Tue, 10 Jan 2017 13:56:46 +0000 By SANDRA MACHIMA THE Provincial Agricultural Coordinator’s office in Southern Province must expedite the dispatch of chemicals to curb the army worm and stalk borer invasion to Sinazongwe where almost all the fields have been destroyed, says Sinazongwe district commissioner Protacial Mulenga. Mr Mulenga said Sinazongwe district received 80 litres of the chemicals, but that the district was also affected by the army worms that had ravaged over 4,000 hectares of fields in the district. He said the agriculture experts must ensure that they concentrated much on the areas that were worst hit because some other districts were not yet affected. Mr Mulenga said those who were given a task to dispatch the chemicals were taking long to reach the farmers, saying it was the reason why Sinazongwe had almost all the fields destroyed. “We are appealing to agricultural experts on the ground to expedite the process, especially in […]
