EMISSIONS REDUCTION PROJECT, TO ESTABLISH MORE FARMER FIELD SCHOOLS IN EASTERN PROVINCE
By GLORIA SIWISHA THE Eastern Province Jurisdictional Sustainable Landscape Programme (EPJ-SLP), a follow-up initiative to the recently concluded ZIFLP, has commenced the process of establishing an additional 200 Farmer Field Schools (FFS), in Eastern Province.
MINISTRY INTENSIFIES FAW FIGHT
By USHELY JOSEPH PUTTANA KATETE Senior Agricultural Officer Kaluba Mulenga says collective efforts must be reinforced to combat the Fall armyworm (FAW) menace.
AGRIPRENEUR FOUNDATION PLANTS 750 HASS AVOCADO TREES TO SUPPORT SCHOOLS
By JONAS MISELO AGRIPRENEUR Foundation has planted 750 Hass avocado trees at Kalamba Primary School, Muyembe Primary School, and Kachema Musuma Orphanage to promote sustainable income generation and improve the welfare of learners through agricultural entrepreneurship in Kawambwa district in Luapula province.
CAMP HOUSE REHABILITATION
By HLUPEKILE NDHLOVU A camp house rehabilitated at a total cost of K490,000 has been handed over to the Ministry of Agriculture in Luto Agricultural Camp in Kitwe on the Copperbelt.
ZAMBIA LOSES US$159MILLION TO FALL ARMYWORMS & CLIMATE CHANGE
By HELEN WITTI THE Centre for Agriculture and Biosciences International (CABI) says government is losing US$159million every farming season due to fall armyworm attack and climate change.
ENHANCE SOIL HEALTH, CLOSE THE YIELD GAP FOR A SUSTAINABLE FUTURE
By VANWICK ZULU SOUTHERN Province Principal Agricultural Officer Valentine Kilubi has commended the Sustainable Intensification of Smallholder Farming Systems (SIFAZ) Project in Zambia for its effort in championing Sustainable Intensification Practices that would respond to farmer challenges.
CHIPATA FARMERS APPEAL FOR MODERN MECHANIZATION EQUIPMENT
By GLORIA SIWISHA ABOUT 141 smallholder farmers in Chipata’s Manjakazi agricultural camp in Eastern province, have affirmed the need for farmers to have access to modern and affordable mechanization equipment such as 4-wheeled tractors.
GOVERNMENT INTENSIFIES FIGHT AGAINST CBSD and CMD in CHIENGE and KAPUTA.
The Ministry of Agriculture, with support from the Food and Agriculture Organization(FAO), has undertaken a training project for extension staff in Nchelenge District on cassava production, pests, and diseases.
PIDACC PROJECT LAUNCHED 9.2 MILLION IN N/WEST DISTRICTS
By CHAPUNGA MANENGU THE Government says that the Programme for Integrated Development and Adaptation to Climate Change (PIDACC) Project has been launched in the six targeted districts, with a loan from the African Development Bank (ADB) at a cost of about US$9.2 million.
GOVERNMENT PROVIDES MOBILITY FOR EXTENSION STAFF
ERNEST SIMFUKWE THE Government through the Ministry of Agriculture has empowered 20 extension officers with motor bikes in Choma district, Southern province.
