Thursday, March 28, 2024

Nansanga farm block to remain unoccupied until fully serviced

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Serenje District Commissioner, Stanley Chibwana, has said Nansanga farming block in the district has not been opened up because it was not yet ready for occupation.

Speaking when American Ambassador to Zambia, Donald Booth, paid a courtesy call on him on Friday last week, Mr. Chibwana said a lot of work was yet to be done at the farming block.

He said government was eager and committed to ensure that all necessary works in the farming block were done.

He said the 155,000 hectares farming block was not yet fully demarcated, noting that only 30 farms had been demarcated, which represents a small fraction of the whole block.

Mr. Chibwana said the farms will be between 250 hectares to 10,000 hectares.

He explained that once opened, the area would attract investors that would contribute to the improvement of lives of local people that would be employed to work in the farms.

He told Mr. Booth that government appreciated the assistance from the American government.

Mr. Chibwana has since paid tribute to the American government for funding projects that are aimed at assisting HIV/AIDS people.

He said care givers were finding it difficult to ensure that their clients quickly got to the hospital when need arose due to inadequate transport.

Mr. Chibwana hoped that the projects could be given reliable ambulances to enable them attend to their clients effectively.

And Mr. Booth, who was accompanied by USAID Mission director, Mellissa Williams, said he was impressed with the dedication by care givers to the HIV/AIDS infected people.

Mr. Booth said the care givers were doing a tremendous job to help people living with HIV/AIDS.

ZANIS/KC/KSH/ENDS

24 COMMENTS

  1. “10,000 hectares” that a massive piece of land to give to one individual.

    Lets share the land in a way most Zambians can benefit.

  2. Serenje is a beatiful place.I would encourage some of you “APhiri ana bwelas” to consider getting some pad. I ‘ve actually got some land there though it is in Luwombwa.

  3. This is boring by all satndards. Come on LT, give us some interesting news, not report fit for the govt gazettee. Yashani kanshi!???? [-( abena Baby C muli shani this afternooon?

  4. Demarcate the land and give some to the former NCZ workers,learn to share.I bet the DC has got the lion’s share ,more than 500 hectares,selfish people always wanting to sell to foreigners for a quick $ ,neglecting its poor pleople. $-)

  5. whats so special with this land? that an american visiting care givers is given a lowdown on demarcation of land?!!!!

    i can’t connect the two.

  6. Nawa

    Waziba mbwanji at ndine mbuzi! kansi nawe ndiwe mbuzi. :(|). iyeee kuntu waseka! Kambala wansungula? Ninshi nakuchita? Ubushilu tabukonkosha! efyo butampa exactly the way you have behaved!

  7. Baby C, ba na tinyoza nafuti for no reason at all. check Rb visit justice in Joburg. Usakile mad dog…ati imbwa yofuntha ndiye zina lake.
    tell me about it. anso nikali umusakila na manje, kapena ali ku RSPA.. kwamene asungila banzake.

  8. 16. Spring chicken

    ” Demarcate the land and give some to the former NCZ workers,learn to share. ”

    155,000 hectares! That is a huge piece of land. If every farmer had 100 hectares, you could place 1550 farms on that property (which would be the upper limit, but ‘just’ 500 would make a huge difference).

    There are so many ways to recover cost from that.

    1) Allow the farmer to buy their farms from proceeds (say, $23 per hectare).

    2) Sell carbon rights. If properly watered, a farm can store 1000 to 1500 tonnes of carbon in the soil per hectare. If carbon is sold for $20 per tonne, that is $20,000 to $30,000 per hectare. Carbon is traded on the Chicago Climate Exchange (CCE).

  9. Also, why not give farms to the miners. They’re used to hard work, I’m sure they would cherish the opportunity to work above ground for a change. All they need is a year or two of farm education.

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