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Cleopas Banda, 47, farm innovator
His prime concern is to reintroduce indigenous draught resistant crops as cassava, sorghum, millet and rapoco as staple products to replace more drought-sensitive maize and the present-day staple food sadza (maize porridge). He also developed his own "no cost" dripping system on his land and he has his own seed bank where he is conservation indigenous seed.... He is also distributing cassava plants to other farmers in the community, because cassava plant resist without water for seven years and gives food for human and for animals.
Cleopas constructed a reservoir with system of canals on a large sandy area where he catch the water during the rainy season and direct it to his self-made dripping system.
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