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BY MICHELINA ANDREUCCI Nicotiana Tobaccum Tobacco is thought to have originated from the Peruvian Andes and to have spread through South America. It is known that before tobacco became a…

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Is Livestock in Africa, Zimbabwe at risk of extinction Part 3

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BY DR TONY MICHEL MONDA The African Development Bank in its paper states: “Livestock are critical to rural incomes, nutrition and food security, and resilience in smallholder mixed crop/livestock and…

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Is Livestock in Africa, Zimbabwe at risk of extinction Part 2

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BY DR. TONY MICHEL MONDA The global livestock sector is growing faster than any other agricultural sub-sector. It provides livelihoods to about 1.3 billion people and contributes about 40 percent of…

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Is Livestock in Africa, Zimbabwe at risk of extinction? Part 1

2 years ago

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BY DR. TONY MICHEL MONDA The International Fund for Agricultural Development (IFAD), states over 65 percent of the population of the Southern Africa region depends on farming, which includes livestock.…

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Mashona Cattle Breed – Zimbabwe’s dynastic Sanga breed

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BY DR TONY M MONDA Once the cattle breed of choice for kings and emperors, the origins of the Mashona cattle breed stretches from the Great Lakes of East Africa…

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Fowl Cholera – an urban threat to food security

2 years ago

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BY DR TONY M MONDA A virulent inoculable and contagious disease of fowls, it is characterised by the sudden onset of high fever and extensive blood extravasations into the different…

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Goats can get sick too Part 1

2 years ago

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BY DR TONY M. MONDA NGOs operating in most parts of Africa, including Zimbabwe, have long advocated goat farming as a quick and low-cost alternative to cattle ranching or crop…

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LEPTOSPIROSIS – AN URBAN CONTAGION

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BY DR. TONY M. MONDA Wet spells, such as experienced lately in Zimbabwe, has a considerable influence on the spread of tick-borne and rat-borne diseases in domestic pets and in…

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THEILERIOSIS, A serious disease of cattle at a glance

3 years ago

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BY DR TONY M. MONDA Documents show that while agriculture contributes 11% to gross domestic product and livestock’s own 22% contribution to the agricultural GDP are recognised; the full contribution…

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CATTLE, CLIMATE CHANGE AND TICKS

3 years ago

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BY DR TONY MONDA The impact of climate change on biodiversity and on tick-borne diseases is unpredictable. Human behaviour and awareness is also a strong determinant of environmental health, animal…