Agriculture
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Feb- 2023 -1 February
Provide incentives for the poultry industry – Mubanga
PROVIDE necessary incentives to the poultry industry in order to enhance the raring of chickens up to 900 grams in…
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Jan- 2023 -22 January
‘We’re sorry over FISP fiasco’ – Central Province Minister Credo Nanjukwa says the 2022/2023 fertiliser distribution fiasco was caused by suppliers who had no capacity to procure, deliver inputs
Government has apologized for the chaotic manner in which nit has managed the 2022/2023 Farmer Input Support Programme (FISP) which…
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2 January
VJ ADVISES GOVT OVER FERTILIZER CONTRACTS
FERTILIZER tenders should be awarded to companies with a proven record of goodperformance if government is to deliver the inputs…
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Dec- 2022 -27 December
Transformed fertiliser market needed – WB
A TRANSFORMED fertiliser market is needed in response to the food crisis in Africa, including Zambia, says the World Bank.…
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23 December
Hemp cultivation could be a money spinner – Lusambo
GOVERNMENT’S slow pace in actualising the cultivation and production of hemp is delaying the economic benefits and job creation that…
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11 December
CHIEFS RAISE HUNGER ALARM
SOME traditional leaders have raised fears that their chiefdoms and the country at large may experience hunger next year following…
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Nov- 2022 -21 November
‘Government has failed farmers’
By NATION REPORTER The government has confessed that the delivery and distribution of fertiliser and other farming inputs has been…
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19 November
HH ADMITS CHALLENGES IN AGRICULTURE SECTOR
GOVERNMENT admits the challenges in the agriculture sector but is doing everything possible to address the situation to guarantee food…
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14 November
Pay farmers, govt told
By MILLENNIUM RADIO REPORTERNATIONAL Union for Small Scale Farmers in Zambia has implored the Ministry of Agriculture to quickly pay…
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13 November
Fire Agriculture minister – Nawakwi
By NATION REPORTER PRESIDENT Hakainde Hichilema should fire Agriculture Minister Reuben Mtolo Phiri for failing to handle the 2022 farming…
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