http://www.farmingnewsdaily.co.uk This is the RSS syndication feed for farmingnewsdaily.co.uk. BARCLAYS Bank Zambia has set aside KR256 000 for promotion and adoption of conservation farming technologies among 180,000 small and medium-scale farmers in 17 districts of Zambia. http://www.farmingnewsdaily.co.uk/news/020513/bankers_and_farmers_.aspx Argentine Beef Packers S.A. Sun, 05 May 2013 00:00:00 GMT Government has signed a US$29.8 million (KR150 million) loan agreement with the World Bank for boosting the agriculture sector in the country. http://www.farmingnewsdaily.co.uk/news/240413/world_bank_boost_for_farmers_.aspx Argentine Beef Packers S.A. Wed, 24 Apr 2013 00:00:00 GMT Government says it will put up measures that will prevent cattle diseases from spreading to areas that are currently disease-free, Minister of Agriculture and Livestock Robert Sichinga has said. http://www.farmingnewsdaily.co.uk/news/090413/drug_companies_work_with_government_to_push_drugs_.aspx Argentine Beef Packers S.A. Sun, 14 Apr 2013 00:00:00 GMT Rain-fed agriculture: risk or opportunity. http://www.farmingnewsdaily.co.uk/news/190313/farmers_need_rain_.aspx Argentine Beef Packers S.A. Sun, 31 Mar 2013 00:00:00 GMT The Government is expected to sign a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with the stakeholders in the local timber industry aimed at addressing issues affecting sustainable forest management. http://www.farmingnewsdaily.co.uk/news/070113/timber_farming_.aspx Argentine Beef Packers S.A. Sat, 12 Jan 2013 00:00:00 GMT Help for farmers http://www.farmingnewsdaily.co.uk/news/280912/_help_for_farmers.aspx Argentine Beef Packers S.A. Fri, 28 Sep 2012 00:00:00 GMT Zambia recorded over US$40 million (approximately K200billion) worth of investments from Japan between 2005 and 2011 with Hitachi Construction Machinery Zambia alone investing about US$15million. http://www.farmingnewsdaily.co.uk/news/220812/japanese_farm_inestment_.aspx Argentine Beef Packers S.A. Wed, 22 Aug 2012 00:00:00 GMT First it was successfully helping a pig in Wakiso District deliver up to 15 pigs recorded on November 13, 2011 and the second delivery recorded on 28 January 2012 for a subsistence farmer, Senfuka Henry also in Wakiso district when his pig dropped 12 piglets using the same technology, reports EastAfricanBusinessWeek. http://www.farmingnewsdaily.co.uk/news/090812/ai_for_pigs_.aspx Argentine Beef Packers S.A. Thu, 09 Aug 2012 00:00:00 GMT The Glendale Agricultural Society have announced details of the delegate selected to represent the Society at the Royal Agricultural Society of the Commonwealth Conference being held in Zambia in September this year. http://www.farmingnewsdaily.co.uk/news/110612/glendales_next_generation_in_zambia_.aspx Argentine Beef Packers S.A. Mon, 11 Jun 2012 00:00:00 GMT GOVERNMENT has with banned the export of maize and wheat bran from the country in accordance with the Control of Goods Act, CAP 421 section 3 of the laws of Zambia. http://www.farmingnewsdaily.co.uk/news/290512/ban_on_maize_exports_.aspx allafrica.com Tue, 29 May 2012 00:00:00 GMT Enonmic reforms in the early 1990s have stimulated economic growth with annual growth rates of above six per cent, mainly drBy MAIMBOLWA MULIKELELA ENONMIC reforms in the early 1990s have stimulated economic growth with annual growth rates of above six per cent, mainly driven by themining industry. http://www.farmingnewsdaily.co.uk/news/220512/economic_reform_on_the_farm_.aspx Argentine Beef Packers S.A. Tue, 22 May 2012 00:00:00 GMT Government has signed a US$50 million (about K260 billion) loan agreement with the World Bank for livestock development and animal health project. http://www.farmingnewsdaily.co.uk/news/220512/world_bank_cash_for_farmers_.aspx Argentine Beef Packers S.A. Tue, 22 May 2012 00:00:00 GMT Despite the poultry industry being a successful story, it needs to ramp up growth to meet soaring domestic demand for poultry products, which is expected to rise over a medium to long-term period. http://www.farmingnewsdaily.co.uk/news/170512/the_poultry_industry_.aspx Argentine Beef Packers S.A. Sun, 20 May 2012 00:00:00 GMT Zambia is investigating the 2007 sale of a 49 percent stake in state-owned Zanaco Bank to Netherlands lender Rabobank , in yet another case that could see a reversal of a deal involving foreigners. http://www.farmingnewsdaily.co.uk/news/130212/new_scandal_involving_rabobank.aspx newsroom - farmingnewsdaily.co.uk Mon, 13 Feb 2012 00:00:00 GMT Zambia has robust maize stocks and sees little risk in using them to partly fill a regional gap as a supply crunch looms in southern Africa, pushing up futures prices for the staple and accelerating food inflation. http://www.farmingnewsdaily.co.uk/news/010212/a_good_maize_harvest.aspx newsroom - farmingnewsdaily.co.uk Sat, 04 Feb 2012 00:00:00 GMT The Zambia National Farmers Union (ZNFU) has said lack of certified soya beans seed in the country is affecting the production of the crop, which is having a knock-on effect on the poultry industry. http://www.farmingnewsdaily.co.uk/news/160112/soy_shortage_.aspx 5mpublishing Mon, 16 Jan 2012 00:00:00 GMT ZNFU president Jervis Zimba told AllAfrica that the country had witnessed an increase in the demand for poultry feed largely due to the increase in chicken and pig rearing but that demand had not matched the availability of certified soya beans seed. http://www.farmingnewsdaily.co.uk/news/110112/the_soy_harvest.aspx Argentine Beef Packers S.A. Wed, 11 Jan 2012 00:00:00 GMT AGRICULTURE, Food and Fisheries Minister, Emmanuel Chenda has said Zambia is determined to increase the agricultural growth rate from the current one per cent to 10 per cent by the year 2015. Mr Chenda said if achieved, the move would increase household income and ensure that a large part of the population was food secure. http://www.farmingnewsdaily.co.uk/news/221211/investing_in_farming_.aspx newsroom - farmingnewsdaily.co.uk Thu, 22 Dec 2011 00:00:00 GMT In June, Hybrid Poultry farm celebrated its 50 years of service to the Zambian poultry industry with a reception at Pamodzi hotel in Lusaka. The farm was established in June 1961 when the country was incorporated in Northern Rhodesia. http://www.farmingnewsdaily.co.uk/news/270911/talking_poultry_farming.aspx newsroom - farmingnewsdaily.co.uk Tue, 27 Sep 2011 00:00:00 GMT Zambia’s poultry industry is expected to grow by 25% this year an official from the country’s poultry association has stated. http://www.farmingnewsdaily.co.uk/news/050911/the_poultry_industry.aspx newsroom - farmingnewsdaily.co.uk Mon, 05 Sep 2011 00:00:00 GMT The International Poultry Council (IPC) will hold its next meeting in Africa, for the first time. The meeting take place in Livingstone in Zambia on 16 to 20 October 2011. http://www.farmingnewsdaily.co.uk/news/120811/international_poultry_council_meeting.aspx 5mpublishing Fri, 12 Aug 2011 00:00:00 GMT A village a few hundred metres from Lake Tanganyika, which holds nearly one-sixth of the world's available fresh water, has turned its back on fishing in favour of farming. http://www.farmingnewsdaily.co.uk/news/230411/fish_farming.aspx newsroom - farmingnewsdaily.co.uk Sat, 23 Apr 2011 00:00:00 GMT