Solar-powered community gardens offer lifeline in drought-hit Zimbabwe
- Mutare, Zimbabwe – At a shared garden in eastern Zimbabwe, solar-powered pumps are helping farmers grow crops year round, even when drought dries out other fields.
- Issued on: 16/08/2026 - 14:53 4 min Reading time After sunrise over Chitiyo village in eastern Zimbabwe, Berita Numbi is already in her usual spot.
- She is watering vegetables grown in elevated, bounded plots of soil in her portion of the community garden just outside Mutare, the country’s third-largest city.
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- Mutare, Zimbabwe – At a shared garden in eastern Zimbabwe, solar-powered pumps are helping farmers grow crops year round, even when drought dries out other fields.
- Issued on: 16/08/2026 - 14:53 4 min Reading time After sunrise over Chitiyo village in eastern Zimbabwe, Berita Numbi is already in her usual spot.
- She is watering vegetables grown in elevated, bounded plots of soil in her portion of the community garden just outside Mutare, the country’s third-largest city.
Sources: RFI