Nel Following the development of a Low-Cost Production Strategy at Moolmanshoek during the 1980s, I eagerly pursued

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Wisdom of the Ages

December 1, 2022December 1, 2022 admin

Two weeks ago the man who some describe as a founding father of Regenerative Agriculture was in South Africa giving a number of Master Classes. It was a privilege to sit for two days and listen to a man who has a global following but doesn’t want to be guru; who has enormous experience but admits he doesn’t know all the answers; who doesn’t believe that his way is the only way, but who does want to share his experience; who shared his belief of how farming should be a marriage with nature, approached as one approaches a responsive lover, not as a warrior engages with an enemy.

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