BY CHANESA TEMBO Government plans to re-introduce the provision of millet seed under the Farmer Input Support Programme -FISP. Minister of Agriculture REUBEN MTOLO says the move is aimed at promoting the production of millet as a key component of the country’s food system. Mr. MTOLO says this will also help diversify the food system
By Paul Shalala African Milling says mealie meal prices will soon stabilise now that the Food Reserve Agency -FRA- is supplying 250-thousand metric tonnes of maize to millers. African Milling General Manager JOMO MATULULU says his firm is now selling a 25-kilogram bag of mealie meal between 165 and 167 kwacha. Mr. MATULULU says the
(ZANIS) The Ministry of Agriculture in Northern Province has directed Agricultural Officers to identify model sites for setting up of smallholder irrigation infrastructure under the Expanded Community-based Smallholder Irrigation project, E-COBSI. Speaking during the E-COBSI training workshop in Kasama, Northern Province Agricultural Coordinator SYVESTER NYENDWA also called on the District Agricultural Coordinators to replicate the
By Mary Kachepa Vice President MUTALE NALUMANGO says government is working with various stakeholders to reduce the price of mealie meal. Mrs. NALUMANGO says government is seriously working to resolve the high cost of mealie meal in the country. Speaking on the sideline of the launch of the Lusaka Cleaning and Drainage Clearing campaign, Mrs.
By Sylvia Kabala (ZNBC News) Government is to set aside $1.5bn for Agriculture and food Compact projects so as to encourage development partners to bring in more financing towards the projects. This came to light when President HAKAINDE HICHILEMA met the AfDB and development partners on the sidelines of the Dakar 2 Summit to showcase
Livingstone District Cooperative Union Chairperson RWINNICK MAPANZA has projected that the tourist capital is headed for a maize bumper harvest in the 2022 2023 farming season. Mr. MAPANZA told ZNBC news that the good rains coupled with good management by farmers will result in about ninety percent crop yield.. Meanwhile Mr. MAPANZA said a number
By Sylvia Kabala (ZNBC News,Dakar) President HAKAINDE HICHILEMA says government is enhancing partnerships with the private sector to achieve improved agriculture productivity. President HICHILEMA says government is particularly involving private Wheat commercial farmers in engagements that focus on promoting cultivation of the crop in the country. The President says Government has included three Wheat farmers
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