LUSAKA: An hour from Zambia's capital Lusaka, towards the end of a 30-kilometre highway and an 18-kilometre unsealed road, Johnken Farm stands out like an oasis among the wilderness of Africa. This ...

The distribution of farming inputs under the Food Security Pack (FSP) rain-fed programme is progressing well in Kaoma ...

ROME, Jan. 17, 2012 - The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) and the European Commission announced a new $5.3 million project aimed at helping Malawi, Vietnam and Zambia ...

Zambia has agreed to offer Kenyan farmers land for large-scale farming. [File,Standard] With a high population experiencing food shortage across the country, the government received a boost from ...

Zambian farmers have doubled their yields and their incomes, using climate-smart techniques learned through a partnership among the European Union, African, Caribbean and Pacific states (ACP), and the ...

As activists and policymakers from across the globe gather in Washington D.C. for the World Bank Conference on Land and Poverty, it’s a good time to reflect on how commercial agriculture leaves ...

LUSAKA, Jan 5 (Reuters) - Erratic rainfall has delayed planting of Zambia's staple maize crop that feeds the impoverished southern African nation, raising the possibility of a poor harvest after ...

With a high population experiencing food shortage across the country, the government received a boost from Zambia. This was after the country agreed to offer Kenyan farmers land for large-scale ...

The UN projects that the world's population will reach 9.7 billion by 2050, which will cause global agricultural production to rise 69% between 2010 and 2050. To meet the growing demand, farmers and ...