JOHANNESBURG, SOUTH AFRICA (ADV) – Over 1400 small scale farmers have received 10 kilograms of maize seed, 10 kilograms of either maize or groundnuts and two 50 kilograms bags of D-Compound and Urea fertilizers in Chipata District, Zambia.
These farmers benefitted from the county’s Food Security Pack (FSP) programme under the Ministry of Community Development and Social Services.
During the handover today, acting Chipata District Commissioner Kapembwa Sikazwe said the government’s vision under the FSP programme is to improve food security, nutrition and income generation among the vulnerable but viable small scale households.
He also noted that the government has increased the beneficiaries of the FSP programme under the Ministry of Community Development and Social Services from 350 in 2018 to 1479 this year.
Sikazwe urged the beneficiaries not to sell the seed and fertiliser they have been given but he encouraged them to use it to improve their food security and reduce poverty and vulnerability.
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