Zimbabwe
Zimbabwe: Livestock diseases to look out for in summer
Southern Africa can get really hot during summer, and these are the conditions under which various diseases thrive. Livestock farmers must know what summer diseases to look out for, what the symptoms are and how to treat them. All ill animals should be provided with nutritious feed, plenty of[...]
Cannabis in Zimbabwe: Meet the new health cure
Cannabis, also called mbanje in Zimbabwe, is no unknown word to people today. It has many health benefits like fighting cancer, and 22 countries around the world legalised it for medicinal use. Zimbabwe is the latest country to legalise growing of this crop. South Africa, Malawi, Zambia, and Lesotho[...]
ProAgri BNZ 14
Earlier this month I spoke to an executive from an irrigation company. He said: “Farming is easy. You just add water.” This might be an over simplified view of the very dynamic and ever-changing agricultural industry, but there is some merit in the statement. According to research done by[...]
Bayer partners with farmers to shape future of tobacco farming
Africa has the potential to produce high yields and significantly increase the stability of the world’s food supply. Bayer’s Crop Science division has noticed this opportunity and is investing heavily in the continent. Bayer has more than a thousand employees spread throughout Africa to assist the farmers in producing[...]
Zimbabwe milk production: Steadily beginning to grow again
Dairying in the smallholder sector in Zimbabwe is practiced for profit making, feeding the family and to produce manure to support crop production. Large-scale dairy producers are contributing 97%, while the remainder is coming from small-scale farmers in Zimbabwe. Zimbabwe used to produce approximately 260 million litres of milk[...]