Thousands of farmers from different parts of the country have moved to Taraba State in search of land for dry season rice production.Due to the influx, the cost of renting land for irrigation has also ...

Malnourished children and frail adults struggling to access food, were a common sight as drought and water scarcity ravaged ...

Although aquaculture, fish farming, is believed to have been practiced for thousands of years in Asia, the approach is relatively new in Africa, which is facing a ...

Nava Limited, a leading conglomerate with business interests in metals, energy, mining, commercial agriculture, and ...

In response to the effects of climate change, Sr. Juunza Mwangani, who is the project manager of the Sisters of the Holy Spirit, recognized opportunity among the people of southern Zambia, who are ...

Upon his return from the Mission 300 Africa Energy Summit in Tanzania, President Hakainde Hichilema convened a high-level meeting with ...

Feb. 6, 2025 — A study has identified key genetic pathways in corn that help its roots branch out to find water in soil; the varieties adapted to temperate regions like the U.S. corn belt showed ...

Copyright 2025 The Associated Press. All Rights Reserved. As the future of social media platforms such as TikTok remains unknown, a younger generation of farmers is ...

Speaking on the urgency of realigning Zambia’s economic strategy ... of reducing dependence on rain-fed farming by investing in large-scale irrigation systems to enable year-round farming ...

The micro-scale irrigation is government support to smallholder farmers in purchasing irrigation equipment to enable them to transition from subsistence farming to commercial agriculture. The ...

We need to grow at least our own food even in a drought year, and we need to give ever larger percentages of our farming families access to irrigation ... turbines and nothing from the newer two, and ...

“The next step is to add additional features that can improve productivity and crop yields, leveraging AI technology to make farming more sustainable.” The smart irrigation system was developed in a 1 ...