TRYNESS TEMBO, Lusaka
ABOUT 5,000 smallholder livestock farmers have benefited from the Enhanced Livestock Trade and Enterprise (ELITE II) project in Eastern Province aimed at increasing goat production. (more…)
TRYNESS TEMBO, Lusaka
SELF Help Africa is implementing an environmental support programme to benefit 3,000 smallholder farmers at a cost of over 750,000 euros in three districts to cushion the impact of climate change. (more…)
ESTHER MSETEKA, Lusaka
IN VIEW of the spread of Foot-and-Mouth Disease, the Zambia Livestock Cooperative Union Limited (ZALCUL) says there is need for continuous dissemination of information among livestock farmers to reduce the devastating economic effects. (more…)
THE decision taken by the Food Reserve Agency to pay all farmers who will sell maize to the agency (FRA) this marketing season upon delivering the grain is indeed progressive and must be commended by all well-meaning Zambians. (more…)
NANCY SIAME, Lusaka
IN GOVERNMENT’S quest to encourage more citizens to venture into farming to diversify the economy, the Food Reserve Agency (FRA) has pegged this year’s maize buying price at K110 per 50kg bag. (more…)
TRYNESS TEMBO, Lusaka
GOVERNMENT has identified some commercial farmers to help in the cultivation of 150,000 tonnes of early maize to boost food reserves. (more…)
NKOLE NKOLE, Limulunga
APART from being commonly known as the winter home of the Litunga, where he relocates to following seasonal flooding, Limulunga is predominantly a district of farmers and fishermen.
Many of the district’s farmers are women who grow a variety of food crops. To harness the potential of the women farmers in the district, the Ministry of Community Development has encouraged the formation of women’s clubs involved in not only agricultural activities but other money-making ventures as well. (more…)
Dear editor,
AS A concerned resident of Mkushi currently in Ndola for studies, I would like to say that (subsistence) farmers should be allowed to sell their farm produce such as maize during this year’s marketing season to neighbouring countries as some may wish. (more…)