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Africa-Press – Zambia. <\/strong><\/span>The 2023 crop performance in Western Province is likely to decline by 50 percent given the amount of rain the region has received during this farming season.<\/p>\n

Principal Agriculture Officer for Western Province, Rebecca Nalungwe, says a few districts that she visited have shown that there is likelihood of not getting a desirable maize harvest due to flash floods and droughts experienced in the 2022\/2023 farming season.<\/p>\n

\u201cI have been to five districts so far. As you know Lukulu is highly productive for maize in the province but as things stand, some farmers may not have good harvest due to flash floods and droughts in some districts,\u201d Ms Nalungwe said.<\/p>\n

Ms Nalungwe, who is also a crop expert, said there is need for farmers to continue practicing smart agriculture in the wake of calamities such as floods and droughts being experienced in the country.<\/p>\n

\u201cClimate change is real and has changed the way agriculture must be done. Farmers must now start practicing smart agriculture,\u201d she said.<\/p>\n

She said as a stop-gap measure, the government will deliver inputs early for the next season so that farmers could plant early to avoid loss of crops due to either heavy rains or dry spells.<\/p>\n

She has since appealed to stakeholders to continue supplementing government efforts in the provision of sustainable agricultural services across the province.<\/p>\n

And Mongu District Agriculture Coordinator, Christabel Kakumbi, said the district is not going to be food secure because of the poor rains in this farming season.<\/p>\n

Ms Kakumbi said a number of farmers lost their crops in January due to flash floods, adding that they will need relief food from the Disaster Management and Mitigation Unit for them to survive.<\/p>\n

\u201cThose who planted their crops early survived to a certain extent but with a dry spell in some areas, farmers will need additional food supplement from the Disaster Management and Mitigation Unit,\u201d she said.<\/p>\n

Ms Kakumbi has since assured the farming community that government will deliver inputs early for next year\u2019s farming season so that farmers do not delay planting their crops.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe have received funds and currently we are doing farmer registration. In the same vein, I wish to state that inputs will be delivered eerily enough for next year\u2019s planting season,\u201d she said.<\/p>\n

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