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…
PELUM in collaboration with the Knowledge Hub for Organic Agriculture in Southern Africa is conducting a four-day lead farmer training with participants drawn from Eastern, Southern, Muchinga and Northern Provinces. The training follows the recent Ecological Organic Agriculture farmer needs assessment conducted that informed the gaps that exist among the farm ers. The training covers, soil and organic pest management…
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…