Agriculture has a much more promising future in Zambia than mining

By Nebert Mulenga

MUMBWA (October 2012) – The Zambian government has made the agricultural sector one of the pillars of economic growth and now ordinary people in rural areas are beginning to see a promising future in the sector as a major source of employment.

“It is better to work on the farm; you also learn how to do your own farming,” says Justine Kanguya, 20, a resident of Mumbwa district, some 150 km west of the capital Lusaka. Read full story…

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