Zimbabwe to maintain contract farming method
The government of Zimbabwe has announced that the contract farming concept will be maintained. Agriculture, Fisheries, Water and Rural Resettlement deputy minister Vangelis Haritatos...
How Does “The Global Agro-Paradox” Creates Poverty, And How To Fix It?
According to the dictionary, a paradox is "a statement or proposition that, despite sounds reasoning from acceptable premises, leads to a conclusion that seems...
IFAD and EU provide support to Malian diaspora to boost investments in agricultural sector
Malian diaspora is keen to invest in the development of small and medium sized businesses (SMEs), especially to develop the agriculture sector, if they...
‘Use carbon tax revenue to fight Climate Change-FIA
Zambia should effectively apply the Carbon Emission Tax policy to raise resources to mitigate the escalating seasonal droughts, occasional dry spells, and increased temperature,...
Zambia’s food secures until 2024-Mtolo
Zambia has secured more than 1 million metric tons of maize in addition to other crops which have been stocked in food storage sheds,...
Global Health to fund agriculture climate adaptation projects in Africa
The Grand Challenges in Global Health (GCGH) has launched the African Agriculture Climate Adaptation Research System aimed at supporting innovations that strengthen agriculture-related risk...
From backyard farming to commercial farming
By: Fundiswa Nkwanyana
Nowadays there is a growing trend of thriving farming businesses that were started by entrepreneurs who fell in love with farming by...
Technological innovations in farming sector
By: Fundiswa Nkwanyana
Nowadays advanced technology tools are used by farmers to transform the agriculture sector. This digital transformation has led to the establishment...
US$275 mln World Bank fund envelopes Zambia’s agriculture
The goodwill from cooperating partners for Zambia’s economic recovery programme looks sustainable to patch up economic ravages spurred by COVID 19 and the Ukraine-Russia...
Zambian farmer applauded for embracing dryland agriculture
Like many women residing in rural areas of Africa, Esther Zulu, a 51-year-old farmer from the Nyimba district in eastern Zambia, relies on dryland...