By JOWIT SALUSEKI DURING the 2017/2018 farming season, the Government rolled out a 100 per cent electronic-voucher system through the Farmer Input Support Programme (FISP), with farmers contributing K400 while the State was suppose to...

By DOROTHY CHISI NO one plans to get sick or hurt. But most people need medical care; such as a visit to see a doctor, a prescription drug, a lab test, physical therapy, counselling or...

By JACQUELINE MWITWA IMAGINE a day when patients from other countries will be flocking to Zambia for specialist medical attention. This is not a farfetched dream because the Zambian Government, through the Ministry of Health,...

By DOROTHY CHISI – IT is a well known fact that garbage disposal in peri-urban areas in Zambia is a challenge arising from a lack of proper solid waste management. Experience has shown that people dump...

Albert Einstein said, ‘Imagination is the preview of life’s coming attractions. It is more important than knowledge. Imagination is everything’. Imagination is a type of thinking by which you form in your own mind a...

All over the world and in locations challenged by diminishing ecosystems through deforestation and ultimately changing climate conditions, it is slowly dawning on environmentalists, agriculturalists, investors and entrepreneurs alike that there is money to be...

During the course of a loan contract, the instalment plan can affect the borrower’s ability to repay. Products that are too inflexible and repayment schedules that are too far out of step with borrowers’ cash...

IN this era, mechanised agriculture is being promoted as a means to enhance sustainable food production and poverty alleviation in many African countries including Zambia. In some African countries and Zambia in particular, some farmers...

CROP diversification has been one of the most topical issues that most agricultural experts have been championing to raise the agricultural sector’s contribution to the national economy. Every farmer can embark on this to achieve...

By CHRISTABEL CHIWILA  – THE economic matrix of saving money comes in many forms with the Village banks, which come in form of loans designed to empower people including vulnerable members of society, was a...