By SANDRA MACHIMATHE Zambian Agriculture and Rural Development Initiative (ZARDI) in conjunction with Community Welfare Assistance Organisation Project has started engaging farmers for winter maize and horticulture farming in the wake of the coronavirus outbreak.ZARDI executive director Gilbert Mpanga said this would help the country’s agriculture sector to boost economy in the wake of covid-19 which has left more countries economically handicapped.He said ZARDI was targeting about 600 farmers to prepare for winter maize.“We want to promote winter maize at high rate as it is the profitable and sustainable to farmers, so 600 farmers will be engaged in this programme and the project is starting with the Copperbelt, Lusaka and North-Western provinces.Mr Mpanga said the best way to sustain the people during this time was to ensure a lot were engaged in agriculture that had remained as a source of income.He said Zambia could still make it with more support to activities that brought bring […]
600 farmers targeted for winter maize project
