Welcome to Our Latest PELUM Zambia Newsletter! We are thrilled to bring you all the latest news and updates on agroecology and organic agriculture in Zambia. In this edition, we focussed on the critical importance of sustainable use of our environment through agriculture systems that are in tandem with nature and how they help build a greener and more resilient…
PELUM Zambia in collaboration with the Knowledge Hub for Organic Agriculture in Southern Africa recently interacted with 23 Members of Parliament from the Committee on Agriculture, Lands and Natural Resources as well as the Health Community and Social Services with the aim of sharing knowledge and information on Ecological Organic Agriculture and policy needs to support the agriculture system. The…
About 60 small holder farmers from Chief Mumbi in Petauke District, Chief Nzamane in Chipata District and chief Zumwanda of Lumezi Districts of Eastern and Muchinga provinces respectively participated in the needs assessment exercise aimed at identifying their knowledge gaps in Ecological Organic Agriculture(EOA). PELUM under the Knowledge Hub for Organic Agriculture in Southern Africa project conducted the assessment. Organisation…
Zambia News and Information Services(ZANIS) Director Loyce Saili has called on Journalists to develop stories from their ideas and not depend on events for stories. She emphasized the need for research and accuracy in news story writing. She said this during the media training organised by PELUM in collaboration with the Knowledge Hub for Organic Agriculture in Southern Africa. The training…