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Government on the Copperbelt Province has embarked on an exercise to identify crops that are climate resistant. ZANIS reports that the District Agriculture Coordinating Office (DACO) and the Disaster Management and Mitigation Unit (DMMU) are the two departments tasked to undertake the exercise. Speaking in an interview, DMMU Copperbelt Province Coordinator, George Akalemwa disclosed that the two departments have been working together and that the findings are yet to be concluded. Mr Akalemwa po...

USA Charg’e D’affairs David Young on December 15, 2020 – Picture by Tenson Mkhala THE United States Embassy in Zambia says the US government has committed funding and logistical support to the Ministry of Health to assist with planning, coordination and delivery of safe and effective COVID-19 vaccines for Zambians. In a statement, Monday, the US Embassy stated that since the start of the pandemic in Zambia, the US government had provided over K500 million in support of Zambia’s effor...

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Heavy rains have destroyed crops and swept away bridges and houses leaving more than 30 people homeless in Gwembe. District Commissioner Timothy Siakaziba told ZANIS in an interview today that the affected areas are Chisanga, Kayuni and Sinafala. He has since appealed for tents, relief food and other material and technical support from the Disaster Management and Mitigation Unit (DMMU). He said prolonged rains have also made roads impassable while fields have been washed away. “Fields have be...

A heavy downpour in Luanshya district has left a trail of destruction leaving over 30 households homeless in Misaka ward one, in Roan constituency. A spot check by ZANIS in Luanshya district revealed that some houses had completely collapsed, others partially collapsed while others sustained huge cracks and were on the verge of collapse due to continued rainfall for three days. The affected families have appealed to government to come to their aid and assist them with shelter and rebuilding the...

Lusaka Province Permanent Secretary Elias Kamanga has directed all school managers in Lusaka to send away teachers who do not mask up as a measure to curb the spread of COVID-19 among institutions of learning. Mr Kamanga says failure by teachers to adhere to the COVID-19 protocols is a sign of indiscipline which he said will not be tolerated in the Province. Mr Kamanga who today, sent away a teacher who was found unmasked in the staffroom at Bayuni School when he inspected schools in Chilanga d...

Heavy and windy rains have left a track of destruction on shops and houses in Shiwang’andu district of Muchinga Province. Five business persons and three families have had roofs of their shops and houses due to heavy and stormy rain. The heavy rains being experienced in the district has also resulted in the collapse of one house. The business men and women as well as families affected by the heavy rains that caused destruction yesterday in Shiwang`andu include youths and elderly people. Speak...

More than 250 families have been displaced from their homes while several crop fields have been submerged in water following flash floods being experienced in the valley area of Lusangazi District in the Eastern Province, making the affected families homeless and without food. Agriculture authorities fear several widespread crop damage that may lead to hunger. Lusangazi District Agriculture Coordinator Friday Sikombe estimates that a total 89 hectares of maize, 53 hectares of soya beans, 15 hec...

Press release content from PR Newswire. The AP news staff was not involved in its creation. XAG Suggests Drones Could Outsmart Locust Swarms at Night January 25, 2021 GMT XAG Agricultural Drone conducted unmanned spraying operation in Zambia GUANGZHOU, China, Jan. 25, 2021 /PRNewswire/ -- The UN warned last week that East Africa remains under the threat of desert locust invasions, due to the prevailing favourable breeding conditions which enable new swarms to form and increase. As African count...

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