{"id":764,"date":"2022-08-23T09:53:42","date_gmt":"2022-08-23T09:53:42","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/pelumzambia.org\/?p=764"},"modified":"2023-04-24T21:13:43","modified_gmt":"2023-04-24T21:13:43","slug":"pelum-zambia-in-partnership-with-the-knowledge-hub-for-organic-agriculture-in-southern-africakhsa-conducts-a-lead-farmer-training","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/pelumzambia.org\/index.php\/2022\/08\/23\/pelum-zambia-in-partnership-with-the-knowledge-hub-for-organic-agriculture-in-southern-africakhsa-conducts-a-lead-farmer-training\/","title":{"rendered":"PELUM Zambia in Partnership With The Knowledge Hub For Organic Agriculture In Southern Africa(KHSA) Conducts A Lead Farmer Training In Agroecology and Organic Agriculture"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>PELUM in collaboration with the Knowledge Hub for Organic Agriculture in Southern Africa is conducting a four-day lead farmer training with participants drawn from Eastern, Southern, Muchinga and Northern Provinces. The training follows the recent Ecological Organic Agriculture farmer needs assessment conducted that informed the gaps that exist among the farm ers. The training covers, soil and organic pest management and disease control, integrated farming and facilitation skills.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_765\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-765\" style=\"width: 2560px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-765 size-full\" src=\"http:\/\/pelumzambia.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/1-1-scaled.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2560\" height=\"1152\" srcset=\"https:\/\/pelumzambia.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/1-1-scaled.jpg 2560w, https:\/\/pelumzambia.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/1-1-300x135.jpg 300w, https:\/\/pelumzambia.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/1-1-1024x461.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/pelumzambia.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/1-1-768x346.jpg 768w, https:\/\/pelumzambia.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/1-1-1536x691.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/pelumzambia.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/1-1-2048x922.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 2560px) 100vw, 2560px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-765\" class=\"wp-caption-text\"><em>Lead farmers attending the training in soil management<\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"attachment_770\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-770\" style=\"width: 2560px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-770 size-full\" src=\"http:\/\/pelumzambia.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/24-scaled.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2560\" height=\"1152\" srcset=\"https:\/\/pelumzambia.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/24-scaled.jpg 2560w, https:\/\/pelumzambia.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/24-300x135.jpg 300w, https:\/\/pelumzambia.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/24-1024x461.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/pelumzambia.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/24-768x346.jpg 768w, https:\/\/pelumzambia.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/24-1536x691.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/pelumzambia.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/24-2048x922.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 2560px) 100vw, 2560px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-770\" class=\"wp-caption-text\"><em>Lead farmers during the organic pest management lesson during the training<\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"attachment_771\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-771\" style=\"width: 2560px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-771 size-full\" src=\"http:\/\/pelumzambia.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/25-scaled.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2560\" height=\"1152\" srcset=\"https:\/\/pelumzambia.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/25-scaled.jpg 2560w, https:\/\/pelumzambia.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/25-300x135.jpg 300w, https:\/\/pelumzambia.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/25-1024x461.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/pelumzambia.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/25-768x346.jpg 768w, https:\/\/pelumzambia.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/25-1536x691.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/pelumzambia.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/25-2048x922.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 2560px) 100vw, 2560px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-771\" class=\"wp-caption-text\"><em>Lead farmers during the organic field designs practical lesson<\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"attachment_772\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-772\" style=\"width: 2560px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-772 size-full\" src=\"http:\/\/pelumzambia.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/39-scaled.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2560\" height=\"1152\" srcset=\"https:\/\/pelumzambia.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/39-scaled.jpg 2560w, https:\/\/pelumzambia.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/39-300x135.jpg 300w, https:\/\/pelumzambia.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/39-1024x461.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/pelumzambia.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/39-768x346.jpg 768w, https:\/\/pelumzambia.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/39-1536x691.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/pelumzambia.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/39-2048x922.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 2560px) 100vw, 2560px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-772\" class=\"wp-caption-text\"><em>Lead farmers visiting an integrated farm<\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"attachment_773\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-773\" style=\"width: 2560px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-773 size-full\" src=\"http:\/\/pelumzambia.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/28-scaled.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2560\" height=\"1188\" srcset=\"https:\/\/pelumzambia.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/28-scaled.jpg 2560w, https:\/\/pelumzambia.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/28-300x139.jpg 300w, https:\/\/pelumzambia.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/28-1024x475.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/pelumzambia.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/28-768x356.jpg 768w, https:\/\/pelumzambia.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/28-1536x713.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/pelumzambia.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/28-2048x951.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 2560px) 100vw, 2560px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-773\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Lead farmers during a practical lesson on Bokashi compost making<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"attachment_774\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-774\" style=\"width: 2560px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-774 size-full\" src=\"http:\/\/pelumzambia.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/44-scaled.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2560\" height=\"1590\" srcset=\"https:\/\/pelumzambia.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/44-scaled.jpg 2560w, https:\/\/pelumzambia.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/44-300x186.jpg 300w, https:\/\/pelumzambia.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/44-1024x636.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/pelumzambia.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/44-768x477.jpg 768w, 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https:\/\/pelumzambia.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/51-2048x1567.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 2351px) 100vw, 2351px\" \/><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>PELUM in collaboration with the Knowledge Hub for Organic Agriculture in Southern Africa is conducting a four-day lead farmer training with participants drawn from Eastern, Southern, Muchinga and Northern Provinces. 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