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africa, Corteva Agriscience

Radical Climate Change and Declining Resources: How Do We Ke...

  1st November 2019

No continent will be struck as severely by the impact of climate change as Africa. Due to the continent’s limited adaptive capacity and exacerbated by widespread poverty, climate change is a grave threat to economic growth and the livelihoods of vulnerable populations. The world’s population is steadily growing and urbanisation…

bread

Zambian wheat price goes up; bread to cost more

  5th September 2017

Wheat farmers in Zambia have hiked the price of wheat to US$420 from US$370, meaning the price of bread and other wheat products will soon increase as well. Zambia Wheat Growers Chairman Donald Burton said the hike was triggered by the 75% increase in electricity tariffs, as well as an…

trade

Absa Bank’s overview of agricultural trade in Zambia, ...

  4th September 2017

It is the season af marketing and trade, during which maize move across borders in southern Africa. Due to the general good harvest and abundant supply, prices remain low, except in eastern Africa, where the harvest is still going on.  KENYA Maize imports have increased from mid-June and harvesting is…

initiative; species; fish

Zambia bars import of locally grown fish

  24th August 2017

Zambian Livestock and Fisheries Minister Michael Katambo on Wednesday announced a ban on the import of locally grown species, despite the prevailing fish deficit of 40 000 tons per year. “We will only allow the importation of exotic fishes that are not found in Zambian water bodies,” Katambo said. Katambo…

storage, grain, harvest, Absa

What is happening in the markets of Zambia, Namibia and Sout...

  31st July 2017

Better yields in 2017 has seen grain prices plummeting across the markets of the region, but it is not all bad news for farmers, according to Absa Bank’s regional update. ZAMBIA Soya Beans prices have plummeted and are now trading around $265 per ton. Some off takers are rumoured to…

Mega trends in African agriculture – farming structure cha...

  12th July 2017

Farming is slowly but surely moving from small farms to much bigger ones. Prof Ferdi Meyer, director at the Bureau for Food and Agricultural Policy (BFAP), said it is one of the biggest trends on the continent, as well as in  sub-Saharan Africa. Speaking at the recent Farmers Weekly Agribusiness Africa…

green

Zambian Green Party’s quest for legal marijuana falls flat

  7th July 2017

The Zambian government has rejected an application by the opposition Green Party to cultivate marijuana for medicinal use. “It will be irresponsible for government to allow the cultivation of marijuana as the plant is harmful to humans, regardless of the means of consumption,” Health Minister Chitalu Sampa told parliament. Green…

Zambia grapples with cotton industry volatility

  2nd June 2017

Price volatility has pushed out thousands of smallholder cotton growers, says the Cotton Board of Zambia (CBZ). According to CBZ, pricing remained a major issue since 2011 when global markets experienced a spike in lint prices. “Lack of a predictable pricing model has contributed to the decrease in the number…