Zim, Bots moot export corridor
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Unpacking cotton grading
By Tapiwa Nyasha Mutonda While launching the 2023 cotton marketing season in Mahuwe last month, Lands, Agriculture, Fisheries, Water and Rural Development minister Dr Anxious Masuka bemoaned poor quality seed cotton, before urging farmers to…
Management of pregnant goats
By Lindani Ncube Managing pregnant goats is important for maintaining the health of the mother and ensuring successful delivery of kids. Here are some tips for good management of pregnant goats. Pregnant goats require a diet that is high in protein, calcium, and other nutrients to support the growth of the…
How to succeed in beef production
By Chipo Tachiona The business of producing beef is dependent on a wide range of variables. Each component is equally crucial to the other. These components must cooperate in order to maximize the herd’s productivity and boost profitability. Below are some of the considerations that should be made to get the best out of…
Beekeeping worth pursuing
Beekeeping is not capital intensive By Tanaka D Mudarikwa Beekeeping can be a fascinating and profitable side hustle or full-time occupation. Almost anyone can keep bees as long as they have the expertise. Human beings and bees can live in harmony, but they can be vicious if disturbed. Bees normally only sting…
New maize marketing measures explained
By Peter Mudzimiri The Government, through the Minister of Lands, Agriculture, Fisheries, Water and Rural Development recently promulgated amendments to the control of the sale of maize regulations, through the gazette of the Grain Marketing (Control of Sale of Maize) (Amendment) Regulations, 2023 (No.1) (Statutory Instrument 56 of 2023). The new law enunciates the…
A guide to artificial insemination
By Tinotenda Madhebha In a bid to improve the national herd and genetic quality of livestock, especially cattle, the government is leveraging on technology and innovation. Artificial insemination is one of the various interventions that the government has adopted to ramp up production in the livestock sub-sector as enshrined in the Livestock Recovery and…
AMA links hemp farmers to markets
By Freeman Makopa THE Agricultural Marketing Authority (AMA) has partnered a Polish company, Plantiqua Hemp, to help local cannabis farmers produce quality hemp that will fetch good prices on the international market. AMA chief executive officer Clever Isaya told participants at an industrial hemp production farmer training programme in Harare on Monday that…