Having an orchard at home can be easy Viticulture by Regina Pasipanodya - November 27, 2019November 27, 20190 By Pamela Nyabadza An orchard is something that can be useful at home if maintained well. A lot of people may think that an orchard can only be possible at a home where there is bigger space but there are several ideas that one can adopt and establish an orchard with small space at home. An orchard needs much attention and one needs to know the steps to follow when planting their fruit trees. There are trees that are planted as seeds. Most Citrus fruit trees are grown from their fruit seeds. These trees include orange, nartjie and lemon trees. However some of the fruit trees are planted as cuttings, trees like grape fruit, granadilla fruit and mulberry fruit trees. If one does not have space at home
Viticulture still relevant in the Zimbabwe economy? Viticulture by Regina Pasipanodya - October 30, 2019October 31, 20190 Viticulture still relevant in the Zimbabwe economy?Grape farming and wine production in Zimbabwe remain an unexploited agricultural sector in the country as compared to other neighboring countries in Sub-Saharan African such as South Africa.In South Africa, wine production has been contributing immensely to the country’s economy and Zimbabwe, on the other hand, has failed to explore more into that sector to increase revenue collection.It has been noted that a significant, albeit small, foreign exchange earner shortly after independence in 1980 was the viticultural industry in Zimbabwe although the sector failed to last long. There have been several contributing factors to the death of viticulture in Zimbabwe. For instance, the change in climatic conditions, lack of electricity and water for irrigation. All
