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 — Forward-thinking farmers in drought-hit Zambia are planning to trim the amount of maize they plant, switching to faster-growing crops such as beans that can better survive erratic weather. "I will have to stop growing maize and find other crops to sustain our livelihood because we have had no …
The World Bank has set aside US$30 million to help mitigate the impact of lead poisoning in Kabwe, Chingola and Mufulira. The programme will include identification of high blood levels in children and treatment, greening the environment and play parks, canals, drainages and provision of clean water. The project is …
Agricultural expansion has transformed and fragmented forest habitats at alarming rates across the globe, but particularly so in tropical landscapes. The resulting land-use configurations encompass varying mosaics of tree cover, human settlements and agricultural land units. Meanwhile, global demand for agricultural commodities is at unprecedented levels. The need to feed …
Much of Zambia has been plunged into darkness by a power cut, the country's Energy Minister Dora Siliya has said. In a message on Facebook she said the blackout was caused by faulty equipment and that only the Southern and Western provinces - supplied by a hydroelectric power plant at …
African countries have agreed to cooperate in setting limits for use of lead in paints with a view to phasing it out by 2020. This is because of its dangers to human beings, especially to children, and the environment. In a workshop jointly organised by United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) …
President Edgar Lungu yesterday commissioned the more than US$153 million, 330 kilovolts (kv) Pensulo-Kasama transmission line in Kasama which will improve electricity supply to Luapula, Muchinga and Northern provinces. The power project has augmented power supply to the three provinces from 66kv to 396 kv. Mr Lungu said the increased …
THE Second global High-level Conference on Road Safety recently held in Brazil has declared that human suffering from road traffic accidents is estimated at US$1,850 billion per year, hence the need to consider the matter an urgent development priority. The Brasilia Declaration from the just-ended conference indicates road crashes are …
A global program backed by the World Bank aimed at studying and determining renewable energy potential across the world will now focus on three African countries. Under the Energy Sector Management Assessment Program (ESMAP), DNV GL is working to determine wind energy potential in Zambia, Tanzania, and the Maldives. The …
The Zambian Government is in the final stages in the development of a comprehensive feed-in tariff regime for renewable energy projects. The Zambian Ministry of Mines, Energy, and Water Development has been working with the United States Agency for International Development (USAID) for over a year to develop the feed-in …
Zambia's environmental management authority on Monday ordered Konkola Copper Mines (KCM) owned by Vedanta Resources to dispose of copper concentrates it imported from Chile because they had high levels of arsenic, a toxic substance. Zambia's environmental authority said KCM must submit a full programme for sending the material back to …
In conventional agriculture, the practice is to plough the land and loosen the soil before planting. But agricultural experts are warning against this method, saying that it is not sustainable for the world's burgeoning population -- which the United Nations projects will reach 8.5 billion people by 2030, from 7.3 …
SHINENGENE, Zambia (Thomson Reuters Foundation) - The women sat quietly in a village church in northwest Zambia, the sun slanting down on their colorful Sunday outfits as they told how life had changed since their chief sold a tract of land to a foreign firm for a new copper mine, …
Religious beliefs, an important element of culture, influence adaptation to climate change. Less understood is how changing beliefs shape the adaptive capacity of communities responding to climate change. In the last century sub-Saharan Africa has experienced a transformation in beliefs. Since 1900 Christians have increased 70-fold while in rural areas …
LUSAKA, Sept 14 (Thomson Reuters Foundation) - Dorothy Zulu's dream is to have a water tap and a small vegetable garden in her home in Ngombe, one of many slums in Zambia's capital Lusaka. To get water Zulu, a mother of six, has to be at one of the dozens …
ZAMBIA is among eight developing countries that will benefit from a US$12 million international climate change adaptation programme fund from Germany to help raise agricultural production and increase food security. Through the Integrating Agriculture in National Adaptation Plans programme, the Food and Agriculture Organisation (FAO) and the United Nations Development …
Zambian villagers are taking a multinational copper mining firm to court in the UK, accusing it of poisoning their water. The BBC's Nomsa Maseko visited the area which has allegedly been polluted. Dressed in colourful sarongs and t-shirts, the women of Hippo Pool village collect their water on the banks …
LUAPULA Province Minister Brigadier General Benson Kapaya has called on chiefdoms to work towards ending open defecation to improve public health and curb water-borne diseases. Gen Kapaya said poor access to sanitation is one of the major contributors to ill-health, mainly manifested in water-borne related diseases such as cholera. Gen …
FAO and the Swedish-based development cooperation organization We Effect have agreed to work together to strengthen small-scale forest and farm producers' organizations in developing countries so they can access land and markets and improve the livelihoods of their members. A partnership agreement signed today will initially involve eight countries: Bolivia, …
Zambia’s small-scale farmers, who produce more than 90 percent of the country’s staple corn crop, should consider buying weather insurance as the possibility of a second straight year of low rainfall looms, according to Cargill Inc. “From the reports we’re receiving at the moment, we can possibly expect another dry …
Luanda — Representatives of member countries of the Southern African Development Community (SADC) outlined on Wednesday to Friday in Johannesburg, South Africa, strategies to combat poaching, until 2020. The meeting allowed the approval of the strategy and law enforcement and in the fight against poaching in the region, said the …
