Published: Feature article on Josephine’s project in Zambia
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Sorghum Cultivation in Zambia
Josephine sitting with a farmer's group in Sikaunzwe
EWB volunteer Josephine Tsui is currently working with CARE Zambia, assisting in a market driven sorghum pilot project. The Southern Province of Zambia has been hit with frequent droughts, suffering an estimated loss of 40-65% of crops last year. The vast majority of rural Zambians live in extreme poverty, and nearly all of those living on less than $1 a day are small-scale farmers. They rely on the annual maize (corn) crop for subsistence, the only staple crop since the Zambian government instituted a one-crop policy in the 1960s. To read the rest of my publication; please click here:
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