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The Importance of Accurate Valuation for Biological Assets in Farming
In the ever-evolving world of agribusiness, biological assets—such as livestock, crops, and other living organisms—play a pivotal role in the financial health of the business. Unlike traditional assets, biological assets are dynamic, growing and changing in value over...
South Africa’s Maize Market: A Strategic Overview for Businesses in the Value Chain
The maize value chain in South Africa plays a pivotal role in food security, economic stability, and industrial production. From farmers and millers to traders and exporters, every participant contributes to maintaining a reliable supply of maize across local and...
The Nitrogen Fertilizers Gap: Russian Sanctions, Africa, and Global Food Economy
Sanctions, or talk of sanctions, toward Russia create opportunities for the African Agricultural Economy, especially fertilizer production amongst other things. Throwing threats and executing them are two different things, and what lies between must be an impact...
Sowing Seeds of Success in East and Southern Africa
The seed industry in the Common Market for Eastern and Southern Africa (COMESA) region is among the best performing agricultural sub-sectors in some member states comprising 21 countries. An extract from a report titled “A Regional Perspective on the Development of...
First Breeding Summit for Dairy Farmers in Zambia
Without a perfect breed, dairy farming does not make sense anymore, and Zambia has moved a step toward world class dairy farming as dairy farmers begun using technology for breeding intelligence at the end of 2019. Here is an extract of a briefing from ADT Project...
Old Orchard Organic Farm in Zambia
A study by Sebastian Scott for FAO. Since its establishment in 2008, Old Orchard Organic Farm has grown every year in diversity and size. The farm is run by two people, including building, irrigation installation, crop production and marketing. The total area under...
The Coffee Economy
Coffee, just like copper, is a Zambian economic strength, that, if fully exploited, will not only grow the economy, but carve a space in the global economy for the country as does copper production. Zambia is a coffee producing country with the potential to export...
Beefy Exports: Opening Up the Beef and Meat by Products Industry
According to FAO, the world has 1.468 billion head of cattle, and Botswana has 2.5 million of that herd, and it is estimated to account for less than 2% of Botswana's GDP. On the other hand, Botswana is a cattle country dating back to pre-colonialism, and its...
The Women’s Farming Syndicate
The Women’s Farming Syndicate (WFS), founded in 2011, is an agribusiness community with a diverse membership from professionals to grass roots; a business constituency that has grown to over 5,000 women entrepreneurs across the country with key projects and programmes...
Sidella Trading and the Sesame Value Chain in Zimbabwe
Farmers in Chiredzi district did not grow sesame under Sidella Trading contract in 2016/17 season; they only grew it in 2014/15. Some of the farmers stopped producing sesame because they failed to secure a market since Sidella Trading did not come back after maturity...
Ariston Holdings: The Farming Kingdom
Ariston business interests span a variety of crops including tea, macadamia, banana, apples, peaches, potatoes, tomatoes, peas, maize, soya beans and it has poultry and beef cattle. The operations of the tea growing units are fully integrated with the Blended Tea...
The Agriconomy of South Africa
South Africa is a diverse agricultural economy made up of 40,000 commercial farms according to the recently published Census of Commercial Agriculture (CoCA) of 2017 Report. An agricultural powerhouse that feeds Africa, its economic health affects many other countries...
Funding Farmer Stella: The Complexity of Agri-Financing in Zimbabwe
(Zimbabwe) - Meet Stella Masukume, in the middle of her field of cabbages almost ready for the market. She is a farmer in Nyabira, a farming community just outside Harare on your way to Chinhoyi. She grows vegetables, maize, beans, tobacco and chickens, with ability...