Mechanisation strategy targets 10m MT of maize

KABANDA CHULU
Lusaka
PRESIDENT Hakainde Hichilema has launched the national agricultural mechanisation strategy whose overall objective is to mechanise 500,000 hectares of smallholder farmland by 2027.
The strategy will also cover mechanisation of all husbandry practices recommended for crop production and reduce intensive manual labour in smallholder farming activities.
Officially launching the strategy under the theme ‘Creating a Productive and Efficient Smallholder Farmers Sub Sector through Appropriate and Environmentally Friendly Agricultural Mechanisation’ in a speech read by Vice-President Mutale Nalumango yesterday, President Hichilema said the development is a milestone…https://enews.daily-mail.co.zm/welcome/home