Question: Many of my cattle died during the drought and those that survived are recovering very slowly– despite all the rain and the availability of green grass. What can I do? The drought caused your cattle to lose weight due to the lack of fodder and grass. Their weak condition…
Zambia’s southern areas may face food shortages arising from a recent drought, says the Indaba Agricultural Policy Research Institute (IAPRI). In its latest bulletin titled The 2017/2018 dry spells: Should Zambia panic?, IAPRI says the scenario in the southern parts of the country requires the coordination of the Disaster Management…
South African apple and pear export volumes are likely to drop by between 3% and 8% in 2018 due to ongoing drought. In a statement, industry association Hortgro said after 3 consecutive years of drought, conditions in the Eastern and Western Cape provinces have worsened, with very little prospects of…
Southern Africa faces food deficits as a result of prolonged dry spells and fall armyworm, says the United Nations’ Food and Agriculture Organisation (FAO). This comes as the Zambian agricultural think-tank the Indaba Agricultural Policy Research Institute (IAPRI) predicted the climatic and crop disease factors would negatively impact this year’s…
