Sat, 04 Mar 2017 09:20:05 +0000 UTILISING locally available material such as processing chicken waste into fertiliser is one way of growing the local industry, says Chicol Estate Farms Limited proprietor Aaron Chungu. Mr Chungu observed that there was plenty of local material which could be used to grow the local industry. He was speaking in Chongwe after touring his farms where the company’s organic fertiliser “Chicola” had been applied. “We have had this product tested by the University of Zambia and we will continue to take it for testing so that we have a genuine product. “We have tested this fertiliser in vegetables and loans and over the last two three years, we have been testing it on maize to ensure that we are selling a product which is effective to the public. It has performed well in terms of growth,” he said. Mr Chungu said the Chicola natural fertiliser, made from chicken manure, […]
