Zambia’s president Hakainde Hichilema and the Government of the Republic of Zambia (GRZ)today, Thursday September, 28, 2023 officially launched the 2023 wheat harvest season in Mpongwe, Copperbelt Province.
This is a movement to enforce agriculture, as part of the governmental economic transformation and a developmental gesture in general.
President Hakainde Hichilema also commends Zambian owned private sector players like ZAMBEEF, for heeding our call for off-season production.
Hichilema wrote:
“Today we officially launched the 2023 wheat harvest season in Mpongwe, on the Copperbelt Province. We commend Zambian owned private sector players like ZAMBEEF, for heeding our call for off-season production.
Agriculture remains the bedrock of the UPND New Dawn’s economic transformation and job creation strategy. We appreciate ZAMBEEF and others for their partnership with us.
We welcome the construction of the state-of-the-art flour mill, at the farm in Mpongwe farm, for value addition.
Let us all do our part to address the global food crisis and reduce food insecurity by increasing production and productivity.
Hakainde Hichilema
President of the Republic of Zambia”
The wheat harvest season is a vital strategy amid the food crisis in the sub- Saharan region.
Food crisis is the sub- Saharan region has become an alarming concern after major inflammation and food scarcity in the region. Zambia has been adversely affected this food insecurity due the continental- regional crisis.
