The National Wool Growers’ Association of South Africa is making an invaluable contribution to communal areas in South Africa’s Eastern Cape. The role the NWGA played in improving wool production in communal areas over the past 20 years was explained during the sixth congress for Eastern Cape communal farmers in…
Zambia has developed a local vaccine for East Coast fever, said Livestock and Fisheries Minister Michael Katambo. The minister said 80 000 doses of the local vaccine are being piloted in selected provinces. “The local vaccines are showing positive results and if successful, they will help curb tick-borne diseases,” Katambo said.…
Zambia has the potential to produce 400 000 tons of coffee with an average value of US$1 billion by removing barriers that keep smallholder farmers out of the sector, say industry experts. ECI Africa, an international development and management consultancy, says coffee production can create more jobs, because it is…
Stay on track with your daily, weekly and monthly financial record-keeping. A farmer must keep up in all the aspects of his operation and good administration is probably a lot easier than you think it is. Keeping the farm books is right at the core of running a successful agricultural…
It remains a mystery why more African farmers are not breeding the native African Guinea fowl. They are hardy, low on cost, and in demand. Farmer Humphrey Milanzi makes best use of these bords. Guinea fowl are Gallinaceous birds like chickens and turkeys. Members of the order Numididae, they are…
Some of the best South African Merino genetics are on their way to Lesotho as part of a project to improve the Lesotho wool flock and the lives of farmers. A delegation of the Lesotho Department of Agriculture, consisting of animal scientists, visited several auctions of prominent South African merino…
