COVID-19 reduces ‘shakers’ production
TRYNESS TEMBO, Lusaka NATIONAL Breweries Plc has reduced to 50 tonnes per day from 80 tonnes of maize used for beer production due to the coronavirus and plans are underway…
MAJORITY of Zambian farmers, particularly small-scale farmers, have very low levels of mechanisation and usually depend on hand tools and rudimentary implements for cultivation
Zambian seed companies setting pace in waste management
ANALYSIS: AGHAN DANIEL IN AFRICAN agriculture, seeds play an important role in food security but may also constitute continental sources of plant pests and diseases. Variations in national standards for…
AYUMU Takezaki with children in one of the rice fields in Samfya supported by JICA.
Prioritise rice production
ESTHER MSETEKA, Lusaka MINISTRY of Agriculture Permanent Secretary Songowayo Zyambo says there is need for rice stakeholders to enhance production of the crop to close the over 40,000 metric tonnes…
AN EXPERT from China explains to participants of the overseas course in agricultural techniques the different types of mushrooms being grown at Jihai mushroom company near the Kenneth Kaunda International Airport.
Crop, livestock staff revel in Chinese production techniques
BENEDICT TEMBO, Lusaka
FELIX Syafunko, a livestock assistant in Isoka district in Muchinga Province, has just completed the Chinese government-sponsored overseas seminar on agricultural production techniques for Zambia 2019, a one-month course at the Zambia Agriculture Development Centre in Chongwe district. (more…)
COPPER cathodes.
Copper production to hit 6,300 tonnes
NKOMBO KACHEMBA, Kitwe
KONKOLA Copper Mines (KCM) has continued improving its operations with copper production expected to hit 6,300 tonnes by the end of this month. (more…)
Furniture production way to go
Dear editor,
I PASSED through the Zambia National Service (ZNS) stand during the just-ended Agricultural and Commercial Show and saw that they are, among other things, into furniture production using local wood (mukula included) and shoe production (they bought Malar Industries). (more…)
A TEA plantation at the ZAFFICO Tea estate, formerly Kawambwa Tea farm in Kawambwa district.
Kawambwa Tea ups production
NKOLE MULAMBIA, Ndola THE revival of Kawambwa Tea Company has enabled the firm to produce 30,000 metric tonnes of tea daily, Zambia Forest and Forestry Industries Corporation (ZAFFICO) managing director…
Harvesting sugar cane
Zambia Sugar production up by 47,000 tonnes
TRYNESS TEMBO, Lusaka IMPROVED cane supply and farming practices have resulted in Zambia Sugar increasing sugar production for the 2018/2019 farming season to 400,000 tonnes from 353,000 tonnes in the…
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