Maize farmers can expect higher than average prices for their harvest at the start of the 2016 marketing season, attributed mainly to increased production costs and strong regional demand for Zambian maize. According to Famine Early Warning Systems Network (FEWSN) run by USAID, traders from across the board were already…
Chicken farmers in the egg business said inadequate training was industry’s primary challenge. Farmers in the Lusaka area discussed the major stumbling blocks to profitable layer operations at a recent meeting, near Lusaka organised by the Poultry Association of Zambia (PAZ). “Farmers resolved that there is a need to undertake…
The Phata Sugarcane Outgrowers Cooperative is to receive a $1, 6 million (MWK1.2 billion [Malawian Kwacha]) debt investment from AgDevCo for fixed and working capital expenses. Phata, a smallholder, farmer-owned, organisation was formed in 2011, in partnership with Agricane. The smallholders who grew cotton and sorghum in the Chikwawa district…
The first rains have fallen signalling the start of the rainy season and the Zambian Meteorological Department has cautioned farmers, country-wide, to prepare for above average rainfall. In the north-eastern regions average rainfall patterns are forecast for October, November and December but rain is expected to be above average for…
The Poultry Association of Zambia (PAZ) warns poultry farmers to be on the lookout for fraudulent schemes when selling their chickens or eggs. “A group of individuals going around poultry farms are paying with false cheques for both chickens and eggs that they collect from poultry farmers.” According to PAZ…
Farmers in the Chitambo district in the Central province should look into livestock farming as a business, says the district commissioner, Catherine Kunda. “The district has the potential to drive the livestock diversification agenda due to the abundant natural resource base and favourable market prospects,” Kunda said at the first…
