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- Zambia can generate as much as 422,500 jobs countrywide in the agriculture sector if the government fully exploits the potentials in the farm sector, according to a report by the Indaba Agricultural Policy Research Institute (IAPRI).
- The report also suggested that the forthcoming 2022 national budget should lay focus on agriculture and should see how that can be leveraged to bring about more cheer to the people
- That also holds key to generating more employment and income to the people.
Zambia can generate as much as 422,500 jobs countrywide in the agriculture sector if the government fully exploits the potentials in the farm sector, according to a report by the Indaba Agricultural Policy Research Institute (IAPRI).
The report also suggested that the forthcoming 2022 national budget should lay focus on agriculture and should see how that can be leveraged to bring about more cheer to the people. That also holds key to generating more employment and income to the people.
Speaking during the IAPRI virtual presentation on harnessing employment opportunities in the agriculture sector. IAPRI Research Director, Dr. Antony Chapoto said that the potential for employment creation on a total land size of 100,000 hectares of farm blocks could be around 42,250 jobs per province or 422,500 across the 10 provinces of Zambia. A minimum of one million hectares (10 provinces by 100,000 hectares) of arable land countrywide, if harnessed properly would create thousands of jobs across the country.
Farm blocks development has been hailed as an excellent way to realize Zambia’s massive Agro potential. But successive governments have struggled to attract core ventures or anchor farms investments.
