The seed industry in the Common Market for Eastern and Southern Africa (COMESA) region is among the best performing agricultural sub-sectors in some member states comprising 21 countries. An extract from a report titled “A Regional Perspective on the Development of...

Without a perfect breed, dairy farming does not make sense anymore, and Zambia has moved a step toward world class dairy farming as dairy farmers begun using technology for breeding intelligence at the end of 2019.   Here is an extract of a briefing from ADT Project...

A study by Sebastian Scott for FAO. Since its establishment in 2008, Old Orchard Organic Farm has grown every year in diversity and size. The farm is run by two people, including building, irrigation installation, crop production and marketing. The total area under...

Coffee, just like copper, is a Zambian economic strength, that, if fully exploited, will not only grow the economy, but carve a space in the global economy for the country as does copper production. Zambia is a coffee producing country with the potential to export...

According to FAO, the world has 1.468 billion head of cattle, and Botswana has 2.5 million of that herd, and it is estimated to account for less than 2% of Botswana's GDP. On the other hand, Botswana is a cattle country dating back to pre-colonialism, and its...

The Women’s Farming Syndicate (WFS), founded in 2011, is an agribusiness community with a diverse membership from professionals to grass roots; a business constituency that has grown to over 5,000 women entrepreneurs across the country with key projects and programmes...

Farmers in Chiredzi district did not grow sesame under Sidella Trading contract in 2016/17 season; they only grew it in 2014/15. Some of the farmers stopped producing sesame because they failed to secure a market since Sidella Trading did not come back after maturity...