Kurima (farming) zvinoreva mabasa anoitwa kuchengeta mhuka dzakapfuyiwa uye kudyara nekukohwa mbesa. Kurima kunosanganisira kukama mukaka wemhuka dzakapfuyiwa, kucheka vhudzi remhuka dzakadai sehwayi; kusarura mukono unoberekesa nzvari; kusarura mbeu dzakanaka dzokudyara zvichingodaro. Munyika zhinji dzeAfrica kurima ndihwo hushangazhi hune vanhu vakanyanya kuwanda vanoshandamo. MuZimbabwe vanhu vazhinji vari kumaruwa vanoita mabasa ekurima. Vazhinji vanopfuya mhuka dzinosanganisira mombe; mbudzi; hwayi; huku; njiva; hanga; nguruve nedzimwewo. Kuminda vanodyara mbeu dzinosanganisira; chibage; donje; fodya; nzungu; nyimo; mbambaira nezvimwewo. Madzinde anorimwa muvhu achizokohwewa kuti adyiwe kana kushandiswa nevanhu anonzi mbesa - crop of any kind. Panodyarurwa fodya kana muriwo, madzinde acho madiki ari kudyarurwa anonzi mbesanwa kana kuti nhondo. Kurima (to till, to plough) apa kureva kutimba negejo. Ndimo (Agriculture; ploughing season; fields). Kuparura kana kutsivira (to make ridges) zvinoreva kuvamba kurima gombo kugadzirira kudyara mbambaira. Kusevura, kuparura, kana kuseza (to clear land for planting a garden). Museza izita remhuri. Nhondo dzefodya dzinosimwa pamihomba. Apa kusima kunoreva kudyara chinhu changa chamera uchisima paunoda kuti chizokurira. Kusimika kana kudzimika (to plant firmly).