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Zambia to launch agricultural blueprint

Xinhua, March 16, 2016 Adjust font size:

The Zambian government will launch a new agriculture policy next month that will drive the development of the sector, state media reported Tuesday.

The policy, covering the period 2016 to 2021, will form part of the country's revised National Agricultural Investment Plan (NAIP).

Minister of Agriculture Given Lubinda said the policy will help reduce poverty through increased investment, productivity and value chains in the sector.

"This policy will form part of the revised NAIP, which, among other issues, aims at accelerating agricultural production and ultimately eradicating poverty," the minister is quoted as saying by the Times of Zambia.

The policy, which was recently approved by the the country's cabinet, will also look at putting emphasis on the challenge of lack of mechanization in order to improve productivity, and this will be done through research, irrigation as well as support for infrastructures such as roads, bridges and others. Endit