Social Protection in the Zambian Media : 6th to 13th January, 2017

Social Cash Transfer Programme

1.       Chibombo Vulnerable Families Appeal For Cash Transfer (Muvi TV, 7^th January)

Some vulnerable families in Chibombo district have called on government to include them on the social Cash transfer. Read Full Story

Social Protection and Agriculture

2.      Chief Ntambu calls for farm inputs (Daily Mail, 13^th January)

SENIOR Chief Ntambu of Mwinilunga says farmers in his area have not yet received farm inputs for the 2016/17 farming season. Read Full Story

3.      Govt assures farmers over E-Voucher cards (ZNBC, 11^th January)

Mansa Central Member of Parliament, Chitalu Chilufya says government will continue to work with the private sector to ensure timely distribution of farming inputs. Read Full Story

4.      Late farming inputs hurting output (Times of Zambia, 10^th January)

WHILE Zambia has great potential to become the Southern African regional bread basket, the agricultural sector’s contribution to Goss Domestic Product (GDP) is less than 20 per cent due to factors tied to the late distribution of inputs. Read Full Story

5.      Agro dealers disappoint farmers over  inputs (Daily Nation, 10^th January)

AGRO dealers contracted to distribute inputs to farmers do not have enough stock to meet farmers’ requirements, Zambia Agriculture Rural Development Initiative executive director Gilbert Mpanga has charged. Read Full Story

6.      North farmers get e-vouchers (Daily Mail, 10^th January)

GOVERNMENT has distributed about 20,900 electronic voucher cards out of about 22,700  in Northern Province, under the farmer input support programme (FISP) for 2016/17 farming season. Read Full Story

Social Health Insurance

7.      Drafting of Social Health Insurance Bill advances (QFM, 6^th January)

The drafting of the Social Health Insurance Bill by government to set up the first ever national Social Health Scheme has reached an advanced stage. Read Full Story

This media summary does not in any way reflect the International Labour Organisations’ endorsement of, opinion and/or stand on the articles contained therein.