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Rupiah to open farmers' union congress

Rupiah to open farmers' union congress
By Kombe Chimpinde
Thu 07 Oct. 2010, 04:01 CAT

President Rupiah Banda is today expected to open the 105th Zambia National Farmers Union (ZNFU) Congress at Lusaka’s Mulungushi International Conference Centre.

According to a statement from State House special assistant for press and public relations, Dickson Jere, President Banda will be opening the ZNFU Congress shortly after the country witnessed agricultural success last season through a maize bumper harvest.

“President Banda will deliver a speech this Thursday congratulating the ZNFU’s objectives and pledging his government’s wholehearted support for the continued growth and economic development of the farming sector,” Jere said in a statement.

“…the event will celebrate the great agricultural successes enjoyed by Zambia in recent years and will call on farmers, suppliers and government to work together to ensure a productive and healthy future for Zambia.”

He said the farmers’ congress whose theme is ‘Productivity, Competitiveness and Market Development' has attracted over 600 delegates from the agriculture industry countrywide.

Zambia secured bumper harvest, producing 2.78 million tonnes of maize indicating a surplus of more than one million tonnes.

And the president says that the theme that his adopted this year is a reflection of governments agriculture policies.

Labels: DICKSON JERE, RUPIAH BANDA, ZNFU

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