Dr Tony Monda

Kariba Municipality commits to President’s service delivery blueprint

By Kundai Marunya IT is rare to find opposition-controlled urban councils throwing their weight on developmental issues instigated by the central Government. In many cases, urban councils have openly fought the Government when it comes to measures that address service delivery issues. This is at a time...

The resurgence of Theileriosis in 2024 

THE issues of global changes, climate change and tick-borne diseases cannot be ignored, given they are now becoming the order of the day.   Cattle and other livestock, the world over, are experiencing both ecological and biological stress which could affect the wellbeing of livestock...

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Diseases that affect goats: Part One…need for education on diseases

MY article titled ‘Goat breeding: Reviving an ancient Zimbabwean livestock heritage’ resulted in overwhelming...

Kachesa’s passion for citrus

By Dr Tony Monda DECEMBER to March is fruit time in Zimbabwe; from the indigenous...

The future of farming

...will Zimbabweans benefit? By Dr Tony Monda NEXT to hunting, agriculture is the oldest industry known...

Of cattle, rains and diseases

THE coming of the rains this 2020-2021 season, despite the renewed damper of the...

Agro-veterinary round-up 2020

THE aim of this farming column, during the past five years, has been to...

Cotton: Zim’s white gold

ZIMBABWE was the largest producer of cotton in Southern Africa a few years ago....

Oranges: Zimbabwe’s Eden

CITRUS plantations have been established in Zimbabwe since the 1920s.   In March 1922, the...

Peanuts: The root of a true indigenous Zim crop

ZIMBABWE boasts several indigenous peanut strains that have been grown in the country since...

Tobacco – a history of a rich Zimbabwean heirloom crop

TOBACCO was grown extensively in Zimbabwe prior to the arrival of the white settlers...

Heirloom chickens: Part Two…the politics, protocol and gender matrix of the roadrunner

FROM the pre-colonial annals of history to present day Zimbabwe, almost every indigenous clan...

Heirloom chickens: The village teachers

FREE-RANGE chickens, referred to as ‘bosveldt’ chickens in southern Africa, have become all the...

Lumpy skin disease outbreak in Mutoko

BOVINE skin diseases such as lumpy skin disease can greatly affect cattle as well...

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Kariba Municipality commits to President’s service delivery blueprint

By Kundai Marunya IT is rare to find opposition-controlled urban councils throwing their weight on...

The resurgence of Theileriosis in 2024 

THE issues of global changes, climate change and tick-borne diseases cannot be ignored, given...

Britain haunted by its hostile policy on Zimbabwe

TWO critical lessons drawn from the recent debate on Zimbabwe in the British House...

The contentious issue of race

 By Nthungo YaAfrika AS much as Africans would want to have closure to many of...