Zimbabwe: Vast tracks of land lying idle
Nqobile Bhebhe, Zimbabwe
A senior Land official in Zimbabwe has said vast tracks of land is lying idle a development that is forcing the county...
Zimbabwe : Commercial rice production on the cards
Nqobile Bhebhe,Zimbabwe:
ZIMBABWE is reviving long standing plans of embarking on full scale commercial rice production with research on the feasibility currently underway with high-yield...
UNDP sets up 11 automatic weather monitoring stations in Liberia
By Oscar Nkala
The United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) has embarked on a project aimed at strengthening the gathering and dissemination of weather information to...
80% of Nigerian smallholder farmers classified as ‘digital immigrants’
By Oscar Nkala:"
Up to 80% of Nigeria’s smallholder farmers are ‘digital immigrants’ who are old and slow in agricultural technology uptake and compliance, says...
Fusarium wilt hits top banana producers in Mozambique
By Oscar Nkala
The Mozambican government has banned the movement of bananas in and out of the Cabo Delgado and Nampula regions following the outbreak...
Morocco to host 2018 edition of ‘African Women in Agriculture’ conference
By Oscar Nkala:
US-based charity Believe In Africa (Day) has chosen the Moroccan city of Marrakech to host the second edition of its African Women...
Desert locust threat remains calm across Africa, says UN-FAO
By Oscar Nkala..
The United Nations Food and Agriculture Organisation (UN-FAO) says the desert locust threat will remain very low across North Africa and the...
Listeria Update: Zambia resumes importation of ready-to-eat products from South Africa
By Oscar Nkala,
The Zambian government has lifted the ban on the importation of ready-to-eat food products from South Africa after exhaustive medical tests and...
Command agriculture face collapse-Land Minister hint
By: Nqobile Bhebhe ,Zimbabwe
Zimbabwe’s scheme– a private-sector-backed subsidy programme spearheaded by the Government face collapse as financial beneficiaries are reluctant to repay loans.
Authorities have issued...
Agritech Expo Zambia partners with well-known online agri community: Small Scale Farmers Facebook Group
Agritech Expo to focus on finding suitable markets for farm produce
The active online agri community called the Small Scale Farmers – Farming as a...