Ticks and tick-borne diseases are an enormous threat to cattle and to the men and women who farm them. This threat is greater in warmer and wetter areas. As far back as 20 years ago, over a million cattle died every year (in the sub-region) from just a single tick-borne…
Traditional leaders will retain their powers to administer customary land, said Zambian Lands Minister Jean Kapata. Kapata’s statement in the House of Chiefs, a quasi-parliament for local traditional leaders, came amid simmering tensions between government and the chiefs over speculations that chiefs would be divested of their powers to administer…
Question: I’m interested in farming with mushrooms. Where do I start? Cultivating mushrooms can be tricky. To succeed, you need to understand every step of the process, says Ross Richardson from Highveld Mushrooms. Ross Richardson grew up on a mushroom farm that his dad started in 1979. The decision to…
OPENING PRICES, SOWETO MARKET, 15 November 2017 (all prices in ZMW) Crop Cabbage (per head) Tomato (per crate) Onion (per 10kg bag) Rape (per 50kg bag) Grade A 3 80 35 35 Grade B 2 70 25 35 Grade C 1 60 20 20 OPENING PRICES FOR KASUMBALESA MARKET,…
Zambia’s umbrella body for smallholder farmers, the National Union of Small-scale Farmers of Zambia (NUSFAZ), says the nation must brace for a maize shortage in the coming year. NUSFAZ Director General Frank Kayula told local media that disappointing returns on last year’s production had demotivated most farmers from planting maize.…
Question: I want to farm with rabbits. Can you please help with information on breeding them? The demand for rabbit meat is not as big as for beef or chicken, but the meat is considered to be healthy because it’s lean and not very marbled (not much intramuscular fat). It’s…
Question: I’m interested in keeping koi fish. Can you help with more information, please? Having koi in the garden pond has become a popular hobby, but if you want to breed the fish as well, it’s important to know how to go about it before you start. Koi breeding is…
Zambia Sugar, a subsidiary of the Illovo Group, has recorded an 8% drop in production. The company attributed the drop to challenging climatic conditions. “Miller-cum-planter cane supplied 1.158 million ton, at average of 115 tons per hectare, while out-growers supplied a total of 915 500 tons at an average of…
