Turmeric, ginger production scales upBy BUUMBA CHIMBULUPRODUCTION of turmeric and ginger has increased to more than 700 kilogramme (kg) in 2021 from 600 Kg owing to high demand of spices on the local and regional market.Petauke based smallholder horticulture farmer, Andrew Kamanga, indicated that his business had been getting 600kg of turmeric and ginger for the last two years, which now increased to over 700kg.Mr Kamanga said that he had received a number of requests from Zimbabwe, Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), as well as on the local market for ginger and turmeric.The market for ginger, I am getting a lot of request from Zimbabwe, the market is all over this country except we don’t have organised market, and we don’t have many people to produce the herbs and spices,” he said in an interview recently.Mr Kamanga moved to Petauke seven years ago growing fruits and vegetables, mostly nurseries and now was into ginger and […]
Turmeric, ginger production scales up
