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Farming
Taxing the Farm Gate: What an Autonomous Collector Means for Namibian Farming
Much of farming trades informally and in cash. A sharper collector changes the calculus for the sector hardest to tax.
Leased Fields: How HPP II Puts Namibia’s Green Schemes in Private Hands
Namibia mechanises its fields and hands its irrigation schemes to private operators. HPP II’s farm bet is capital and machines, not more state.
Sowing Seeds of Success in East and Southern Africa
The seed industry in the Common Market for Eastern and Southern Africa (COMESA) region is among the best performing agricultural sub-sectors in some member states comprising 21 countries. An extract from a report titled “A Regional Perspective on the Development of...
First Breeding Summit for Dairy Farmers in Zambia
Without a perfect breed, dairy farming does not make sense anymore, and Zambia has moved a step toward world class dairy farming as dairy farmers begun using technology for breeding intelligence at the end of 2019. Here is an extract of a briefing from ADT Project...
Old Orchard Organic Farm in Zambia
A study by Sebastian Scott for FAO. Since its establishment in 2008, Old Orchard Organic Farm has grown every year in diversity and size. The farm is run by two people, including building, irrigation installation, crop production and marketing. The total area under...
The Coffee Economy
Coffee, just like copper, is a Zambian economic strength, that, if fully exploited, will not only grow the economy, but carve a space in the global economy for the country as does copper production. Zambia is a coffee producing country with the potential to export...
The Women’s Farming Syndicate
The Women’s Farming Syndicate (WFS), founded in 2011, is an agribusiness community with a diverse membership from professionals to grass roots; a business constituency that has grown to over 5,000 women entrepreneurs across the country with key projects and programmes...
Sidella Trading and the Sesame Value Chain in Zimbabwe
Farmers in Chiredzi district did not grow sesame under Sidella Trading contract in 2016/17 season; they only grew it in 2014/15. Some of the farmers stopped producing sesame because they failed to secure a market since Sidella Trading did not come back after maturity...