Gender and Women Development Minister Sarah Sayifwanda has encouraged people in Northwestern Province to diversify in agricultural activities in order to meet the growing demand for food in the Province.
Mrs. Sayifwanda said Northwestern Province has a conducive environment and abundant perennial rivers to promote agricultural production.
She said the province should enhance food production at household level in order to have food sufficiency.
The Minister was speaking in Solwezi yesterday during the induction service for United Church of Zambia (UCZ) Reverend David Mujumila at Trinity Church.
Mrs. Sayifwanda who commended the Church for having a woman Bishop Sylva Mukuka said government attaches great importance to churches and Reverends because they are a source of inspiration and encouragement in times of challenges.
She explained that churches play a vital role in development and maintaining peace in the country.
Speaking at the same function, Bishop Mukuka said Trinity congregation in Solwezi was the backbone to the entire Presbytery that needed a hard working Minister.
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Please do not only tell the people but also provide the funds to make this diversification bearable. People do not like change if they see no incentive!!
Spot on! Provide the necessary inputs and training to these people,
People should not be told by Lusaka to produce more food, but rather our structure of government could have allowed this in the first place. Since we are so heavely centralized it has killed all the initiative in the provinces and people have to wait for the minister to tell them what to do. Suppose the minister forgets to go to Mwansabobwe since he or she can not be everywhere, those people starves, thats the implication.
Ine, no comment! ungaluvyanye.
Ahhh, household level? yes garden not a farm. Promote them to have farms and provide inputs and training for sure. Don’t you want these people to grow intellectually? It seems government just wants to help these people stay just the way they are. Anyway…