FARMER PRODUCER GROUPS EARMARKED FOR FOOD SECURITY By LAWRENCE KABUTU
GOVERNMENT in partnership with CARE International Zambia has created 1,198 Farmer Producer Groups with a membership of 17,006 across four districts in Southern Province to promote food security.
OVER 52,000,000 DISBURSED UNDER SAFF LOANS TO SOUTH By LAWRENCE KABUTU
THE Ministry of Agriculture in Southern Province has disclosed that 220,300 metric tonnes of maize grain is projected to be produced across three districts in the province.
Mr. Chrisae Chirwa, 58 a Farmer-Led Mr. Mechanization Benefits the Community in Lundazi District
By GLORIA SIWISHA WHEN Chrisave Chirwa, 58, of Phalaza Camp in Lundazi district, completed secondary education some four (4) decades ago, he took up smallholder agriculture, almost immediately, to relieve his parents of the burden of fending for his and his siblings’ needs. “I was producing cotton, maize, soybean and groundnuts, but the yields and […]
Cassava Production Transforming Female Farmer’s Life
By GLORIA SIWISHA MAUREEN Bwalya, of Musa agricultural camp in Kasama District of Northern Province, is a dedicated cassava producer, as she knows it is her family’s only means of survival. However, the painstaking task of making ridges for her crop, season after season, is not something that she enjoys anymore, as it takes a […]
OVER 1,200 BENEFIT FROM SAFF IN THE EAST
By DAVIES CHUTU GOVERNMENT says the implementation of the Sustainable Agriculture Finance Facility (SAFF) is a significant step towards transforming the country’s agricultural sector through enhanced access to finance for small-scale farmers.
HH WOOS FOREIGN INVESTMENT IN THE AGRICULTURE SECTOR
By KAKOMA CHAYINDA Zambia’s Agricultural sector has undergone a significant growth over the years attracting many local and international players in investments.
59,000 FARMERS TRAINED UNDER COBSI AS ZAMBIA EXPANDS IRRIGATION EFFORTS
By CHINTU MALAMBO OVER 59,000 farmers in Zambia’s Northern, Luapula, and Muchinga provinces have been trained in smallholder irrigation under the Community-Based Smallholder Irrigation (COBSI) project, a joint initiative between the Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA) and the Zambian government.
SCRALA SUPPORTS FARMER FIELD SCHOOLS
By MATHIAS ZULU CLIMATE Change has not spared anyone in Zambia. If not directly affected, then one is indirectly affected. That’s why the government with support from various partners is promoting various interventions and activities to strengthen resilience as a coping strategy. One such intervention is the hands on farmer training through the Strengthening Climate […]
MOReDeP- Stakeholders’ Collaboration in Expanding Rice Production
Rice is growing in popularity among farmers in Zambia. Kawambwa district in Luapula Province is one of the areas drastically expanding rice farming recently; the number of rice farmers has increased from 67 to over 1,000, and eight cooperatives specializing in rice farming have been officially established in the past 5 years. Steven Musonda, Kawambwa’s […]
ZAMBIA STRENGTHENS AGRICULTURAL DATA COLLECTION THROUGH 50X2030 INITIATIVE
By CHINTU MALAMBO The Ministry of Agriculture, in collaboration with the Zambia Statistics Agency, has intensified efforts to improve agricultural data collection and policymaking through the 50×2030 Initiative.
