By Patricia Banda The Disaster Management and Mitigation Unit -DMMU- has supported 2.4 million people with relief food. Vice President MUTALE NALUMANGO says this is from October 2023 to March 2024. Mrs. NALUMANGO says SIX-million people are estimated to be affected by drought as at February 15, 2024 because they are agriculture households. She says
By Masauso Mkwayaya Finance Minister SITUMBEKO MUSOKOTWANE has called on stakeholders to realign their budgets to respond to the threatened national food security. Dr. MUSOKOTWANE says Government expects all stakeholders to comprehensively respond to the disaster and emergency by coming up with short term and long term measures. He says the measures should include the
By Wilson Mulinda Defence Minister AMBROSE LUFUMA has constituted a drought disaster and emergency response team to actualise President HAKAINDE HICHILEMA’s directive to the defence wings to mitigate the drought situation. Mr. LUFUMA has also tasked the Zambia National Service -ZNS- to immediately start preparations for irrigated maize in all farms that have centre pivot
By Arnold Tutu The World Meteorological Organization -WMO- has described the 2023 – 2024 El Niño weather which has affected Zambia as one of the five strongest on record. The organisation says the El Nino which has reached its peak is now gradually weakening but will continue to impact the global climate in the coming
Moombe World Bank says it will mobilise resources to support farmers that have lost their crops in the drought being experienced in Zambia. World Bank Vice President Eastern and Southern Africa, Victoria KWAKWA says the bank will also provide social protection support to households to mitigate the cost of food. Dr. KWAKWA has told ZNBC
By Joseph Nyirenda The Public Service Micro Finance Company -PSMFC- says it is developing an irrigation kit for small scale farmers to respond to the dry spell the country is experiencing. PSMFC Chief Executive Officer MUBANGA MWIKO says most farmers have registered crop failure following the dry spell. Mr MWIKO says an irrigation package to
By Ruth Chayinda Government has launched a small holder farmers campaign dubbed mechanise “360 Ulimi Okwana” with the aim of mechanising Five hundred thousand hectares of small-holder farmers’ land by 2027. And President HAKAINDE HICHILEMA says the campaign which will be run by the Ministry of Agriculture seeks to increase food and nutrition security. President
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