September 4, 2009
Zambia farmers to receive 100,000 tonnes of fertiliser
The Zambian government has bought more than 100,000 tonnes of fertiliser for distribution to farmers across the country during the 2009-10 season under the farmers' input support programme, the Times of Zambia reports Thursday (September 3).
The state-owned daily quoted Agriculture Minister Brian Chituwo as saying that, under the 2009-10 programme 534,000 farmers would be supported with up to 106,838 tonnes of fertiliser and 5,341 tonnes of planting seeds.
Zambia is a big corn producer and the government is trying to diversify its copper-reliant economy by increasing investment in the agriculture sector.
