Article by: Julie Havercroft Zimbabwe’s only crop spraying service, Agricair, has soared through African skies for over fifty years. The company, at its peak, was the second largest crop spraying service in the world, and flew into neighbouring African countries and even as far afield as Sudan for work. It had bases countrywide, with aeroplanes […]
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Article by: Richard Pio Aquaculture has been one of the world’s fastest growing agri-sectors over the past decade with tilapia proving to be an incredibly popular species for fish farming. It is now the third most farmed fish species in the world and is often referred to as the “aquatic chicken” because of its high
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Article by: Julie Havercroft With the recent revival of the Zimbabwean agricultural industry, foreign companies and their local business partners are jostling for market space in response to growing demand for their various products. Farmers, in turn, are looking for ways to increase margins and streamline their operations. Within the manufacturing sector that supplies specialised
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Article by: Masimba Kanyepi Vitamin A orange maize has been gaining ground in recent years, with its high yield potential, drought tolerance, twin cobbing trait, attractive orange-yellow grain colour and sweet aroma both as green mealies and in the traditional sadza and most importantly, for its naturally high levels of Pro-vitamin A, which makes it
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Article by: Sharon Waterworth, Vice Chair, National Trust of Zimbabwe Farmers today are under pressure to meet the demands of a rapidly growing global population whilst operating in increasingly challenging environmental conditions. It is more important than ever to ensure both food security and environmental sustainability not only for our generation, but generations to come.
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Article by: Doug McClymont With some of the excellent wheat crops around the country, one should now be concentrating on getting the most out of the situation. The question that every wheat grower has to answer for himself, is: “when do I stop irrigating?” To complete the season involves irrigating out the wheat, allowing it
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The Zimbabwe Tobacco Association recently held its 58th annual congress. Outgoing ZTA chairman, Steve Swanepoel, addressed the Congress and outlined major issues still affecting this sector as: Increased pressures on growers’ viability. Tobacco prices declined in real terms by 23.7% from 2013 to 2017 and have remained static this year. “Although the trade acknowledges a
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The Nuffield Foundation was initiated by William Morris (later Lord Nuffield) in the United Kingdom during 1943. The establishment of the fund was initially for ‘the advancement of health and social well-being’ and in 1947 widened to include agricultural advancement. Soon after inception, various Commonwealth countries (including Zimbabwe) were invited to participate in awarding Nuffield
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Sales figures at the time of going to press show that the total weight of tobacco sold to date has exceeded that of last year’s crop by 20%. As at June 5, 2018, over the three open auction floors and combined with the contract sales, a total of 171,249,032kg have been sold as opposed to
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The Livestock and Meat Advisory Council (LMAC) is proud to be the apex organisation for livestock production in Zimbabwe. It is the voice of livestock farmers in Zimbabwe’s proudly sufficient meat industry. LMAC occupies an important place on the national production landscape, alongside its parallel entities in commerce and industry, the Confederation of Zimbabwe Industries
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