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 …
The Consumer Unit Trust Society (CUTS) International Zambia has expressed concern that despite the ban on the harvest, transportation and exportation of Mukula tree, there is a lot of illegal trading. CUTS International Zambia Country Coordinator Chenai Mukumba says this is the more reason why her organization feels that the …
A planned 34MW peak solar photovoltaic (PV) power plant, which will be developed by Ngonye Power Company Limited, will soon come to fruition following the approval of financial guarantees. Among a series of guarantees approved in December 2017 by the World Bank Group, Zambia also acquired guarantees of up to …
THE National Biosafety Authority (NBA) has approved two applications for HIV vaccine trials and malaria control sought by the Centre for Infectious Disease Research in Zambia (CIDRZ) and Macha Research Trust, respectively. The CIDRZ permit seeks to conduct research trials on the safety and immune-genicity of HVTN 120/ALVAC in Lusaka …
Survival represents the single most important indicator of successful HIV treatment. Routine monitoring fails to capture most deaths. As a result, both regional assessments of the impact of HIV services and identification of hotspots for improvement efforts are limited. We sought to assess true mortality on treatment, characterize the extent …
LUSAKA (Reuters) - Residents in a slum in Zambia’s capital are rioting over a ban on street vending that was imposed to control a cholera outbreak, the government said on Friday. Local Government and Housing Minister Vincent Mwale, whose ministry jointly imposed the ban with the Health Ministry, told Reuters …
THE United States (US) government, through the Millennium Challenge Account Zambia, has released US$3 million for solid waste management in the country. Minister of Local Government Vincent Mwale said Government is indebted to the US government for the gesture. Mr Mwale said this yesterday during a national epidemic preparedness prevention …
Forty (40) families in Solwezi District in North Western Province have been left homeless after their houses collapsed following a heavy downpour experienced in the area yesterday. The heavy rains which lasted about one and half hours left two children aged two and four injured and also brought down the …
Zambia’s President Edgar Lungu has dispatched the military to help fight a cholera outbreak, which has killed 41 people in the capital, Lusaka, and affected more than 1,500 others since September. In a Facebook post late on Friday, Lungu said “all three wings of the Defence Force” had been deployed …
This paper presents the experiences and outcomes of applying contests to elicit farmer-generated innovations and to reward outstanding farmer innovators in selected districts in Ethiopia, Kenya, Malawi and Zambia. The contests attracted 349 eligible entries, most of which were submitted by male innovators. The identified innovations were mainly technically oriented …
The World Health Organization, WHO says the Cholera outbreak that has killed 15 people and made 547 sick in Lusaka is expected to grow further as the rainy season starts. “The coming of the rainy season, coupled with inadequate water supply and sanitation, increases the risk of outbreaks in Lusaka …
The United Nations Development Programme has launched its Income Inequality Trends in Sub-Saharan Africa report during the African Economic Conference in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia. Income Inequality Trends in sub-Saharan Africa: Divergence, Determinants, and Consequences explores and analyzes country trends and provides policy guidance that can help Sub-Saharan Africa reduce income …
Zambian government says it will launch a tender for photovoltaic (PV) projects up to 20 MW in early 2018, which will be developed under the incentive scheme for solar energy. The 100 MW tender will be the first round of the program GET FIT Zambia, which was launched on December …
Governments must do far more to include the needs of young people in the global fight against HIV and AIDS, according to a new report. Despite progress in tackling the disease, it is estimated that 1,700 new HIV infections occur every day among young people around the world, and the …
OVER 1,000 pigs have died in Luapula province from the African swine fever, provincial veterinary officer Mofya Musalwa has disclosed. In an interview with ZANIS in Mansa today, Dr Musalwa says the disease which broke out in October this year has mainly affected Samfya and Mwense districts. He explained that …
Zambia, like most of the Least Developed Countries (LDCs), is facing a future where smallholder crop production will be threatened by climate change. In this southern African nation, where smallholder farming is the norm, the effects of climate change — erratic rainfall, shorter seasons and prolonged dry spells — are …
Copperbelt Province has recorded its first cholera case in Ndola district. Copperbelt Permanent Secretary Elias Kamanga announced that the first case of cholera has been recorded in Ndola's Masala area. He however believes the case was as a result of a transfering victim who may have come into contact with …
One of former President Robert Mugabe's most controversial policies was the land reform programme of 2000 which made it legal for black Zimbabweans to seize properties from white farmers - without compensation. The policy was meant to consolidate his support but resulted in thousands of white commercial farmers being driven …
Cape Town – While the world awaits US President Donald Trump’s decision on elephant trophy imports, the Centre for Biological Diversity and Natural Resources Defence Council in the US sued the Trump administration for allowing US hunters to import elephant and lion trophies. Although Trump and his Department of Interior …
Milan — African leaders gathered at a summit to address the global crisis of malnutrition helped to galvanise US3.4bn including US$640 million in new commitments, organisers said today. The Global Nutrition Summit 2017, held in Milan, Italy, convened governments – including Ethiopia, Tanzania, Niger, Zambia and Ivory Coast – cities, …
Government will in the second quarter of 2018, start implementing the Integrated small towns water supply and sanitation programe in northern, muchinga, Luapula and Western provinces, targeting 12 districts. The districts include Mbala, Kasama, Mpika and Nakonde. Others are Samfya, Kawambwa, Mwense and Mansa, while the rest are Kaoma, Mongu, …
