The Zambian Ministry of Agriculture has started distributing early maturing maize seed to help farmers hit by fall army worms to recoup their losses. Farmers in the Copperbelt was among the first recipients of 10 tonnes of the early maturing seed. Provincial permanent secretary reverend Howard Sikwela said the seed…
To sustain your soils and fields rotate your crops intelligently; planting cowpea is a useful alternative in a rotation. Cowpea is an important grain legume in sub-Saharan Africa and a source of cheap plant protein in the edible dry grains. Used as a vegetable, the young leaves, pods and green…
The Zambian Meteorological Department(ZMD) has issued a warning for heavy rainfall and flash floods expected over several parts of Zambia over the weekend. Farmers in the Western, Southern, Lusaka, Central and Eastern Province should prepare for heavy rainfall events, the ZMD said in its latest crop weather bulletin. Since the…
“For our rivers and lakes to be sufficiently stocked to the levels experienced in the 1970s, we need to implement a fishing ban for 12 months.” This is the call made by Luapula provincial minister, Nickson Chilangwa. “It is the the only way to replenish the serious depletion of fish…
The Zambian Ministry of Livestock and Fisheries has procured 50,000 doses of anthrax vaccine. The vaccine will be used to carry out mass immunisation in Western Province where the deadly animal disease has broken out. “We will vaccinate cattle in all districts in the province,” said Yona Sakala, director of…
