Mon, 19 Feb 2018 10:10:45 +0000 By Makeli Phiri GOD planted or established the vegetation for a purpose. There are all sorts of plants, very small ones called shrubs and other types of trees for making or manufacturing furniture. Trees and shrubs when they die they go back to the soil where they came from, just like humans and any other living thing when times comes they return to the soil where they came from. Before independence plantations where established, on the Copperbelt like Chichele plantations where the various species of trees were planted for various uses. Some were for the mining industries and some for construction and other uses for making or manufacturing furniture. In other areas like the Southern Province. The establishment of plantations in other areas like Southern Province the establishment of Siamambo plantation was for the tobacco industry and heavily supported these farmers growing this cash crop with supply of wood […]
