The right balance in a pig's diet is the key to successful feeding and profitable pig farming, whether they are free-ranging or penned. Pigs are monogastric omnivores like humans, and cannot digest the amounts of fibre that ruminants thrive on. They eat a combination of plant- and animal- based ingredients. There…
The failure to curb charcoal burning is behind Zambia’s rapid deforestation, says a United Nations Food and Agriculture Organisation (FAO) consultant. Makweti Sishekanu says Zambia has effective legislation but dismally fails to mobilise communities against charcoal burning, the main cause of deforestation. “We can no longer cite legal hindrance as…
Vice President Inonge Wina described last week's power outage that lasted for 128 hours in five provinces as “one of Zambia’s most disastrous natural calamities”. This came amidst a growing chorus of calls for the axing of executives at the power utility company ZESCO. Speaking during the 30-minute vice president’s…
Shortly after 20:00 last night, (24/11) power had been restored after a 128-hour power failure that crippled half of Zambia, even though a few isolated areas were still in darkness. Especially poultry and dairy farmers breathed a sigh of relief, but also role players all the way down the value…
The president of Zambia, Edgar Lungu, got involved personally to bring a speedy resolution to the power failure that has crippled half of Zambia, wreaking havoc among poultry and dairy farmers and small scale agro-processing plants. "President Lungu ordered us to get on the ground and ensure that power is…
The power failure that has crippled half of Zambia has entered its fourth day, piling more misery on farmers, especially poultry farmers. "Our engineers who have mobilised immediately to restore supply have revealed that the damage to the transmission line is quite extensive. However, they are working round the clock…
