Eagle mealie meal Nshima made me sick, claims Munir
By NATION REPORTER “THE first time I ate the Nshima prepared from the Zambia National Service (ZNS) Eagle mealie meal, I developed a severe running stomach that I had to … Read More
By NATION REPORTER “THE first time I ate the Nshima prepared from the Zambia National Service (ZNS) Eagle mealie meal, I developed a severe running stomach that I had to … Read More
FORESTRY Institute of Zambia, Secretary General, Chaliafya Katungula has urged Government to extend its ban on charcoal production beyond three districts. Minister of Green Economy and Environment Collins Nzovu recently … Read More
UPL and Advanta Seeds have inaugurated a series of successful pilot projects for drought-tolerant seed varieties.
PRESIDENT Hakainde Hichilema on Tuesday called for the international community to come to the aid of Zambia to provide humanitarian aid, stating that Zambia is in urgent need of K23.5 billion (US$937 million) to effectively implement immediate life-saving and sustaining humanitarian and recovery assistance following the drought that has so far devastated six of the 10 provinces.
ZAMBIANS have continued being subjected to queuing for the Zambia National Service (ZNS) Eagle mealie meal because the UPND government has decided to introduce monopolistic policies in the milling sector which has distorted not only the pricing of the mealie meal but is causing acute shortages of the commodity, Mulenga Fube has said.
SHANG’OMBO District has commenced the sale of 50 kilogram bags of maize to the community.
GOVERNMENT is elated by the introduction of the fall armyworm resistant maize variety seed by the Zambia Seed Company Limited (Zamseed) as it will save government from the burden of spending huge sums of money towards procuring of chemicals for the small-scale farmers to fight the outbreak.
AGRICULTURE Climate Action Foundation executive director Dr. Oliver Bulaya says the shifting weather patterns that are affecting crop production and compelled farmers to migrate to regions with more favorable weather conditions poses a significant risk to all rainfall regions.
THE Food Reserve Agency (FRA) has vehemently denied the allegations that it has run out of maize in Chisamba District and that there is severe hunger in the area.
Chief Chimese of the Ushi people in Mansa District of Luapula Province, has called for heightened efforts towards irrigated agriculture in the Province, a region endowed with plenty of water bodies.