Insure livestock, crops to lessen impact on business, farmers urged
KELLY NJOMBO, Lusaka IN THE wake of climate change, the Pensions and Insurance Authority (PIA) has urged farmers to insure their crops and livestock to lessen the impact on their…
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Dams will spur winter maize, other crops
BENEDICT TEMBO
THE agriculture sector in the country has every reason to toast the Mwomboshi Dam in Chisamba district for being a landmark achievement of the largest water storage facility ever built for irrigation in Zambia. (more…)
Elephants destroy crops
NKOMBO KACHEMBA, Chama
ELEPHANTS have destroyed several maize fields in Chama district in Muchinga Province, leaving the farmers devastated. (more…)
Promote healthier crops
NOMSA NKANA, Lusaka
AN ECOLOGIST has called on farmers in Zambia to embrace a farming concept called holistic land and livestock management, which promotes healthier crops and cattle.
water irrigation of potato field on sunny day
ROWE Farming to grow crops all year round
TRYNESS TEMBO, Lusaka
ROWE Farming Limited, a Zambian registered company, has set aside US$250,000 to set up a pump house to grow agricultural crops throughout the year using irrigation systems to meet the increasing demand for wheat, soya beans and maize.
Consider growing crops, poultry farmers urged
TRYNESS TEMBO, Lusaka
NDOLA Poultry Association chairperson Kelvin Lubinda has called on poultry farmers in the district to consider growing soya bean and maize and learn how to make stockfeed for (more…)
Farmers urged to plant trees besides crops
KABANDA CHULU, Lusaka
MINISTER of Agriculture Given Lubinda has urged farmers to embrace afforestation (planting of trees) that should be undertaken alongside the cultivation of crops, if climate change is to be mitigated. (more…)
Safeguard your crops, farmers told
TRYNESS TEMBO, Lusaka
KABOMPO District Agricultural Co-ordinator Peter Chibizwa said there is usually a tendency by farmers to sell their produce such as groundnuts and maize (more…)