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She became the first female president of the Zambia National Farmers' Union (ZNFU) upon her election in 2013. [ 2 ] [ 4 ] She supported the rights of small farmers and often brought up inconsistencies in how farmers of different crops and farm sizes were treated as a homogenized group.
Evelyn Nguleka, president of the WFO and the Zambian National Farmers Union, at the World Trade Organization Public Forum in 2015. The World Farmers' Organization (WFO) is an international organisation of farmers with a focus on agroecology, farming typologies, food chains, indigenous peoples, and mountain farming.
Mwebantu is a national news agency headquartered in Lusaka and is one of the leading online news website and social media platform in Zambia. [1] Mwebantu.com is their flagship website which is an online based news publication catering for local Zambians and those in the diaspora.
The tax change means previously exempt farms will be hit with a 20 per cent levy on farming assets worth more than £1m, with critics saying it will force family farmers to sell up and rip the ...
National Farmers’ Union president Tom Bradshaw said he had never before seen the “anger, despair and sense of betrayal” prompted by ending the 100% exemption from inheritance tax on ...
The president of the National Farmers’ Union fought back tears as he explained the impact of tax changes on farmers to MPs, as a noisy protest by farmers took place nearby.. Tom Bradshaw ...
Zambia's economy and food security is heavily dependent on rain-fed agriculture, making the country particularly vulnerable to changes in weather patterns. The 2023-2024 rainy season saw the influence of El Niño, leading to significantly reduced rainfall and the onset of severe drought conditions, which persist to the present day. [ 4 ]
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