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March Inflation Rate Drops

Wednesday, 03 April 2013 10:36 administrator
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Zambia’s annual inflation rate in March 2012 slowed down to 6.6 percent from the 6.9 percent recorded by the Central Statistical Office (CSO) in February 2013. This means that the rise in consumer prices between March 2012 and March 2013 is less than the rise in prices between February 2012 and February 2013. CSO has attributed this drop in the March 2013 Inflation Rate to the decrease in the annual inflation rate of food and non-alcoholic beverages. The March 2013 month-on-month food inflation rate was pegged at 1.2 percent.
The CSO in its March 2013 edition of the monthly bulletin further indicated that the preliminary 2012 GDP growth figure for Zambia stands at 7.3 percent. Preliminary estimates on the Agriculture, Forestry and Fishing sector are that it grew by 7.1 percent in 2012. This is less than the sector’s growth of 8 percent registered in 2012.
 

Farmers Resolve To Resuscitate Anti-Smuggling Taskforce

Wednesday, 03 April 2013 10:16 administrator
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Zambia. Some of the issues discussed include: UG 99 Survey by the Zambia Agricultural Research Institute (ZARI); construction of Malting Plant by Zambia Breweries; VAT on Barley production; Water Board Act, and ZESCO power outages.
Regarding the UG 99 Survey, the meeting was informed that ZARI undertook a UG 99 Survey in Zambia in 2012. The good news from the study was that no trace of stem rust was detected in all wheat fields that were sampled. However, the ZARI study recommended that government should continue carrying out annual survey for UG 99 in order to safeguard the commodity.
Last Updated on Wednesday, 03 April 2013 17:15 Read more...
 

Government Apologizes Over Poor Input Distribution

Monday, 25 March 2013 16:25 administrator
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The Minister of Agriculture and Livestock, Honourable Robert Sichinga, has once more apologized to the farming community over the way the FISP input distribution for the just ended 2012/13 farming season input disbursements were done. The Minister was speaking when he officiated at the National Field day which was held on 21st March, 2013 at GART, in Chisamba. The Minister said the way the distribution of the FISP inputs was conducted was not acceptable by any standards.
Last Updated on Wednesday, 03 April 2013 17:05 Read more...
 

Now Dry Spell Worry Southern Chiefs

Wednesday, 03 April 2013 10:01 administrator
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Chiefs in Southern Province are prodding their subjects to give a clear picture on the crop situation in their respective areas as well as creating the way forward. Several parts of the Region have had no rains for almost two months now. This has worried the chiefs in Hanjalika, Mwanachingwala of Mazabuka, as well as chief Hamusonde of Monze District. Chiefs in these areas have called for urgent aid.
 

ZNFU Meets Police IG

Tuesday, 26 March 2013 09:34 administrator
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The ZNFU-ZP Farm Security Committee members today met with the Police Inspector General, Ms Stella Libongani, to update her on the security concerns that the farming community are faced with. The meeting took place at her Office and the committee members were led by the Chairman Mr. Charles Coxe and the ZNFU Executive Director. During the meeting, the IG urged the farmers that the best way to combat crime on the farms was through the enhancement of local level collaborations. She said that the farmers need to develop rapport with the local Police Command to expedite the execution of cases that are reported to the Police.

 
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