{"id":236,"date":"2025-01-14T13:47:28","date_gmt":"2025-01-14T13:47:28","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/gabrieljambo.online\/zsa\/?p=236"},"modified":"2025-01-14T13:47:29","modified_gmt":"2025-01-14T13:47:29","slug":"obert-maganda-a-sugar-cane-farming-success-story","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/gabrieljambo.site\/zsa\/2025\/01\/14\/obert-maganda-a-sugar-cane-farming-success-story\/","title":{"rendered":"Obert Maganda: A sugar cane farming success story"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<div data-wp-interactive=\"core\/file\" class=\"wp-block-file\"><object data-wp-bind--hidden=\"!state.hasPdfPreview\" hidden class=\"wp-block-file__embed\" data=\"http:\/\/gabrieljambo.online\/zsa\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/MAGANDA-SUGAR98.pdf\" type=\"application\/pdf\" style=\"width:100%;height:600px\" aria-label=\"Embed of MAGANDA SUGAR[98].\"><\/object><a id=\"wp-block-file--media-a254aa40-f08a-4129-b915-ebe2a2ffeeaf\" href=\"http:\/\/gabrieljambo.online\/zsa\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/MAGANDA-SUGAR98.pdf\">MAGANDA SUGAR[98]<\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/gabrieljambo.online\/zsa\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/MAGANDA-SUGAR98.pdf\" class=\"wp-block-file__button wp-element-button\" download aria-describedby=\"wp-block-file--media-a254aa40-f08a-4129-b915-ebe2a2ffeeaf\">Download<\/a><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>I am a beneficiary of the Land Reform Program who was allocated a sugarcane plot measuring<br>20,3 Ha in 2003. Previously, I was employed by the Ministry of Health and Child Care as a Nurse\/ Midwife and I opted for early retirement at the age of 56 to be a full-time farmer in 2016.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Between 2003 and 2015, my yields ranged between 65 &#8211; 75 tonnes per hectare. I attended a two year course on sugarcane production with ZSAES from 2017 to 2018 and I benefitted a lot. By practicing good agronomic practices, yields went up to 90 to 120 tonnes per hectare. Farming is a profitable business if one practices the best agronomic models. For me it was a game changer. As a family, team work is our motto.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>ACHIEVEMENT 2024<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Completed a beautiful 12 roomed house in the low density suburbs sitting on 4070m2<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Deposited a one hectare plot earmarked for piggery and poultry projects.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Constructed a 480 metre feeder canal<br>With honesty and hard work, the National Vision of 2030 is very much achievable.<br>Nyika inovakwa nevene vayo.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I am a beneficiary of the Land Reform Program who was allocated a sugarcane plot measuring20,3 Ha in 2003. Previously, I was employed by the Ministry of Health and Child Care as a Nurse\/ Midwife and I opted for early retirement at the age of 56 to be a full-time farmer in 2016. Between 2003 and 2015, my yields ranged between 65 &#8211; 75 tonnes per hectare. I attended a two year course on sugarcane production with ZSAES from 2017 to 2018 and I benefitted a lot. By practicing good agronomic practices, yields went up to 90 to 120 tonnes per hectare. Farming is a profitable business if one practices the best agronomic models. For me it was a game changer. As a family, team work is our motto. 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