Cattle ranching in the early years: Part Four
WHITES owned an estimated 371 000 herd of cattle by 1911.
How much of it was seized and plundered...
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...
Eastern highlands: The home of tea
NESTLED at the foot of the country’s highest mountain range, at Nyanga, in the Eastern Highlands, is the setting for the Mtarazi...
Lumpy skin disease outbreak in Mutoko
BOVINE skin diseases such as lumpy skin disease can greatly affect cattle as well as cattle ranches’ income and national economies through...
Time to improve yields
DEPRESSED yields were recorded in the agricultural sector over the past decades resulting in Government putting in place programmes promoting adherence to...
Soil maintenance for successful agriculture
By Dr Tony Monda
AGRICULTURE in Zimbabwe is the backbone and fulcrum of the economy.
Agric reforms after independence
AFTER independence, agricultural performance in Zimbabwe was mainly directed by four central policy frameworks, namely: The ‘growth with equity programme’ pursued by...
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...
Whitsun Foundation efforts
During 1975-1978, three major Rhodesian corporations of the time, namely the Shell Company, Delta Breweries; and TA Holdings contributed to establishment of...
The future of Agriculture: Part Two
...can Zimbabwe benefit?
By Dr Tony Monda
THE goal of reducing reliance on manual labour, while...
