Farmer's Diary with Sheuneni Kurasha

Goat farming can be a fulfilling business exercise https://www.sundaymail.co.zw/goat-farming-can-be-a-fulfilling-business-exercise?fbclid=IwAR3ubuHs3q3Jqg45C7FQ7N2ZNYQAfl1n1Xnzl9u1P2-OGF5fak-O_XbUoZA Farmer’s Diary with Sheuneni Kurasha 7 April 2019 Welcome dear reader to our column where we explore all things farming. This week we focus on goat farming as a business like I promised last week. I am thrilled with the feedback received from many of our readers expressing their desire to venture into goat farming. In this instalment we explore how to determine the best breed or crossbreeds for a farming enterprise and the importance of a selecting quality bucks and does to ensure genetics superiority and hybrid vigour in a breeding programme. One of the very first decisions a farmer has to make when venturing into goat farming as a business is which breed or crosses of breeds to produce and why. This is crucial because various breeds have different traits, tha...

Best model to start as a farmer https://www.sundaymail.co.zw/best-model-to-start-as-a-farmer?fbclid=IwAR0DTlr9SHHTEjnaFJGVEjMMdD6Rj24oqlbyL1eFznaabUdFlC-CD-gLJf8 Farmer’s Diary with Sheuneni Kurasha 31 March 2019 Welcome dear reader to our column where we explore all things farming. I am grateful to many budding and aspiring farmers who have been in touch, expressing their desire to become successful farmers. Let us continue in this spirit. Zimbabwe needs as many farmers in order to ensure food insecurity and a well-nourished population that contribute to economic development. This week we tackle the business side of farming, that is, what does one need to consider in terms of the business model to follow, the specific farming activities to undertake and understanding the market and marketing dynamics. It is important to understand that farming is a business like any other and as such, one needs to be clear from the outset on the model of farming they w...

Farmers are risk-takers, people of action https://www.sundaymail.co.zw/farmers-are-risk-takers-people-of-action?fbclid=IwAR3GZzbheQyKwHXtJPAOlsXAXLZf_SerGKUfqzTkH2sDD7T70dkTCpp4Lng Farmer’s Diary with Sheuneni Kurasha 24 March 2019 Welcome dear reader to our column where we explore all things farming. In our inaugural instalment last week we argued for policy measures to be put in place to incentivise and support young people to go into farming. The burgeoning youthful population against the waning employment opportunities elsewhere in the economy as well as the reality of an aging population among farmers were cited as some of the reasons for this proposition. I was inundated with responses from all over the country and beyond, most of which appreciated the case for young people to go into farming. There was consensus in the feedback that government should support young people with interest in farming by providing initial capital and land. A number of the read...