MOReDeP- JICA Secures Rice Production in Lukulu District
By Isaac DAKA Lukulu District’s rice production faced significant challenges during the 2023/2024 farming season due to a national-wide drought. The severe weather conditions caused widespread panic among farmers as they lost their entire seed stock and could not harvest anything, including the grains usually reserved as seed for the next season. However, hope has […]
MOReDeP Is Growing Rice Seeds Of Three New Varieties
The Market-Oriented Rice Development Project (MOReDeP) officially registered three new rice varieties. MOReDeP started to multiply early generation seeds of these varieties at several research stations of Zambia Agriculture Research Institute (ZARI). Each variety has distinctive and attractive characteristics such as early maturity, strong resistance against specific rice diseases, superior grain quality and taste. […]
MOReDeP- JICA Supports Zambia’s Commitment to Double Rice Production
By Josiah Mpofu The Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA) through the Market Oriented Rice Development project (MOReDeP) has engaged over 17,000 farmers in rice production. The project which seeks to promote rice cultivation as a cash crop in Zambia, has so far put 3000 hectares under cultivation since its inception. Agriculture Permanent Secretary for technical […]
MOReDeP- Kawambwa District Sees Rise in Rice Production
By Jonas Miselo Kawambwa District Agricultural Coordinator, Steven Musonda, has highlighted a significant increase in rice production within the district, a success attributed to the Ministry of Agriculture’s Market-Oriented Rice Development Project (MOReDeP). Funded by the Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA), this initiative has been pivotal in promoting rice cultivation across Kawambwa’s expansive 80,000 […]
MOReDeP- Rice Seeds are distributed to farmers in the Western province
Rice production in the Western province was severely affected by the drought in 2023/24 – 90 % fall from the previous year. A majority of farmers could not harvest anything including the grains usually used as seeds for the next season. Moreover, even the access to quality rice seeds in the market is fairly limited, […]
MOReDeP- Luapula’s Initiative to Support Farmers’ “Rice Production as a Business”
Since the beginning of the project in 2019, the Market-oriented Rice Development Project (MOReDeP) has fostered a number of local government officers as trainer on “Rice Production as a Business”. Utilizing such trainers, seven districts in Luapula province launched their own initiatives to provide training sessions to rice farmers with a plan to reach out […]
MOReDeP- Rice Stakeholders Forum to Reduce Market Information Gaps
A Rice Stakeholder Forum was held at Mongu, bringing together a variety of stakeholders: representatives from farmers groups, rice buyers/brokers, whole and retail sellers, rice millers, seed companies and seed growers, other agricultural service and input providers, NGOs, and MoA officers. This forum served as a valuable opportunity for every stakeholder to deepen the understanding […]
MOReDeP conducted a rice seed production training for famers in Luapula
In remote areas in Zamia, it is not easy to find quality rice seeds in the market. Rice farmers often use seeds produced as rice grains in their own farms or by neighbors even if the quality is not good as seeds. As a result, low quality rice is often produced. Against this backdrop, Market-oriented […]
MOReDeP- Annual Rice Researchers Meeting took place in ZARI Mt.Makulu
Market-Oriented Rice Development Project (MOReDeP) supported the Zambia Agriculture Research Institute (ZARI) to conduct the Annual Rice Researchers Meeting in 2024. A total of 24 rice researchers gathered in Lusaka from various areas in Zambia and presented the results of their research carried out in 2023/24 season. We could see the rice research in Zambia […]
MOReDeP- Promoting Agricultural Mechanization for Rice Production
Zambia has a vast land for its population, and there are still plenty rooms to expand rice cultivation. However, to utilize the land effectively, it is critical to advance the mechanization. According to a survey conducted in the Luapula province, 76% of rice farmers answered that a large amount of labor is the greatest […]
