Zimbabwe: rich harvest at prison farm

02-12-2011 Photo gallery

The harvest is over at Anju Prison Farm in Zimbabwe. Over 2,500 inmates in the Matabeleland region have now been benefiting from a balanced diet for over three months, thanks to the 27 tonnes of sugar beans that were harvested in July 2011. Together with the Zimbabwe Prison Service, the ICRC regional delegation in Harare has been working to improve food production capacity in prison farms by providing farming inputs, technical assistance and rehabiliting irrigation infrastructure. Sugar beans, groundnuts, cowpeas and vegetables were produced to improve the daily diet of inmates.

- An inmate places stacks of sugar beans on a tarp where threshing and shelling, part of the harvest process, will take place.
  © ICRC / T. Sengwe
Zimbabwe, Anju Prison Farm. Sugar beans are a key component of the inmates' diet – it is their main source of protein and provides some important vitamins and minerals.
- Zimbabwe, Anju Prison Farm. Under the supervision of farm managers, the inmates work outside between six and eight hours per day.
  © ICRC / T. Sengwe
- Zimbabwe, Anju Prison Farm.
  © ICRC / D. Hove
The inmates' diet is composed of sadza (cooked maize meal – the staple food in Zimbabwe), sugar beans or meat, vegetables, groundnuts, cooking oil and salt. This combination of foodstuffs provides a balanced diet for the inmates.
- Zimbabwe, Anju Prison Farm. Inmates separate foreign particles from the sugar beans before packaging them into bags.
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- Zimbabwe, Anju Prison Farm. Inmates separate foreign particles from sugar beans before packaging them into 50 kg bags.
  © ICRC / D. Hove

Zimbabwe: rich harvest at prison farm

02-12-2011 Photo gallery

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