Zambia National Farmers Union Friday Brief 1 of 2020
Friday Brief 1 2020
Feedlot Market Report 17 January 2020
Agri Trends 17 January 2020 Feedlot Market Report
Agri Trends 17 January 2020 Livestock
Agri Trends 17 January 2020 Livestock
Agri Trends 22 January 2020 Grains and Oilseeds
Agri Trends 22 January 2020 Grains and Oilseeds
South African Grain Information Services 21 January 2020
South African Grain Information Services 21 January 2020
Cotton industry grapples with tough challenges
Cotton industry grapples with tough challenges Posted on January 24, 2020 by The Independent in Business THE cotton industry in Zimbabwe has grappled with a plethora of challenges threatening its viability. Southern Cotton Company (SCC) now says there have been drawbacks when it comes to acquiring export permits, with electricity challenges also prolonging the ginning period, which has its own …
Unpacking land, heritage and the law
Unpacking land, heritage and the law Herald 24/1/2020 Many Zimbabweans were empowered through land reform Elliot Ziwira,Senior Writer Historical memory as recorded by Ranger (1985, 1991), De Waal (1990) and Martin and Johnson (1981) recalls that contestations culminating in the struggles of the 1890s and 1970s were precipitated by the land issue. Because of its …
Zimbabwe’s most valuable mineral: Groundwater
Zimbabwe’s most valuable mineral: Groundwater Herald 24.1.2020 The Herald, 6 March, 1980 AT LEAST three million hectares of Zimbabwe’s land surface can be put under crops irrigated from groundwater (water extracted from springs, dug wells, boreholes and all other kinds of water point.) This area is far in excess of that under groundwater irrigation. …
Keyhole gardens a hit in Mt Darwin
Keyhole gardens a hit in Mt Darwin Herald 24.1.2020 The keyhole garden has become a must-have for homesteads in Mt Darwin as it provides families with fresh vegetables that are rich in micro-nutrients like zinc, iron and calcium Fungai Lupande, Mashonaland Central Bureau A keyhole garden, home-made tip-tap and a clay-moulded cooking stove have …
What changes in temperature mean for Africa’s tsetse fly
Letters to the Editor: What changes in temperature mean for Africa’s tsetse fly Chronicle 24/1/2020 Tsetse fly Elisha Bayode Are and John Hargrove In a world of changing climate, would nature’s insect “vampire”, the tsetse fly, perish or change its hunting ground? Like vampire bats, tsetse flies survive solely on the blood of vertebrate …
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