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AB InBev subsidiary – Lusaka Securities Exchange listed Zambian Breweries Plc (ISIN:ZM0000000078) is through its smart agriculture initiative providing a market to Luapula’s cassava crop. This is a key ingredient in the manufacture of the company’s low cost brand, Eagle lager. Zambrew purchases this carbohydrate crop from over 6,000 subsistence farmers on the Northern and Central circuit of Zambia namely Luapula, Northern and Muchinga provinces. Statistics from the LuSE listed entity reveal that the company purchased 7,000 metric tons last year (2018) worth over K10million, supporting subsistence farming livelihoods across the nation. To improve the quality of cassava being farmed and…

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Zambia’s most celebrated think tank the Economics Association of Zambia started spring with a bang, announcing the theme for its 2020 National summit during a press brief at Pamodzi Hotel in Lusaka. Speaking during the brief, EAZ Chief Dr. Lubinda Haabazoka unveiled the theme for April 2020s summit as “Sustainable Development Goals – 10 years to 2030, Where are we as Africa?” “We will have 17 separate sessions in next year’s summit to discuss each SDG and where Africa and Zambia are. We are set to invite some big names which we will announce at a later date,” he said. We…

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Small scale has been a poverty trap for Zambians for a long time despite the amount of money the government has injected into the sector, IAPRI Executive Director Chance Kabaghe said at the recently ended Economics Association of Zambia Summit.  “The first thing we should ensure is that our Zambian farmers treat farming as a business. Once they do that they will start taking advantage of technology. and market infrastructure both within and outside, Mr. Kabaghe said during a panel discussion for agriculture. “If we let our farmers continue the way they have been operating, there will be no…

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