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Crop Cultivation

How Much to Grow?

Crop Number of Plants to Grow Artichoke 1 to 2 per person Arugula 5 per person Asparagus 5 to 10 per person Bean (bush) 5 to 10 per person Bean

March 13, 2025 6 Comments

Crop Cultivation

Growing Guide for Different Crops

March 13, 2025 6 Comments

Compost

Fertilizers

Plant nutrients can be provided by mineral, organic or organo-mineral fertilizers, as well as through natural processes such as biological nitrogen fixation or the weathering of soil minerals. A wide

March 13, 2025 No Comments

Fertilizers

Essential Plant Nutrients

Essential Plant Nutrients Plants can make their own food by capturing the energy from sunlight to convert carbon dioxide and water into sugar. But, to stay healthy and bear flowers

March 13, 2025 No Comments

Agri News

Zimbabwe targeting a 340% increase in crop production in 2025

The government of Zimbabwe is targeting a 340% increase in major crop production for the 2024/25 summer season, which was a positive step towards national self-sufficiency, according to Positive Eye

March 5, 2025 No Comments

Agri News

SUISO’s R31.5b fertiliser project set to shake up agriculture

SUISO has unveiled a groundbreaking $1.7 billion coal-to-fertiliser facility in Kriel, Mpumalanga, to enhance food security in sub-Saharan Africa. The plant will produce 1.5 million tonnes of fertiliser annually, reducing

March 5, 2025 No Comments

Agri News

Zimbabwe to conduct first agri sector census since independence

Zimbabwe is to conduct its first National Agricultural and Livestock Census (NALC) since the country’s independence in 1980, with the support of the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United

March 5, 2025 No Comments

Agri News

Regeneratively farmed is the new buzz label on supermarket shelves – but what does it actually mean?

Have you noticed “regenerative” popping up on food labels or in marketing ads? It sounds promising – farming that heals the soil and helps stop climate change. So, what does it actually

March 5, 2025 No Comments

Agri News

No perfect solution: Africa’s smallholder farmers must use both traditional and new practices

As an agricultural and environmental scientist, I’ve worked for decades exploring the practical challenges that smallholder farmers encounter in East Africa. These include controlling weeds that can choke their crops and looking

March 5, 2025 No Comments

Agri News

SA’s agriculture in 2024 and outlook for 2025

Field crops and livestock subsectors had many challenges, while the horticulture subsector had a better year. We can view 2024 in SA’s agriculture as a “mixed” year. Indeed, GDP figures

January 10, 2025 No Comments