Zambia Zambia: Dairy farmer uses milking machines to avoid milk losses due to COVID-19 Dorica Banda | March 7, 2022 It’s four o’clock in the morning and a bell rings loudly in the semi-darkness. The bell signals that the work […]
Zambia Zambia: Farmers choose soybean farming because of better prices and low input costs Raphael Banda | February 21, 2022 It’s partly cloudy, the cool morning breeze is blowing gently, and there is no sign that rains will fall anytime […]
Zambia 2017 George Atkins Communication Award winner Filius Jere says winning brought him recognition and acclaim Hannah Tellier | October 10, 2021 Filius Jere, winner of the 2017 George Atkins Award, says that when farmers see him, they expect to be recorded. […]
Zambia Zambia: Farmer boosts income by processing oil from sunflower Martin Mwape | July 19, 2021 It’s seven o’clock in the morning and Naomi Kamuwikeni is quickly walking to the oil expeller at Gondar market. She […]
Zambia Zambia: Livestock farmer copes with climate change by keeping fodder for use in dry season Martin Mwape | July 19, 2021 It is a hot sunny morning on a cloud-free day. Dressed in a red blouse and green chitenje, a cloth […]
Zambia Farmers use agroforestry practices to heal farmland damaged by deforestation and soil erosion admin | April 27, 2020 One of this week’s Farmer stories from Senegal highlights local communities’ efforts to combat deforestation. Our Script of the week […]
Zambia AIDS support group gives positive people a new lease on life admin | April 13, 2020 Like this week’s Farmer story from Mali, our Script of the week (from 2011) focuses on how diet and nutrition […]
Zambia Zambia: Money grows on trees, so don’t uproot them (IPS) admin | September 2, 2019 Jennifer Handondo stands with a group of farmers looking at their fields and thinking. But she’s not thinking about the […]
Zambia Zambia: Farmers increase groundnut income by making peanut butter Nchimunya Mutinta | July 8, 2019 Muketoi Lubinda sits in a chair at his corner shop. He sells peanut butter at Soweto market in the heart […]
Zambia Zambia: Accurate weather information helps farmers plan more effectively (IPS) admin | October 15, 2018 In the 2017-18 farming season, Fainess Muzyamba decided to abandon her traditional maize crop for sweet potatoes. The 56-year-old lives […]