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Plant Disease And Your Vegetables
Diseases on your vegetables can cause loss of yield and damage to vegetables, which reduce the quality of your harvest. With warmer weather most smallholders […]
Nguni Cattle: A Good Option For Your Plot
Smallholders with a larger than usual piece of land, who are looking to keep cattle, would do well to consider keeping nguni cattle. The group […]
Choose Your Chicken: Amberlinks
Steady and reliable are the reasons poultry owners give for choosing Amberlink chickens. Adaptable is another important trait, so a smallholder who wants to set […]
The Mongoose On Your Smallholding
You know you have seen a mongoose on your smallholding if you have seen a short-legged animal with a pointed nose, small ears, and a […]
Try Multi-Species Grazing
Multi species grazing entails having different species of livestock and even poultry grazing in a pasture at the same time. Grazing on the average smallholding […]
How Clever Is Your Chicken?
Most of us usually underestimate chicken intelligence. They are not as clueless or ‘bird-brained’ as people believe them to be. We know that chickens have […]
Running a Successful Farmer’s Market Stall
Running a successful farmer’s market stall requires care and planning. Smallholders want to take advantage of the trend towards markets. Farmer’s markets are becoming more […]
Growing and Using African Wormwood
Artemisia afra, commonly known as African wormwood or wilde-als, is a soft aromatic shrub and is one of the most popular medicinal plants in South […]
Keep a Dog for Security
These days smallholders are quite likely to keep dogs for security purposes. Our surveys tell us that more than 85% of smallholders have at least […]