By Masimba Biriwasha
GOAT farming has emerged as a vital agricultural practice, particularly in marginalised rural areas where resources may be limited.
Against the backdrop of the Presidential Goat Scheme, it’s vital to fine-tune and future-proof the model to make it sustainable and regenerative.
Nyaminyami (or Kariba...
By Kundai Marunya
LOCAL famers have been struggling to meet growing demand for raw materials to feed the food processing industry, prompting manufacturers to rely on imports. This comes at a time some farmers have been flooding the market with perishable horticultural crops, such...
By Profssor Artwell Nhemachena
WHEN Western media blamed the Russia-Ukraine war for food shortages in Africa, that reminded me of the same Western media’s campaign against land redistribution in Zimbabwe when they touted descendants of colonialists as indispensable for African food security.
The Western media depicted...
By Kundai Marunya
THERE is great demand for Zimbabwean honey on both local and international fronts and local beekeepers are failing to satisfy the markets.
Zimbabwe is one of the few countries producing miombo honey which is in high demand internationally.
This is multi-floral honey produced by...
By Kundai Marunya
AT dawn in Mhangura, a small farming and mining community located 190km north-west of Harare, farmers are already bustling about, organising their workers for another productive day.The winter season sees tobacco curing at its peak, while wheat is now germinat-ing in the...
By Kundai Marunya
THERE is a raging debate on social media on the country’s recent ‘obsession’ with goat farming, especially coming from the position that almost every household in rural areas breeds goats.
Goats have always been a part of Zimbabwe's rural set-up, mostly to be...
By Shephard Majengeta
AS Zimbabwe grapples with the challenges posed by the El Niño-induced droughts, there arises a critical opportunity to mitigate these effects and propel the nation towards sustainable development.
The upcoming winter cropping season presents a pivotal moment to leverage irrigation technologies and strategic...
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...
By Fidelis Manyange
THE current drought we are facing has been a huge wake-up call for Zimbabweans to be innovative in terms of food production. For instance, smallholder farmers in the traditionally dry agro-ecological regions have been urged to embrace drought-resistant crops such as sorghum,...
WET spells, such as experienced lately in January and early February up to March in Zimbabwe, have a considerable influence on the spread of tick-borne and rat-borne diseases in domestic pets, poultry and livestock. The wet ground and rotting garbage render all animals vulnerable...
By Fidelis Manyange
LAST year, during one of my numerous visits to Matabeleland, I came upon the unfortunate case of a farmer from Sipambili Village under Chief Gampu in Tsholotsho who had lost 14 head of cattle.
The animals had consumed a poisonous plant known as...
By Rutendo Matinyarare
How exactly does the nation go organic?
THE first step in going organic is changing the mentality of our farmers and citizens by reminding them that farmers are curators of life.
Their responsibility is to nurture living soils that support healthy, nutritious crops and...
