David Chifuna (40), a Lusaka-based insurance underwriter, is successfully farming quail as a sideline business. It is not unusual for Zambians to run a part-time business while they work a full-time job. When David decided to farm quail as a second income stream he had no experience. His savings of…
Chibesa Chanda (29) from Ndola, Zambia, started his own photography business after graduation but recently he turned his attention to farming potatoes in bags as a way of making more money. Chibesa wanted to grow potatoes to sell, but commercial potato farming has high input costs and Chibesa did not…
Faustina Phiri who farms in the Njolwe area near Lusaka, experienced a paradigm shift when she realised that agriculture meant a lot more than planting maize. Faustina was one of a group of retirees who were given land on the former farm of the Dairy Training Institute in the mid…
South African President Jacob Zuma has called on Southern African Development Community (SADC) member states to speed up plans for the creation of a regional food reserve facility to mitigate variations in food production arising out of climate change. “Considering the annual variation of food production in the region due…
Zambia is open for business, but local companies must also take initiative and actively seek investments from the South African market, said Zambian Finance Minister Felix Mutati. “This meeting should address how businesses can work with each other. Zambians must not wait for South African firms to only come and…
The erratic water supply in Lusaka Province where the nation’s capital is located is a result of climate change effects, says Zambian Water Development, Sanitation and Environmental Minister Lloyd Kaziya. The minister said water resource in the province had declined by over the years, posing challenges for the water utility…
Zambian fresh producers are pushing back against marketing agents at Soweto Market, the country’s main outlet. Located in the west of the capital Lusaka, Soweto Market is a fresh produce and one-stop destination for retailers, grocers, street traders, the food service industry and regular consumers. An estimated 10 000 buyers…
“What price is a 50kg bag of soya beans now?”, asks Max from Kalushi in Central Province. According to the weekly report on the Zambian National Farmers’ Union (ZNFU) site prices for soya beans in Zambia range from a low of K3 000/ton to a high of K5 200/ton across the…
