The current buzz around diversity is not just trendy scientific talk. It really is important in agriculture to diversify your farming operation. If all your eggs are in one basket and you drop the basket… well, you know the deal. If all your lands are planted to maize and the…
Question: I believe it is good for pregnant sows to get some exercise, so I have built a large pen where they can be free to move about as much as they like. Now, a neighbour tells me that being outside will harm them as they could suffer from sunburn.…
Angola has a vast market for Zambian agricultural products, said the Zambia Development Agency (ZDA). Angola’s potential for agro imports is the result of a 27 year-long civil war that crippled its agricultural production. Livestock was killed and irrigation systems are in disrepair. Before the civil war, the country was…
OPENING PRICES, SOWETO MARKET, 25 October 2017 (all prices in ZMW) Crop Cabbage (per head) Tomato (per crate) Onion (per 10kg bag) Rape (per 50kg bag) Grade A 1.5 120 40 35 Grade B 1 110 35 30 Grade C 0.8 100 30 25 OPENING PRICES FOR KASUMBALESA MARKET,…
Current thinking asks that farmers look at the possibilities created by planting a more diverse range of crops by including indigenous crop lines. Africa’s indigenous crops have been largely neglected for decades, with exotic crops like maize being the dominant crops. According to Reliefweb, over 29 million people still suffered…
South Africa is still struggling to get their foot and mouth vaccine production system up to date, and is still struggling to get funding from government. Landbouweekblad reported that new technology has been developed and there are trained individuals to manufacture the foot and mouth disease (FMD) vaccine in South…
