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Why is Agriculture & not Mining carrying the Grow Zambia agenda on it’s back?

The 10-10-5-3-3-1-1-1 Agenda, also called the Grow Zambia Agenda, is President Hakainde Hichilema’s economic transformation vision defined by eight numeric targets: 10,000MW of energy, 10 million tonnes of maize, 5 million tourist arrivals, 3 million tonnes of copper, 3 million tonnes of soya beans, 1 million tonnes of wheat, 1 million tonnes of sugar and US$1 billion in beef exports.  A check on the agenda by the Zambian Business Times (ZBT) revealed that five of the eight targets are agriculture-based, making agriculture the de facto special-purpose vehicle carrying over 62% of the entire agenda. Meanwhile, while 10,000MW of energy is...

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