Sat, 27 May 2017 11:04:16 +0000 ZAMBIAN farmers are responding well to calls for agriculture diversity with increased yields in crops other than maize, says Civil Society Organisation Scaling-Up Nutrition Alliance national coordinator Mwandwe Chileshe. Ms. Chileshe said there was especially increased yields in soyabeans and groundnuts production raising nutritional value at household level. She said with another maize bumper harvest being anticipated, the Government announced record high yields of other crops in addition to the standard maize produce. Ms. Chileshe said this would help many Zambians have access to other foods other than just maize. She said with the growing cases of obesity as well as high undernutrition, the Zambians would now have a more balanced died owing to access to variety of local foods. Ms. Chileshe said the high disease burden of non-communicable illnesses was mainly as a result of limited choice of food which contributed to the poor nutrition of the country. […]
