Zambia Agribusiness Society

Agriculture has been known from time to be the major source of wealth, livelihood and economic growth for any nation and Zambia, is not an exemption. Agriculture can be a very lucrative business for farmers and investors alike as the cash crops, food and fruits produced coupled with poultry and snail farming and fish business will always yield good income as food is a very important commodity which people can never get tired of. Agriculture is very important in any nation’s economic growth and therefore, its consistent contributions to the evolution of mankind is overwhelming. Agriculture is a very great opportunity for one to make an income either on a large or small scale. There are also a lot of career options in agriculture. As the world keeps revolving, there are now different ways, you can earn from agriculture without owning a farm or even physically being present on the farm. There is also the use of online farming which can be done from the comfort of your home, all you...

Maggot meal supplemented with live maggots is a good alternative to fish meal in organic poultry production, according to new research from Aarhus University. Maggots and maggot meal have proven to be a good alternative to fish meal in organic poultry. This is the results of experiments carried out in the project BioConval, which is supported by the International Centre for Research in Organic Food Systems (ICROFS). The lack of a locally grown protein feed with a sufficiently high content of sulphur-containing amino acids is a major challenge for organic poultry production. Since synthetic amino acids are not permitted in organic production, organic poultry producers rely on animal protein sources with a favourable amino acid profile such as fish meal. But fish meal is a limited resource and therefore it is important to find alternatives. The BioConval project had a twofold purpose. It was partly an experiment on composting that studied the feasibility of improving the plant-avai...