Livingstone Cooperatives Union (LCU) Chairperson, Rwinick Mapanza, has urged the government and stakeholders to aggressively introduce more farmers to garlic farming, arguing that Zambia can and should end its dependence on imported garlic. Zambia imported approximately 373,913 kilograms of fresh or chilled garlic valued at US$178,610 in 2023, according to the World Bank’s World Integrated Trade Solution (WITS) database. The majority of these imports came from China, with additional supplies from South Africa and India. Despite the country’s favorable land, water, and labor resources, local garlic production remains minimal, prompting calls from agricultural leaders to ramp up domestic cultivation. “Zambia...
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