By SILUMESI MALUMOTHE country is expected to record a bumper harvest despite the floods that have affected some areas, Indaba Agricultural Policy Research Institute (IAPRI) has said. And IAPRI said commercial marketed maize had reduced by about 40 percent between January and March this year. IAPRI Outreach Director, Ballard Zulu, said yesterday said that the country would have enough food compared to previous two harvest seasons. Good prospects of 2019/2020 harvest are relatively high, he said, compared to last two agricultural seasons. He was speaking in Lusaka yesterday during the food security update. “During main coming harvest period in June this year, we expect to have enough food security especially in terms of maize,” he said. Mr Zulu observed that some large scale farmers who participated in early planting this year would contribute 40, 000 tonnes this month and additional 100, 000 tonnes in May this year to food security in the country. “Some large […]
Zambia to have bumper harvest
