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Africa-Press<\/a> – Zambia<\/a>. <\/strong><\/span>The Zambia National Farmers\u2019 Union (ZNFU) says it remains resolved to collaborate with the government to ensure that the agriculture sector posts growth.<\/p>\n

ZNFU President Jervis Zimba said the Union has no doubt that with President-elect,Hakainde Hichilema\u2019s strong agricultural background, the country\u2019s agricultural sector should brace to head towards a reduction in the cost of inputs and real growth in production and productivity.<\/p>\n

Mr Zimba cited agriculture, forestry, fisheries and livestock which is at over 28% as the country\u2019s highest employing sector of the economy. He said further growth of the agriculture sector would translate into more jobs being created which in turn will enable more people earn a living wage.<\/p>\n

Mr Zimba made the remarks through a week 33 farmer brief availed in Lusaka yesterday. \u201cA flourishing agriculture sector talks to economic growth, and this underlines what the ZNFU believes in. Congratulations for your resounding victory in the August 12th polls,\u201d Mr. Zimba said.<\/p>\n

On the appreciation of the Kwacha against other major covetable currencies, Mr Zimba cited the country\u2019s current account\/balance of payments, political stability, performance and speculation as among the factors that have led to the kwacha to gain.<\/p>\n

He emphasized that political stability, performance and speculation have been positive so far. \u201cThe period after the elections saw the incumbent President concede and the President -elect giving an acceptance speech which reassured the markets and hence the positive speculation recorded by investors and bond holders,\u201d he stressed.<\/p>\n

As at 20th August 2021 15.30hours, the Bank of Zambia captured the Kwacha trading against the United States Dollar at ZMK 17.26 per $ 1 compared to pre \u2013 election high of ZMK 22.03 per $ 1 recorded on 20th July 2021 at 15.30hours.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Africa-Press – Zambia. The Zambia National Farmers\u2019 Union (ZNFU) says it remains resolved to collaborate with the government to ensure that the agriculture sector posts growth. ZNFU President Jervis Zimba said the Union has no doubt that with President-elect,Hakainde Hichilema\u2019s strong agricultural background, the country\u2019s agricultural sector should brace to head towards a reduction in […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":84,"featured_media":4771,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2,5,7,8,16],"tags":[234,235,1965,233,1966],"class_list":["post-4772","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-all-news","category-economy","category-head-lines","category-homepage-english","category-twitter","tag-africa-press","tag-africa-press-zambia","tag-agricultural-background","tag-zambia","tag-zambia-national-farmers-union"],"yoast_head":"\nZambia National Farmers\u2019 Union anticipate stronger agriculture sector - Zambia<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"The Zambia National Farmers\u2019 Union (ZNFU) says it remains resolved to collaborate with the government to ensure that the ...\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/zambia\/all-news\/zambia-national-farmers-union-anticipate-stronger-agriculture-sector\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Zambia National Farmers\u2019 Union anticipate stronger agriculture sector\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"The Zambia National Farmers\u2019 Union (ZNFU) says it remains resolved to collaborate with the government to ensure that the ...\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/zambia\/all-news\/zambia-national-farmers-union-anticipate-stronger-agriculture-sector\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Zambia\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:publisher\" content=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/AfricaPressTunisiaa\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2021-08-22T19:51:34+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2021-08-22T20:09:35+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/zambia\/sites\/35\/2021\/08\/img-6122aecf811e9.jpg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"720\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"425\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/jpeg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"cfeditoren\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"cfeditoren\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"1 minute\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/zambia\/all-news\/zambia-national-farmers-union-anticipate-stronger-agriculture-sector#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/zambia\/all-news\/zambia-national-farmers-union-anticipate-stronger-agriculture-sector\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"cfeditoren\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/zambia\/#\/schema\/person\/068c7ab4e9634ae78ec5d54ec46598bb\"},\"headline\":\"Zambia National Farmers\u2019 Union anticipate stronger agriculture sector\",\"datePublished\":\"2021-08-22T19:51:34+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2021-08-22T20:09:35+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/zambia\/all-news\/zambia-national-farmers-union-anticipate-stronger-agriculture-sector\"},\"wordCount\":290,\"commentCount\":0,\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/zambia\/all-news\/zambia-national-farmers-union-anticipate-stronger-agriculture-sector#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/zambia\/sites\/35\/2021\/08\/img-6122aecf811e9.jpg\",\"keywords\":[\"Africa Press\",\"Africa Press-Zambia\",\"agricultural background\",\"Zambia\",\"Zambia National Farmers\u2019 Union\"],\"articleSection\":[\"all news\",\"economy\",\"head lines\",\"homepage-english\",\"twitter\"],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"CommentAction\",\"name\":\"Comment\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/zambia\/all-news\/zambia-national-farmers-union-anticipate-stronger-agriculture-sector#respond\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/zambia\/all-news\/zambia-national-farmers-union-anticipate-stronger-agriculture-sector\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/zambia\/all-news\/zambia-national-farmers-union-anticipate-stronger-agriculture-sector\",\"name\":\"Zambia National Farmers\u2019 Union anticipate stronger agriculture sector - 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