21 Feb. Lusaka (Zambia Informer) ——-The dry spells hovering over most parts of Zambia is projected to prolong than was envisaged and crop, fish and livestock farmers in are asked to remain proactive and moot countervailing measures to plug the headwinds, rainfall experts have said. Famine Early Warning Systems (FewsNet), an Early Warning Systems Network on food insecurity monitoring country (s) specific integrated food security analysis products while alerting on emerging or likely acute food insecurity crisis sees the El Nino enveloping poor rainfall patterns in most Southern African region and cause devastation to the sub-sector. Spurred by the El...

PROFLIGHT PARTNERS WITH KAZANG FOR MOBILE TICKET PAYMENTS Customers can now book their flight and pay effortlessly with Kazang LUSAKA, ZAMBIA – Proflight Zambia has partnered with digital payments platform Kazang to provide customers with a secure mobile payment option, further broadening the settlement choices available when booking flights with the airline. Customers can choose Kazang to make payments via the airline’s reservations and sales offices, ensuring a seamless and user-friendly booking experience. Proflight Director Flight Operations Captain Josias Walubita said: “We at Proflight are excited about the partnership with Kazang, and the growth that has been achieved through the...

  ICRISAT Breakthrough: World’s First Pigeonpea Speed Breeding Protocol to Bolster Food Security in Drylands of Asia and Africa Media release The International Crops Research Institute for the Semi-Arid Tropics (ICRISAT) has pioneered the world’s first pigeonpea speed breeding protocol, further bolstering food security in Asia and Africa.The new convention promises to substantially cut the time required to develop new pigeonpea lines with desirable traits, effectively bringing food to dryland communities faster. Traditionally, pigeonpea breeding can take up to thirteen years. But with the new protocol’s emphasis on material breeding and control over factors like photoperiod, temperature, and humidity, the breeding...