The African Development Bank (AfDB) has identified infrastructure development and the agricultural value chain as two investment priorities to support Zambia’s economic growth. The findings were outlined by the AfDB’s Board of Directors in the Bank’s latest Country Strategy Paper for Zambia for 2024-2029. “The first area emphasizes infrastructure development with the aim of increasing productivity, strengthening ...

Young people prepare freshly harvested vegetables for sale at People’s Process on Housing and Poverty in Zambia (PPHPZ), a grassroots organization, in Chibombo District, central Zambia, April 17, 2024. (Photo by Lillian Banda/Xinhua) In the presence of climate change and agricultural land becoming increasingly scarce, especially in urban areas, smart and sustainable agriculture practices such ...

Warehouse grain in Africa with food for people during the food crisis for Ukraine war. PHOTO | SHUTTERSTOCK Lusaka banned the exports of maize grain and flour in February, following a prolonged dry spell that has adversely impacted the production of the crop in 84 out of the country’s 116 districts Zambia is in talks ...

Smallholder farmers are seeing healthy cassava crops grown from clean cassava cuttings (Credit: CABI) Smallholder cassava farmers in Zambia are celebrating success after growing their crops with clean cassava cuttings free from the potentially devastating Cassava Brown Streak Disease (CBSD) that threatens livelihoods and food security. Seventy percent of the 500 farmers in the Nsama ...

The board of directors of the African Development Bank Group has approved the Country Strategy Paper (CSP) for Zambia for 2024-2029, which sets out two priority intervention areas: Boosting the development of the private sector through investments in infrastructure and developing the country’s agricultural value chain. “The aim of this new CSP is to support ...

African Development Bank sets out two priority areas for the CSP 2024-2029 for Zambia: boosting private sector development through infrastructure investments and developing the country’s agricultural value chain. The Board of Directors of the African Development Bank Group has approved the Country Strategy Paper (CSP) for Zambia for 2024-2029, which sets out two priority intervention ...

By Layih Butake If human capital is critical to economic transformation, Africa sits atop an enviable reservoir. With approximately 60 percent of its population younger than 25 years, Africa is the youngest continent. By 2030, the continent’s youth are expected to make up 42 percent of the world’s young population, with 75 percent under age 35. ...

A healthy maize and groundnut stand in the northern Province (left) and a wilting maize crop in the southern Province (right). These photos were taken two days apart. (Photo: Blessing Mhlanga/CIMMYT) El Niño has contributed to starkly different weather patterns in northern and southern Zambia. On World Water Day 2024, this piece navigates the complex ...

Zambia National Farmers Union President JERVIS ZIMBA says Zambia is now self sufficient in onion production . Mr. ZIMBA says the country has not imported the product in the past two years as private farmers have increased their production thereby satisfying the local market. Speaking at Damust Farm in Mkushi District when President HAKAINDE HICHILEMA ...

The what, why, and how of Zambia’s national state of disaster. Zambian agriculture is facing trials and tribulations as the drought is becoming worse and rain stays away. President Hakainde Hichilema has officially declared Zambia as going through a national disaster. He says that the country has had up to five weeks at a time ...