Storm damage to slash Moroccan berry exports by 50%
By Oscar Nkala
Moroccan strawberry exports are likely to decline by as much as 50% this season following the destruction of fruits grown in plastic...
‘Push and pull’ cropping system to stop armyworm in Africa
By Oscar Nkala
The International Centre of Insect Physiology and Ecology (ICIPE) says recent field experiments in East Africa have proved that inter-cropping maize with...
Omex Agrifluids at Agritech Expo Zambia 2018
Omex Bioboost provides fast early growth and secure development of sugar cane
Omex Agrifluids is pleased to announce the company’s attendance at Agritech Expo Zambia...
Dangote Inaugurates Multi Billion Naira Rice Processing Plant in Jigawa…Promises to End Rice Importation
The mill with a capacity to process 16 metric tons of paddy rice per hour, when completed, will in a year process paddy rice...
Zimbabwe’s coffee sector in sorry state
Zimbabwe, home to some of Africa's richest coffee belts is only left with about two commercial coffee farmers on 300 hectares, a drastic drop...
Maize production forecasts downgraded
Mlamuli ,Moses and Learnmore at a farm in Silobela ,Zimbabwe
Nqobile Bhebhe ,Zimbabwe
Zimbabwe is headed for average maize production this season of about 850 000...
Climate change threaten Zimbabwe’s food security
Nqobile Bhebhe, Zimbabwe
The British Department for International Development (DFID) estimates that by 2050, climate change would have reduced Zimbabwe agricultural sector productivity by five...
Integrated Pest Control for farmers
By Nita Karume, Nairobi - Kenya
The year 2017 saw farmers in Africa who had already been struggling with devastating drought, face a new pest...
Burundi’s Maize Market Through the Eyes of a South African
By: Wandile Sihlobo
Remember the public outcry in 2016 when news came out that some greedy Zambian businessmen were smuggling maize meal to Burundi in...
Zimbabwe to exports groundnuts to South Africa
By: Nqobile Bhepe, Zimbabwe,Bulawayo
Zimbabwe’s groundnut production is expected to increase as a lucrative market is opening up in South Africa.
Groundnuts in Zimbabwe are mostly...