Itezhi-Tezhi Farmers Set for 2024/2025 Season as Government Delivers 1,601 Metric Tonnes of Urea Fertilizer
ITEZHI-TEZHI – Government has delivered 1,601 metric tonnes of Urea fertilizer to Itezhi –Tezhi district in the Southern Province for the 2024/2025 season under the Farmer Input Support Programme. Itezhi-Tezhi District Agricultural Coordinator Aubrey Chanda says the urea fertilizer received through the contracted company, Bestmed, is a 100 percent delivery to carter for 10,675 […]
Sinazongwe Farmers Ecstatic Over Early Fertilizer Delivery as Agriculture Minister Unveils New Farmer Loan Opportunities Under SAFF
LAWRENCE KABUTU, 20TH AUGUST 2024, NAIS SINAZONGWE – The first consignment of 4,800 by 50 kilogramme bags of Urea fertilizer for 2024/2025 farming season supplied by Alpha Commodity has been received in Sinazongwe district. Sinazongwe District Commissioner NCHIMUNYA SIAKOLE expressed happiness with government’s quick delivery of inputs under the Farmer Input Support Programme (FISP). […]
Press Statement – Registration of Suppliers for the eVoucher FISP 2024/25 Season
The Ministry of Agriculture wishes to remind all interested agro input suppliers/agro dealers with capacity to supply agricultural inputs under the Farmer Input Support Programme (FISP) in the 2024/25 farming season to register in districts where eVoucher will be implemented.
Advert for Registration of Suppliers for the eVoucher 2024/25 Season
The Government of the Republic of Zambia is implementing the electronic voucher (eVoucher) modality during the 2024/25 farming season under the Farmer Input Support Programme (FISP). The programme is targeting 739,266 beneficiary farmers in the 74 districts as tabulated below. Read more
Invitation for Applications for the Importation, Supply & Delivery of Maize
The Food Reserve Agency (FRA) has been directed by the Government of the Republic of Zambia, through the Ministry of Agriculture, to import six hundred and fifty thousand (650,000) metric tons of maize for National Strategic Food Reserves. This is pursuant to Sections 5 (2) (b) and 22 (1) of the Food Reserve Act Number […]
April 2024 Market Info Bulletin – MoA
The agricultural sector continues to be a pivotal force in economic diversification and growth. A key element underpinning this development is a robust marketing information system. Such a system operates continuously, methodically gathering, processing, and distributing data to support informed marketing decisions across agricultural value chains. The Department of Agribusiness and Marketing, within the […]
FRA Commences Emergency Maize Purchases at Elevated Prices Amid Drought Crisis
DATE: 26th APRIL 2024 Following the declaration of the drought situation in Zambia as a national disaster by the Republican President Mr. Hakainde Hichilema, various response mechanisms to address the situation have been put in place through the Ministry of Agriculture and the Food Reserve Agency (FRA). Pursuant to Section 22 (1); (2) (a), (b) […]
SHEP training in Southern Province
The EU4Mulimi facilitated a training for farmers to undertake a Masterclass in Horticulture, focusing on the SHEP approach
Govt assures availability of maize stocks.
MOReDeP conducted Market-Oriented Rice Production Training in the Western province
Market-Oriented Rice Development Project (MOReDeP) conducted the 4th Training of Trainers (TOT) on Market-Oriented Rice Production. This time, 27 trainers, who has been trained by a series of trainings since Aug 2023, learned rice cultivation techniques (particularly harvest and post-harvest handling), marketing (particularly sales), and business management (particularly cost keeping). After this training, the participants […]
