Tag: Agriculture

Free Foot And Mouth Vaccination On

Government has embarked on free Foot and Mouth Disease -FMD- Vaccination exercise.Lusaka Province Veterinary officer Patricia Bwalya has since called on Livestock farmers in the province to take advantage of the free vaccination program the Ministry of Fisheries and Livestock is conducting in five selected districts to effectively prevent Foot and Mouth disease.Speaking during an…

AGRO DEALERS WARNED

By Reuben Chomba:Government has warned Agro dealers, who redeemed payments without supplying farmers with inputs, that they will face the law.Agriculture Minister, Michael Katambo has disclosed that the Ministry has received reports that some Agro-dealers swiped but did NOT give the farmers the inputs.Mr. Katambo says the act is a criminal offence and that the…

LIVESTOCK VACCINES TO BE COMMERCIALISED

By NAIS:Government has approved plans to commercialize the production of livestock vaccines at the Central Veterinary Research Institute -CVRI- in Chilanga.Fisheries and Livestock Minister Nkandu Luo says the approval will facilitate the local production for most of the important vaccines such as the Foot and Mouth Disease and Anthrax that the country currently imports.Professor Luo…

CHEMICALS DISTRIBUTION LAUNCHED

By Katwishi Bwalya:Government has launched the distribution of chemicals to fight army worms  in Lusaka Province.Lusaka Province has been allocated 10 thousand litres of chemicals and Lusaka Province Minister Bowman Lusambo flagged off the exercise in Chongwe this morning.And, Mr. Lusambo is disappointed that the exercise to distribute chemicals has delayed despite the prediction that…

SMES RECEIVE SUPPORT FROM ILO

By NAIS:Small Medium Enterprenuers -SME’s -of Meheba Resetlement under local Intergration in Kalumbila district have received funding from the International Labour Organization-ILO- to help boost their business.Solwezi District Farmers Association Chairperson Merrian Kalala disclosed to NAIS that over 120 thousand kwacha has been released to 50 enterprenuers out of the  hundred that were trained by…

MORE FARMERS BENEFIT FROM FISP

By Nicholas Mwale:About 99 point 8 percent  of farmers under the Farmer Input Support Programme -FISP- on the Copperbelt Province have collected the inputs.Copperbelt Provincial Marketing Development Officer DENNIS MUNACHUSA says 1-hundred and 2-thousand 1-hundred and 50 farmers have collected the inputs, out of 1-hundred and 2-thousand 5-hundred and 42 beneficiaries in the province.Mr. Munachusa…

INCREASE FISH PRODUCTION-ADAZ

By Brian Mwale:The Aquaculture Development Association of Zambia -ADAZ- has called on Zambians to increase fish production to meet the regional demand.ADAZ Chairperson Fisho Mwale says Zambia is strategically positioned to become the fish basket of Africa due abundant fresh water resource in the country.He says the country has the potential to produce a variety…
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