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Food security part 6: African women coping with hunger

Women in Africa often bear the brunt of whatever goes wrong in their country, whether it involves extreme weather conditions like drought or floods, civil conflict, or diseases like ...

10 Mar 2025 · 8 min read

Tiger Animal Feeds: It all starts with the quality of the chick

Broiler business is a complex business that requires a lot of factors to consider before embarking on it. One of the critical factors is the chick quality, which is usually ignored by the ...

10 Mar 2025 · 3 min read

SARO Agro partners with ZAFFICO to expand access to treated poles

SARO Agro Industrial ltd has partnered with Zambia Forestry and Forest Industries Corporation Plc (ZAFFICO) to make treated poles more accessible to clients. SARO Tractor and Earthmoving ...

10 Mar 2025 · 2 min read

Nutrico: Plant nutrition specialists

Nutrico is a global supplier and manufacturer of speciality plant nutrition and sustainable plant protection products. Our vision is to empower our customers with scientific knowledge and ...

3 Mar 2025 · 4 min read

Managing the litter for better broiler performance

In agriculture, poultry litter or broiler litter is a mixture of poultry excreta, spilled feed, feathers, and material used as bedding in poultry operations. This term is also used to refer ...

11 Feb 2025 · 5 min read

Business

More efficient crop spraying: SunAgri drones won the war against fall army worms

Rapid progress is experienced in crop spraying. With SunAgri’s drone technologies you can now spray hundreds, even thousands, of hectares in only a couple of days. SunAgri showcased ...

20 May 2024 · 3 min read

Paratus Zambia and Starlink deal creates ideal solution

Following the announcement late last year that the Paratus Group was appointed as an authorized reseller of Starlink business services, Paratus has proactively embraced the addition of ...

8 Apr 2024 · 3 min read

AGRA report: Agribusinesses need support to navigate the “triple crisis”

Distributed by APO Group on behalf of AGRA AGRA (formerly known as the Alliance for Green Revolution in Africa) has released the third edition of the ‘African Agribusiness Outlook ...

18 Mar 2024 · 5 min read

New Small and Medium sized Enterprise (SME) Impact Report Advocates Enhanced Suppo...

AGRA  has today released the 3rd edition of the ‘African Agribusiness Outlook Report’ which sheds light on the impact of the "Triple Crisis" - COVID-19 pandemic, climate change, and ...

7 Mar 2024 · 5 min read

Go solar in Zambia with VenYou Zambia

CIDRZ Limited, trading as VenYou Zambia, was founded in 2017 and has experienced significant growth and continues to do so at a rapid pace. VenYou Zambia operates four business lines: solar ...

19 Dec 2023 · 2 min read

Livestock

Tiger Animal Feeds: It all starts with the quality of the chick

Broiler business is a complex business that requires a lot of factors to consider before embarking on it. One of the critical factors is the chick quality, which is usually ignored by the ...

10 Mar 2025 · 3 min read

Managing the litter for better broiler performance

In agriculture, poultry litter or broiler litter is a mixture of poultry excreta, spilled feed, feathers, and material used as bedding in poultry operations. This term is also used to refer ...

11 Feb 2025 · 5 min read

Herd management part 1: Grazing animals are part of the land

Herd management is important for ensuring sustainable grazing systems for cattle, goats, and sheep in the different ecosystems on the African continent. Temple Grandin, a renowned ...

23 Jan 2025 · 8 min read

Tiger Animal Feeds: Beef cattle on Hitech Feedlot

Hitech Feedlot 50 Concentrate is a finishing protein concentrate for ruminants and can be included in different ratios with grain to produce a semi-complete or complete finishing ration for ...

2 Dec 2024 · 3 min read

Stray livestock an ongoing problem on Namibian roads

Stray livestock along roads in Namibia remains a problem. According to a recent newsletter of the Namibian Agricultural Union, the situation is worse during drought when livestock are ...

11 Sep 2024 · 6 min read

Innovation

VIDEO: The World of Sun and Wind Power tackles Germiston

The demand for off-grid energy is increasing substantially with failing power sources in South Africa. Luckily, The World of Sun and Wind Power has the solution to the problem – ...

17 Dec 2024 · < 1 min read

VIDEO: The World of Sun and Wind Power takes on Rosebank

Sustainable living is no longer a hopeful wish, it is a necessity. While we all know about the energy issues our country faces, it is also important to remember that we want to leave a ...

17 Dec 2024 · < 1 min read

The FAW Southern Africa advantage in commercial vehicles 

FAW Trucks Southern Africa proudly announces a record month in September 2024, building on its legacy of providing the most durable, rugged, dependable, and complete commercial truck range, ...

15 Oct 2024 · 4 min read

VIDEO: BSi Steel: The best deal in quality steel.

BSi Steel offers a wide range of services and products including universal beams, tubing, light sections, roofing, wire rods, and fencing. Furthermore, their services include cut and bend ...

1 Jul 2024 · < 1 min read

National Milling is growing in leaps and bounds! | NAMFEEDS

Sven Pihlblad is the General Manager at NAMFEEDS in Zambia. In this video he explains why NAMFEEDS is the answer to all your milling questions.  National Milling is a worldclass milling ...

27 May 2024 · < 1 min read

Mechanisation

SARO Agro partners with ZAFFICO to expand access to treated poles

SARO Agro Industrial ltd has partnered with Zambia Forestry and Forest Industries Corporation Plc (ZAFFICO) to make treated poles more accessible to clients. SARO Tractor and Earthmoving ...

10 Mar 2025 · 2 min read

SARO’s Role in Supporting Farmers Under SAFF

Agriculture remains the backbone of Zambia’s economy, yet many farmers struggle to access financing for mechanization. The Sustainable Agriculture Financing Facility (SAFF), supported ...

11 Feb 2025 · 2 min read

The FAW Southern Africa advantage in commercial vehicles 

FAW Trucks Southern Africa proudly announces a record month in September 2024, building on its legacy of providing the most durable, rugged, dependable, and complete commercial truck range, ...

15 Oct 2024 · 4 min read

Leading transport operators aren’t born – They are made

The factors that will determine the leading transport operators in the near future are very different to those that have traditionally been accepted as benchmarks for success. Historically, ...

2 Oct 2024 · 4 min read

No need to drone on… SunAgri provides the best drones for the farmer!

Frazer Zhang is the director at SunAgri.  In this video, he explain a bit more about the product they sell. Their drones can spray as much as 1000 hectares. You are able to charge ...

23 May 2024 · < 1 min read

Crops

Nutrico: Plant nutrition specialists

Nutrico is a global supplier and manufacturer of speciality plant nutrition and sustainable plant protection products. Our vision is to empower our customers with scientific knowledge and ...

3 Mar 2025 · 4 min read

CPTM-Global Grains 2024/2025 maize trials: Improving food security in the region

The Commonwealth Partnership for Technology Management, CPTM, is a not-for-profit membership organisation, established in 1995, to help the Commonwealth member nations become leading agents ...

21 Jan 2025 · 10 min read

Land preps to build resilience for Zambia farmers

Southern African countries find themselves at a crossroads regarding how they navigate food security by capacitating smallholders. As the year ends, the agriculture season begins in earnest ...

17 Dec 2024 · 4 min read

Aquaculture: Water quality is important

Water quality refers to the physical, chemical and biological characteristics of water with respect to its suitability for a particular purpose. It is a critical factor in all aquatic life. ...

22 Oct 2024 · 3 min read

ZNFU says 2025 Zambian budget has promise and shortfalls

On Friday 27 September 2024, the Minister of Finance and Planning, Honourable Dr Situmbeko Musokot­wane MP, presented the 2025 National Budget to Parliament. As always, ex­pectations were ...

14 Oct 2024 · 7 min read

News & Events

ZNFU press reaction to president Hakainde Hichilema’s address to the fourth ...

The Zambia National Farmers’ Union (ZNFU) welcomes the address by the Republican President, Mr. Hakainde Hichilema at the fourth session of the 13th National Assembly. As farmers we ...

16 Sep 2024 · 4 min read

Stray livestock an ongoing problem on Namibian roads

Stray livestock along roads in Namibia remains a problem. According to a recent newsletter of the Namibian Agricultural Union, the situation is worse during drought when livestock are ...

11 Sep 2024 · 6 min read

Gertrude does it all, mother & farm

Being a mother of seven as well as a farm supervisor sounds like too much for one plate, but Gertrude Mambwe makes it look easy. Gertrude has been working on Guru Singh’s farm Morning ...

5 Aug 2024 · 3 min read

AgriTech Expo Zambia shapes the future of agriculture for Zambia and neighbouring ...

More than 18 000 visitors poured through the gates of AgriTech Expo 2024 in Chisamba, Zambia, all eager to learn of the latest developments in agriculture. The organiser, DLG ...

13 May 2024 · 3 min read

ZNFU welcomes Republican President’s decision to declare drought a national ...

THE Zambia National Farmers Union (ZNFU) welcomes the declaration of drought as a national disaster by the Republican President Mr. Hakainde Hichilema and the measures that will be taken to ...

1 Mar 2024 · 4 min read
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