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Hit by wilder weather, Botswana’s farmers seek welfare payments
Maipato Kesebang normally grows maize, jugo beans and sweet reed on her 20-hectare plot of land northwest of Gaborone, Botswana’s…
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Zimbabwe farmers urge cloud seeding as drought withers crops
Zimbabwe’s farmers are urging authorities to undertake cloud seeding to ease an early-season drought that’s hurting crops and destroying cattle…
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Fall army worm war gets Sh812 million
The International Centre of Insect Physiology and Ecology (Icipe) will receive 7 million euros assistance to combat the Fall army…
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Medium-scale farms are on the rise in Africa. Why this is good news
Driven by population growth and growing land scarcity, most African farm households are witnessing the gradual sub-division of their land. Over time…
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WFP in partnership with USAID to boost food security in Zimbabwe
The World Food Programme (WFP) in partnership with the United States Agency for International Development (USAID) has started rolling out…
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Farmers business school to be introduced
The German Agency for International Cooperation (GIZ) is planning to introduce a farmers’ business school to equip farmers with business…
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Farmers should plan carefully – El Nino
Good crop selection would also go a long way. Instead of going for those crops which take longer to mature…
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