Rabbit farming way to go
RABBIT farming is fast becoming one of the most profitable small stock ventures for local farmers as the demand for rabbit meat...
Sheep production on the rise
THE Agriculture Ministry has indicated that sheep production is on a steady rise with the herd growing from 600 000 last year...
Black skin, white masks: Part Two
WITH most summer crops ripe, harvesting is underway, with emphasis on the storage of the harvested crop considered key in ensuring farmers...
Young farmers boosting agric production
THE economic development mantra adopted by the Second Republic, of ‘building the nation brick-by-brick’, has resulted in a positive ripple effect as...
Sunflower production key
IN December last year, Government announced the pre-planting producer prices for summer crops, with the
ZWL$150 686,20 per tonne...
Boost for fish farmers in Kariba
OVER the years, fish production at Lake Kariba and the Zambezi River has been on the decline.
This caused...
‘More goats to the people’
THE EU-funded Value Chain Alliance for Livestock Upgrading and Empowerment (VALUE) project officially opened the Rushinga Goat Improvement Centre (GIC) which is...
Think about Sesame seeds
THE 2021/2022 summer cropping season has begun and efforts continue to be made on the state and future of the country’s exports...
Adding value to indigenous knowledge
PRESIDENT EMMERSON MNANGAGWA recently commissioned the Mapfura/Marula Value-Addition Project in Rutenga, Masvingo Province, set to value-add to local resources.
Consider groundnuts this season
Agriculture Reporter
GROUNDNUTS are a popular local crop grown by many smallholder farmers and are second after maize in...
