Mabura Guano Cave is a mine containing an accumulation of bat guano. It is located in Zhombe Mabura Ward 6 in the

Midlands The Midlands (also referred to as Central England) are a part of England that broadly correspond to the Kingdom of Mercia of the Early Middle Ages, bordered by Wales, Northern England and Southern England. The Midlands were important in the Ind ...

Province of

Zimbabwe Zimbabwe (), officially the Republic of Zimbabwe, is a landlocked country located in Southeast Africa, between the Zambezi and Limpopo Rivers, bordered by South Africa to the south, Botswana to the south-west, Zambia to the north, and Mozam ...

.Mark Mhukayesango (11 November 2015
Compound D Substitute Discovered In Zhombe
Radio VOP. National News. Retrieved 7 November 2015.Tinomuda Chakanyuka. (May 2015
Zhombe pins hope on bat poop
The Sunday News. Opinion & Analysis. Retrieved 7 December 2015. It is one of the eight major reserves of

organic fertilizer Organic fertilizers are fertilizers that are naturally produced. Fertilizers are materials that can be added to soil or plants, in order to provide nutrients and sustain growth. Typical organic fertilizers include all animal waste including mea ...

s in Zimbabwe, that are still to be fully exploited. It is listed as a Geographical place in Zimbabwe, and it is a natural monument, according to the Zimbabwean law. It is located 2.5km south of the

Munyati River The Munyati River (also known as the Umniati River, and as the Sanyati River for part of its length) is a river in Zimbabwe. Under the Rhodesian administration, it was officially named the Umniati, but its spelling was changed in 1983 to more clos ...

and

Ngondoma River Ngondoma River is a river in Zhombe Communal Land, Kwekwe District in the Midlands Province, Midlands province of Zimbabwe. Location Ngondoma River is in the Midlands Province, although some claim it to be in Mashonaland West Province. Rivers ar ...

confluence. It is 6 and half kilometres west of SAMAMBWA Primary School and 19 km north of Empress Mine. According to the

University of Guelph , mottoeng = "to learn the reasons of realities" , established = May 8, 1964 ()As constituents: OAC: (1874) Macdonald Institute: (1903) OVC: (1922) , type = Public university , chancellor ...

, (Canada) there is over two million

tonnes The tonne ( or ; symbol: t) is a unit of mass equal to 1000 kilograms. It is a non-SI unit accepted for use with SI. It is also referred to as a metric ton to distinguish it from the non-metric units of the short ton ( United States ...

guano Guano (Spanish from qu, wanu) is the accumulated excrement of seabirds or bats. As a manure, guano is a highly effective fertilizer due to the high content of nitrogen, phosphate, and potassium, all key nutrients essential for plant growth. G ...

at Mabura Caves. The cave is believed to stretch for more than 60 km to as far as Copper Queen in

Gokwe The Gokwe Region consists of the land in the area around Gokwe centre that was formerly under the control of the hangweanguage people, a Shona-speaking group, which lay in the northern part of the Midlands province of northwestern Zimbabwe, and i ...

passing underneath

. Farmers in Zhombe East, Chief Samambwa's area particularly plot holders at

Ngondoma Irrigation Scheme Ngondoma Irrigation Scheme is located in Zhombe, Kwekwe District in Zimbabwe's Agro-Ecological Region Three. The average annual rainfall for the location is 550 mm. The scheme area is 44.4 4 hectares.Jamesm 10.1.1.196.2228.pdf Chapter 9.4.1.2A ...

are the current immediate beneficiaries as

is a highly effective fertilizer. It has very high content of

nitrogen Nitrogen is the chemical element with the symbol N and atomic number 7. Nitrogen is a nonmetal and the lightest member of group 15 of the periodic table, often called the pnictogens. It is a common element in the universe, estimated at se ...

phosphate In chemistry, a phosphate is an anion, salt, functional group or ester derived from a phosphoric acid. It most commonly means orthophosphate, a derivative of orthophosphoric acid . The phosphate or orthophosphate ion is derived from phospho ...

, and

potassium Potassium is the chemical element with the symbol K (from Neo-Latin ''kalium'') and atomic number19. Potassium is a silvery-white metal that is soft enough to be cut with a knife with little force. Potassium metal reacts rapidly with atmosphe ...

, the nutrients essential for growth in plants.Rocks for Crops pp323_
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