Agriculture in Africa
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Women cultivate their way out of Zimbabwe’s grinding rural poverty
Jan 31, 2017By Andrew Mambondiyani Bernadette Sithole beamed with joy as she picked some vegetables from the local community garden, which had various crops ranging from okra to maize and butternut – a new crop growing in... -
Zimbabwean Veterinarian Develops Feed-mix App to Benefit Livestock Farmers
Sep 19, 2016By Wallace Mawire A young local veterinarian surgeon, Maxwell Munyangani, has developed a mobile application to calculate feed mix ratios set to benefit local farmers and from other parts of the world. Munyangani, who is Vice... -
Zimbabwe Rural Farmers Receive Automatic Weather Stations
Jul 15, 2016By Wallace Mawire Two automatic weather stations have been installed at some of Zimbabwe’s rural communities to enable farmers to receive reliable and timely weather and climate information for agriculture planning. The stations were installed at... -
Science Agenda for Agriculture in Africa: A New Opportunity for Young Agripreneurs
Jun 12, 2016Ahead of the 7th Africa Agriculture Science Week (#AASW7), Raymond Erick Zvavanyange writes on the relevance of the Science Agenda for Agriculture in Africa (S3A) for young African entrepreneurs. Young agricultural entrepreneurs in Africa must rise...