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For many weeks, pumpkins have maintained a high retail price at the markets. Pumpkin (Cucurbita moschata), belongs to the family ‘Cucurbitaceae’. Pumpkin is a good source […]

I would like to wish all readers a bright and prosperous 2023! As we enter the new year, we can use plants to bring calm and […]

For the past four years, the main goal of the Green Thumb column was to encourage our readers in the traditional and modern methods of producing […]

PART ONE Increased flooding and rising food prices are two factors that we have been facing in the past few weeks. The MET office issued their […]

In the September 16–22 issue, we investigated the concept of agro-processing. To recap, agro-processing refers to a subset of manufacturing that processes raw materials and intermediate […]

In previous articles, we would have discussed small ruminant farming. Small ruminant farming is the farming of goats and sheep for meat, milk, skin for leather […]

We live in times where food prices have skyrocketed, and the cost of living is constantly on the rise. Foreign exchange is also on an all-time […]

In the past few weeks, most of my family and colleagues would have battled a version of the virus. As of two years now, the scare […]