By Jeff Kapembwa Dissenting voices over the continent reverberating in the aftermath of the US withdrawal from the Paris Agreement-the driver of climate change mitigation and adaptation chiefly in Zambia and other Least Developed, fueling concerns have devastating effects that might be too ghastly to
By Jeff Kapembwa The United States of America (US) withdrawal of funding to Paris Agreement is retrogressive in the fight against climate change and will have multiple effects on developing nations and those championing the development of ‘home-grown initiatives’ under the nationally determined contributions (NDCs)
By Chapunga Manengu The Government says that the Programme for Integrated Development and Adaptation to Climate Change (PIDACC) Project has been launched six targeted districts, with a loan from the African Development Bank (ADB) at a cost of about US$9.2 million. Agriculture Permanent Secretary for
By Jeff Kapembwa The European Union and other interest groups have reacted with cynicism, to the United States President’s executive order to withdraw funds from the Paris Agreement at the height of the global war against climate change financing, arguing they will sustain the fight
By Jeff Kapembwa Three Zambian agribusiness Small Medium Entrepreneurs have received a US$90,000 fillip to implement climate-smart agriculture projects to assist farmers, women, and youth joining the country’s quest to enhance food security. The grants from the World Bank in collaboration with various partners including
By Jeff Kapembwa China-owned Sino Great Group, through its subsidiary Sino Great Chemical Company Limited, and Zambia's Wonderful Group of Companies Limited have commissioned a US$340 million environmental friendly phosphate producing plant in Zambia, authenticating United Nations’ call for reduced gas emissions by 2035 to save the
By Jeff Kapembwa Africa’s stunting agriculture spurred by climate change and other headwinds has come under review, prompting state and non-state actors to re-think strategies to transform the sector and bolster agrifood output by 45 percent by 2035. The 10-year strategy and action plan is
By Natasha Mhango Gweembe district in Southern province is a valley, which means its inhabitants are subject to high temperatures and unpredictable rainfall patterns. These conditions are challenging for any farmer. Furthermore, the prolonged drought of the 2023/2024 farming seasons affected the area, therefore worsening
By Jeff Kapembwa Innovation to fight El Niño induced drought in Zambia, has heightened with players in the energy sector, including the regulator, applying ingenuity to plug the deficit buffeting the sector and drive the wheels of the economy. Zambia, like many other Southern African
By Jeff Kapembwa FALL army worms-catalysed by necessity of dry spells in low rain patterns-a climate change action-have returned to Zambia and threaten the 2024-25 farming season as over 10,000 hectares of land in several parts of the country are being eaten up, a call
