By SANFROSSA MANYINDADO not entirely depend on mining jobs but divert your energies to agriculture and contribute fully to economic development and poverty reduction, a Luanshya based entrepreneur and farmer Eleni Grigoraki has advised.Ms Grigoraki told the Daily Nation in an interview that the continued dependency on mine jobs was risky because of the unexpected downturns that come with copper price fluctuations and other factors.She noted that people on the Copperbelt continue struggling to diversify into other commercial activities when the mines were faced with challenges because they had solely depended on mining.Ms Grikoraki observed that the agricultural potential remained untapped and urged people to change their mind-set and start looking at agriculture as one of the most sustainable ways of development at household and national levels.“We need to ensure as farmers that we work hard so that we can be linked to markets through outgrower schemes that will improve the quality and quantity of […]
‘Don’t entirely depend on mining’
