Fri, 05 May 2017 11:43:03 +0000 By BUUMBA CHIMBULU THE Zambia Forestry and Forest Industries Corporation (ZAFFICO) has urged locals to engage in tree planting to grow and diversify the forest sector. Company chief executive officer, Frighton Sichone, said Zambains must take up the challenge of investing in the sector unlike looking up to foreign investors. He said it was important to industrialise the forest sector as it had potential to create jobs for all kind of people with different skills. “The question is: Can we industrialize and diversify the forestry sector? This sector is very viable but sustainability is a question. We only hear about deforestation, illegal harvesting of trees or timber but on the other hand is how many people or companies are planting trees in this country? “My major appeal is that we need as a country to identify ourselves as individuals, Government may plant or not. Can we take up […]
