By Senior communications manager: Annemarie Roodbol Thousands of farmers expected to gather again for outdoor expo As in previous years, Agritech Expo Zambia enjoys extensive support from the agri industry with the well-known supplier AFGRI Corporation Ltd., the sole John Deere distributor in Zambia, returning as platinum sponsors again. “The annual Agritech Expo is very important for all agricultural suppliers in Zambia” says Mr Willie Dietrechsen, Country Manager for the Equipment business at AFGRI Corporation Ltd. He adds: “the expo is the only national showcase for agricultural suppliers like AFGRI to showcase and to demonstrate new technology in the range...

By CHIBAULA D. SILWAMBA (Mr.) First Secretary for Press and Public Relations Permanent Mission of the Republic of Zambia to the United Nations www.zambiaun.com Tel: +12128885770, Email: chibaula@zambiaun.com Twitter: @ZambiaUN NEW YORK, Thursday, 16 March 2017 – Zambia has told an annual UN meeting on women that gender equality, especially for women and girls, is a fundamental human right and necessary foundation for prosperity and full realisation of the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) and related targets. Delivering Zambia’s national statement at the 61st Session of the Commission on the Status of Women (CSW61) at UN Headquarters in New York on...

An IFDC/FAI Report Edited by Jikun Huang, Ashok Gulati, and Ian Gregory February 2017 i Preface Fertilizer subsidies in developing countries have been increasingly common policy interventions in recent years to increase supply and use of fertilizer and thus stimulate agricultural output and farmer i ncome. The volatility of global food and fertilizer prices in 2007 and 2008 provided a stimulus for this resurgence in fertilizer subsidies. The multiple objectives and the rapid growth in the financial burden of subsidies and their share of the total support to agriculture have brought into question whether fertilizer subsidies are an appropriate policy...