FOUNDATIONS FOR FARMING ZIMBABWEWe teach Conservation Agriculture and Sustainability in Zimbabwe STARVING EARTH – STARVING PEOPLE The poorest in the world are often hungry, have much less access to education, regularly have no light at night, and suffer from much poorer health. 84% of the world’s 608 million farms are smallholdings; that is, farms less than two hectares in size. Tragically, many small scale farmers do not even produce enough food for themselves. They are among the poorest people in the world. Various factors add more pressure to small scale farmers like the loss of arable land, the world’s growing population and land distribution issues. In the past 40 years more than 30% of the world’s arable land has been … Continue reading Home