Kazungula District has received farming inputs for 2025 – 2026 farming season to cater for 1,517 beneficiaries under the Food Security Pack (FSP) programme spearheaded by the Ministry of Community Development and Social Services.
The beneficiaries for this season have slightly increased as compared to the 2024- 2025 farming season, which saw 1,116 beneficiaries getting the FSP.
The media reports that District Community Development Officer, Nalukui Lubasi, disclosed that each beneficiary will receive a pack consisting of 2 by 50-kilogram compound D fertiliser, 2 by 50-kilogram urea fertiliser, groundnuts or cowpeas as well as maize and sorghum seed.
Ms Lubasi said this during a Kazungula District committee members meeting on Food Security at the District Community Development Office yesterday.
She mentioned that the old beneficiaries graduated, adding that the department has recruited new beneficiaries for this season drawn from Mukuni, Chooma, Musokotwane, Nyawa Central, Ngwezi, Nguba, Kanchele and Kauwe Wards respectively.
“The district is earmarked to start the distribution exercise next week. We are still expecting the 3,034 by 50 kilograms bags of urea fertiliser yet to be delivered so that the transportation of the FSP to the beneficiaries can be done at once to avoid unnecessary costs,” Ms Lubasi said.
She disclosed that the district is in receipt of 1, 000 bags by 10 kilograms and 517 by 5 kilograms of maize seed as well as 3, 000 by 50 kilograms bags of D-compound fertiliser, with a remainder of 34 bags still to be delivered.
