I would like to start a maize farm, any advices for me? Uwitonze Patrick said on December 3, 2009 i wish to start maize farming in Central province, Zambia asha.mhatre said on December 20, 2009 I HAVE 50 ACRE OF LAND IRRIGATED LAND CAN GROW GOOD QUALITY OF MAIZE SOME TIME RATE UP ...
We use cross-sectional data from the 2010 agricultural season and an instrumented control function approach to test the hypothesis that the subsidy on hybrid maize seed in Zambia is selectively biased. Consistent with other literature, we find that the subsidy is a recursive determinant of seed ...
in Africa have been doing this for sixty years , but it seems to be growing in popularity.The method is gaining widespread use in countries such as Niger, Burkina Faso,Malawi and Zambia.The trees are planted among maize , millet or sorghum crops.They not only add nitrogen to the soil ...
In Brazil, agroforestry cocoa isthree times more productive than in monocultures. Across Malawi and Zambia, farmers mixing crops with so-called “fertilizer trees”,have boosted maize yields to 400% of the national average. Meanwhile,cattle grazing in agroforestry systems in Colombiais healthier and...
Low rainfall and unrelenting heat in the region have resulted in reduced crop yields. In 2019 Zambia’s maize harvest fell to 2million metric tonnes compared to 3.6 million in 2017. The decrease in supply increased prices and widened the food security gap. ...
Even amateur gardeners can grow garlic. The serious approach you show in farming definitely yields good results. Have an adequate arrangement of water and use fertile soil to grow garlic. An important factor behind growing quality garlic is the role of farmers in handling the harvesting process ...
The same scene has played itself out in country after country, where cartel-developed GM crops are foisted on emerging economies through “food aid,” usually during times of famine when those countries are especially vulnerable. Only a handful of countries, likeZambiaorAngola, have outright rejec...
Climate change is one of the biggest challenges facing the world today threatening societies and the future of the planet. The impacts of climate change are more severe in poor and marginalised populations like Indigenous communities where people rely heavily on their Indigenous Knowledge (IK) to ad...
• Women in maize-growing households that plant hybrid seed have more diverse diets. Abstract Maize dominates as a staple food in Zambia, where the government has for many years promoted hybrid seed use in order to enhance the food self-sufficiency of poor rural families. Despite the policy ...
how much do i need to grow one hector of onions and how much yield is expected from one hector. Chisamba farms lusaka zambia wanzala fred said on July 18, 2012 i have started planting onions in uganda. i need the pests and diseases that affect it WILLIAM MVUNGI said on August 1, 20...