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…
Cowpea is really a key crop in the dry (arid) regions of central, south and western Africa, extending from the northern areas of South Africa through the Savannah and into the Sahel zone. It does well in the tropics and subtropics and is part of the diet of millions of…
Over-fishing and unsustainable fishing methods have led to the decline of Zambian fish stocks according to a recent report released by the Indaba Agricultural Policy Research Institute (IAPRI). Falling fish stocks are directly related to a decline in the per capita fish consumption, which has dropped from 12kg/person/annum to 10,3kg/person/annum.…
