Wed, 21 Feb 2018 09:02:31 +0000 By MAILESI BANDA THE Cotton Board of Zambia, says the recent drought period experienced in some parts of the country has not affected the crop. CBZ executive director, Dafulin Kaonga said the drought period showed that cotton was quiet a resilient crop compared to maize. Mr Kaonga was speaking in an interview with the Daily Nation yesterday. He said according to information gathered after a tour of fields in Central Province, the board had discovered that cotton had more potential to withstand drought as compared to maize. “The just passed drought period showed the farmer that cotton is quiet resilient to drought compared to other crops like maize. “When we visited farms in affected areas it was discovered that cotton was performing better than other crops though it was growing slowly,” he said. He said the fields visited showed that cotton was able to withstand extended drought and that […]
