OPENING PRICES, SOWETO MARKET, 9 November 2017 (all prices in ZMW) Crop Cabbage (per head) Tomato (per crate) Onion (per 10kg bag) Rape (per 50kg bag) Grade A 1.5 40 30 70 Grade B 1 30 25 50 Grade C 0.5 25 20 25 OPENING PRICES FOR KASUMBALESA MARKET, 9…
Zambia has been encouraged to join the Fisheries Transparency Initiative (FiTI) to enhance trade and investment in the sector. The initiative intends to be a code of conduct involving states, civil society, development partners and operators in the fisheries sector. It will provide each member country with fisheries legislation and…
Don’t try to cut costs when it comes to setting up housing for pigs. Production will suffer if basic requirements are not met, and profits will fall. A piggery’s temperature management and disease control is critical. It is all about the comfort of the animals. Pig producers must ensure that…
The Food Reserve Agency (FRA) owes K600 million to farmers who supplied it with maize during this year’s marketing season, said FRA executive director, Chola Kafwabulula. Kafwabulula said the agency has already paid out K103 million and expects treasury to pay the balance soon. FRA exceeded its target of 500…
Solanaceous crops, like African eggplant, need to be rotated and cannot return to the same field (or the same garden patch) until 2 or 3 seasons have passed. Factor this into your medium-term plan. LAND PREPARATION Plough, disc and ridge if you prefer to follow conventional cultivation practices. A more…
It is well known for its essential oil, but lemongrass also has culinary and medicinal uses. Lemongrass is widely cultivated in the tropics and subtropics and prefers warm temperatures and high humidity. It is described as a half-hardy perennial grass that grows in clumps and has a narrow leaf blade…
African swine fever (ASF), a highly contagious hemorrhagic disease of pigs, has been detected in Mwense, about 100 km from Mansa, the provincial capital of Luapula Province. This outbreak comes a year after Zambia’s last recorded cases of the livestock disease in North Western Province. According to the National Agricultural…
