Africa could face a season of punishing heat, drought, flooding and disrupted rainfall as an unusually powerful El Niño gathers strength in the Pacific Ocean. The latest outlook from...
With reports indicating a high probability of El Niño impacting South Africa in the coming months, cattle farmers are being encouraged to prepare for the possibility of a drier summer, ...
Some 1,4 million people in Namibia are at present benefitting from the national drought relief programme, the Office of the Prime Minister announced that 1,4 million people in the countr...
Maize: CBOT corn prices followed an upward trend, reaching 13-month highs in January driven by the U.S. tighter supply outlook and hot and dry weather in Argentina. CBOT corn prices incr...
This is a quick production guide for three drought tolerant small grain crops, namely sorghum, pearl millet and finger millet. The three crops are key for household food and nutritional ...
Zambia is currently grappling with a severe drought that threatens to devastate its agricultural sector, particularly the livestock industry. The lack of rain has led to massive crop fai...
For years it became normal that rural livestock owners in Zimbabwe would respond to a drought year by selling off cattle due to a lack of pastures as many could not afford to buy feed. ...
Zimbabwe’s disaster preparedness has returned to haunt the country in the aftermath of a devastating drought. Questions have long been asked about the reliability and efficacy of the c...
In the face of an extreme drought that has devastated large parts of the Karoo, including the Klein Karoo, it is important for farmers to learn how to mitigate the extreme conditions exa...
Over the past decade rainfall patterns in Africa have been less consistent to a point of even being non-existent in some areas. This unfortunate occurrence costs millions of farmers thei...
