The report identifies the irrigation potentials, gaps and needs that exist at national level for paddy rice production. The analysis carried out in the outlook will form a basis for enhancing water resources management in paddy fields. The report addresses all stakeholders involved in the sector, including technicians, researchers, and …
LUSAKA deputy mayor Chilando Chitangala says all mobile phone owners in Lusaka will be required to pay a fee towards garbage collection exercises through monthly deductions to improve health and sanitation. Ms Chitangala said the monthly deduction fee will be conducted through partnership with Zambia Information and Communications Technology Authority …
Zambia and Ethiopia have signed two agreements in the fields of communication, water resource management and one Memorandum of Understating (MOU) between Zambia Chamber of commerce and Industry and Addis Ababa Chamber of Commerce and Sectoral Associations. The signing ceremony which was held at State house was witnessed by President …
President Edgar Lungu has expressed disappointment at the extent to which the illegal mukula tree trade has increased. President Lungu said this when he visited Nakonde border post where he came to first hand reality of the impounded commodity. "Yesterday, I toured the Nakonde boarder. I was very disappointed with …
The Zambia Environmental Management Agency has issued two separate Compliance and Environmental Restoration Orders to Konkola Copper Mines to address various environmental issues by end of this month. And documents obtained from KCM’s Legal Department show that the mining giant has been emitting sulphur dioxide and cadmium which are 10.3 …
ONE hundred and fifty houses have collapsed in Keembe Constituency in Chibombo, Central Province, following heavy rain experienced in the past two weeks. Meanwhile, the Disaster Management and Mitigation Unit (DMMU) has dispatched food hampers as well as 300 iron sheets for the worst affected families to cushion their problems. …
The Lusaka Magistrate Court has convicted Sabstic Industries Company for discharging a pollutant into the environment without an Emission License contrary to the compliance order. ZANIS reports that The Zambia Environmental Management Agency (ZEMA) prosecuted Sabstic Industries and its Director, Hassan Sabra in accordance with the Environmental Management Act (EMA) …
A drug given to pregnant women to combat malaria also offers protection against sexually transmitted infections (STIs), and boosting doses of the 'double protection' treatment cuts the risk of infant deaths, researchers said on Thursday. Giving pregnant women regular doses of antimalarial drugs greatly reduces the danger of life-threatening birth …
Zambia has called for increased international cooperation to achieve sustainable transportation at national and regional level. Speaking at the World Bank’s briefing on the Sustainable Mobility for all Initiative in New York, Permanent Mission of the Republic of Zambia to the United Nations Chargé d’Affaires Ad Interim Ms. Christine Kalamwina …
Government says it will soon introduce the media awareness campaign programme in order to sensitize and educate the Zambian people on the importance of garbage disposal. Local government minister Vincent Mwale says garbage still remains a thorny issue to most councils in the country hence, engaging people in communities through …
The need for energy security and climate change mitigation have increased blending mandates worldwide; in Southern Africa, demand for biofuels could increase following South Africa’s planned blending mandates. However, land constraints limit local industry expansion, with demand likely to be met in land-abundant countries. This paper reviews the status of …
THE number of cholera cases recorded in Kafulwe fishing village in Chiengi district in Luapula Province have risen from four to 11. The vast and densely populated fishing and trading enclave is on the shore of Lake Mweru whose opposite shoreline is in the Democratic Republic of Congo. Minister of …
Russia’s state-run nuclear agency, Rosatom and the Zambian government on Thursday signed an intergovernmental agreement on construction of a Nuclear Science and Technologies Center. The document was signed by Likhachev and Ministry of National Development Planning Permanent Secretary Simon Miti. This follows Zambia’s signing of four memoranda of understanding with …
Zimbabwe is likely to be the hardest hit country from an outbreak of armyworms that is destroying crops and threatening food security in southern Africa, the United Nations (U.N.) food agency said on Thursday. The U.N's Food and Agriculture Organisation (FAO) said in a statement up to 130,000 hectares of …
NYIMBA Member of Parliament(MP) Olipa Mwansa has commended Eastern Water and Sewerage Company(EWSC) and Devolution Trust Frund (DTF) for remaining committed to improve the lives of the people through the provision of quality water. Ms Mwansa said when she launched a K2.5 million water supply project financed by the DTF …
CENTRAL Province permanent secretary Chanda Kabwe has commended the World Bank for funding the lead remediation project in Kabwe aimed at mitigating the impact of lead poisoning on human health and the environment. The World Bank recently approved the US$65.6 million five-year environment remediation project targeted at critically polluted mining …
IN AN effort to ensure the country is water secure, Government is this year constructing 11 dams, Ministry of Water Development, Sanitation and Environmental Protection permanent secretary Edward Chomba has said. Bishop Chomba said in an interview in Lusaka that the ministry has already done the mapping through a consultant …
If you thought the current drought ravaging many parts of the country was bad enough, then brace yourself for an invasion of the armyworm. Experts have warned that an invasion of the maize destroying armyworm in Southern Africa could spread towards East Africa in the next few months. This comes …
Dodoma — Four countries sharing the Lake Tanganyika basin will hold a meeting next week in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) to discuss a joint exploration of oil and gas in the second deepest lake in the world. The minister for Energy and Minerals, Prof Sospeter Muhongo, yesterday told …
FLOODS have continued to cause havoc in Southern Province with the latest being in Mazabuka where about 20 houses have collapsed with 100 being flooded while two roads have completely been washed away. Mazabuka District Commissioner Jane Chirwa said the district had been experiencing heavy rains which had also resulted …
CHARCOAL producers and traders in Livingstone and Kazungula districts in Southern Province have increased the price of the commodity citing scarcity of trees. A check at different markets and roadside sales points revealed a small bag fetching between K60 and K70 from between K20 and K30. Most of the traders …
