Namibia’s Meatco expects a profitable year
The Meat Corporation of Namibia (Meatco) expected a significant turnaround for the financial year running from February 2023 to January 2024.
Botswana’s citrus harvest set for huge increase
Botswana’s first mega citrus project with around 800 000 citrus trees is expecting its first harvest in January next year.
Carryover stocks ease concerns over Zambia’s lower maize crop
Zambia’s 2022/23 maize harvest is expected to be 25,2% lower than last year’s. The crop has been forecast at 2,7 million tons, compared with 3,62 million tons recorded in 2021/2022.
Zimbabwe sells record of 261 million kilograms of tobacco
Zimbabwe has recorded its best tobacco season yet on record, having sold at least 261 million kilograms so far in the 2023 marketing season.
Zimbabwean exemption permits extended again
-Holders of Zimbabwean exemption permits have been urged to get their visas in order if they want to stay in South Africa after December.
US aid strengthens Zimbabwe’s food security
The US$8,7 million (about R169 million) that the United States Agency for International Development (USAID) recently contributed to the United Nations’ World Food Programme (WFP) in Zimbabwe came at a...
Outbreak of Crimean-Congo haemorrhagic fever in Namibia
Namibia has declared an outbreak of Crimean-Congo haemorrhagic fever in Gobabis, after someone died of the disease in a hospital in Windhoek.
Water harvesting being promoted in Zambia
Climate change challenges have taken a toll on Zambia’s bumper harvests of recent years, prompting authorities to consider initiating countervailing measures to ensure sustained food security.
Zambia fights damaging cassava root rot outbreak
This virus threatens to cause widespread hunger as it devastates cassava plantations in Zambia.
‘Fair compensation needed to mitigate crop damage caused by wildlife’
Small-scale crop farmers in the Zambezi region of Namibia recently called on the Namibian government to compensate them for the actual value of crops destroyed by wildlife such as elephants...
Severe drought in Namibia a cause for concern
A major part of Namibia is experiencing an acute drought, with the situation particularly serious south of the capital, Windhoek, with little or no rain received during the 2022/23 rainy...
Despite easing, Zim’s food price inflation remains highest in the world
Food price pressures that have beset Zimbabwe have persisted, giving the Southern African country the unenviable position of having the world’s worst inflation, despite some slight moderation, a recent report...
Beware of deregistered stud breeders, says Namibian Meat Board
The Namibian Meat Board (NMB) recently issued a warning to livestock buyers in Namibia to beware of buying animals from stud breeders who have been deregistered and are no longer...
Namibian mutton and lamb exports on the increase
Since its reopening in the second half of 2022, the Farmers’ Meat Market export abattoir in Mariental, Namibia, has processed payment of R10,9 m, excluding VAT, to 46 sheep producers...
Scepticism abounds over Zimbabwe’s compensation offer to farmers
Zimbabwe’s few remaining commercial farmers who lost their land during that country’s large-scale expropriation of white-owned farms were sceptical about the Zimbabwean government’s recent compensation offer. This was according to...
Botswana optimistic about local apple production
Farmers in Botswana are looking forward to starting the commercial production of apples, after the introduction of semi-arid varieties of apple trees suitable for local conditions.
Significant rise in milk production in Zimbabwe
Zimbabwe is making strides towards self-sufficiency in raw milk production, according to that country’s Lands, Agriculture, Fisheries, Water and Rural Development permanent secretary, Dr John Basera.
Zimbabwe’s maize imports show a sharp decline in 2022
Zimbabwe imported significantly less maize in 2022 when compared with 2021, according to the most recent statistics released by the Zimbabwe Statistics Agency (ZimStat).
Sharp increase in area planted to crops in Zimbabwe
In a positive development for that country, farmers in Zimbabwe have reported that they have planted double the number of hectares to maize to date in 2022, compared with the...
US$98 million initiative to restore rangelands in Botswana
United States (US) Conservation International, United Nations (UN) Green Climate Fund and Botswana’s Ministry of Agriculture recently launched a new initiative intended to restore communal rangelands and improve the grazing...
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