Zambia
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Zambia moves to provide accessible loans to farmers
ZAMBIA – The Zambian government has introduced the Sustainable Agriculture Financing Facility credit window; an initiative designed to support and promote sustainable agriculture practices by…
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AU meeting reveals limitations in accessing biofortified crop varieties
ZAMBIA– African nations, alongside international partners, convened in Lusaka, Zambia, to assess progress and strategize on enhancing access to biofortified seeds. Biofortification, a process of…
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Zambia government moves to address costly mealie meal
ZAMBIA – The government of Zambia has reached an agreement with the Zambia National Service (ZNS) to release cheaper mealie meal on the local market…
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Zambian Food Reserve Agency pays US$91M to maize farmers in a bid to motivate local sales
ZAMBIA – The Food Reserve Agency (FRA) has disclosed that it has paid out over K1, 920,876,160 (US$91M) to farmers that supplied 343,013 tonnes of…
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ZEMA to set up two organic fertilizer blending plants in Lusaka
ZAMBIA – Zambia Environmental Management Agency (ZEMA) has approved two organic fertilizer blending plant projects with total investment values of US$2 million and US$1 million…