Adoption of precision agriculture to match fertilizer inputs in livestock farming
Livestock farmers are increasingly adopting precision
agriculture techniques to match fertilizer inputs more closely to grassland
requirements. The techniques, underpinned by a combined package...
Managing shortage of forage in livestock keeping
Livestock farmers are continuously being encouraged to calculate grass availability and act quickly to prevent forage shortages amidst one of the driest...
Use of Aloe Vera, magadi soda as EVM in animal healthcare and management
Ethno-veterinary Medicine (EVM) stands for the belief, knowledge, practices and skills relating to animal healthcare and management, and is as ancient...
FNB welcomes lifting of ban on livestock auctions
By Paul Makube, Senior Agricultural Economist at FNB
The lifting of the ban on livestock auctions is a...
Foot-and-mouth disease: Saai to add traceability function to app
The agricultural network for family farmers, Saai, today announced that it would soon be augmenting its livestock theft app, STIC, to prioritise the traceability...
Government of Zimbabwe bans imports of livestock and pigs from South Africa
The Government of Zimbabwe has suspended with immediate effect the importation of livestock and related products from South Africa. The suspension follows notification by...
10,500 heads of cattle in Zimbabwe succumb due to lack of pasture and drinking...
10 500 heads of cattle have died as a result of lack of pasture and drinking water in three southern provinces of Zimbabwe. This...
Drought-stricken farmers harness solar power to produce livestock feed from the bush
Amidst extreme drought conditions in Namibia, farmers are forced to innovate to ensure the survival of their livestock. A recent study1 proves that the...
Liberia, FAO sign US $436,000 project to enhance animal feed production
The government of Liberia and the UN Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) have signed a US $436,000 project to enhance animal feed production through...
IFAD and Senegal invest in decent jobs and incomes for poor and marginalized rural...
About 150,000 rural young people in Senegal – 50 per cent of them women - will benefit from a new US$93.3 million project that...