MOReDeP conducts training for ZARI staff on rice farming machines

JICA’s Market-Oriented Rice Development Project (MOReDeP) in collaboration with YANMAR, a renowned Japanese company that manufactures agriculture equipment and machinery conducted practical training sessions for 8 Zambia Agriculture Research Institute (ZARI) staff on how to operate and maintain agriculture equipment such as power tillers for paddy rice fields, mini combine harvesters and small rice milling machines. The said agriculture machinery will be handed over to several ZARI research stations. Therefore, it was important to conduct the training for the ZARI staff to build their capacity.

In Zambia Agriculture plays a key role of supporting industries by the production of the required raw materials , producing exportable agricultural goods, generating employment particularly in rural areas, as well as providing food stuffs essential for the sustenance of acceptable nutrition standards and levels.

Contact Information

Mulungushi House, Corner of Independence Avenue & Nationalist Rd
P o Box 50197 Lusaka, Zambia
Email: infor@agriculture.gov.zm
Phone number: +260211 254 645