Arda engages 290 business development managers

Patrick Chitumba, Midlands Bureau Main
State-owned enterprise Agricultural and Rural Advancement Authority (Arda) has engaged 290 small business improvement managers to supervise the improvement and management of rural irrigation schemes.

Arda explained the goal is to engage 450 organization improvement managers throughout the region.

The Agricultural Rural Development Authority (Arda)

The supervisors are expected to help farmers in their preparations for the cropping season and this contains coming up with budgets, soil sampling and recommending the fertilisers and seeds to be employed.

The professionals will also make sure timely land preparation, monitor planting, irrigation schedules, pests and ailment handle, weeding and harvesting.

In an job interview, Arda chairman Mr Ivan Craig said the parastatal will guarantee irrigation strategies boost livelihoods particularly in the rural places.

“Arda is seeking for company supervisors for the irrigation techniques and to day has engaged about 290 company development managers. Their roles will also contain retaining comprehensive data on fields, clients, crops and samples as nicely as watch and consider crop yields,” he reported.

ARDA Board Chiarman Ivan Craig

Mr Craig said the focus on was to fill the remaining manager vacancies by December.

“Our mandate is to make absolutely sure that all the 450 irrigation strategies are up and functioning. Where by irrigation strategies are non-practical we are performing on reviving them,” he explained.

Mr Craig stated expansion of the irrigation schemes will rely on the potential of the drinking water source.

“We are not just expanding for the sake of growing. We make sure that regardless of what spot we are opening is supported by the out there h2o,” he said.

Agriculture is expected to develop work in communities and lower the rural to city migration.

Professionals are also helping farmers to improve for the export market hence are engaging ZimTrade.