DIANA CHIPEPO
Lusaka
PRESIDENT Hakainde Hichilema, in his quest to enhance agricultural production and productivity for both local and regional markets, has urged the Food and Agriculture Organisation (FAO) to support local emerging farmers through the Agriculture Credit Window.
The President said when he met FAO Director-General Qu Dongyu at the headquarters in Rome yesterday that Zambia’s food sufficiency is threatened by shortages in neighbouring countries.
“Zambia’s food sufficiency is threatened by shortages in neighbouring countries,” he said in an online post.
“Therefore, we urged the FAO to leverage Zambia’s central location and favourable hydrological and water conditions for two cycles of cereal crop production per year, enhancing per-acre yields.
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