Kalabo District recorded a 60% survival rate for cashew seedlings delivered under the Cashew Infrastructure Development Project (CIDP) since 2021, with late rains and weak market linkages blamed for the losses, District Agriculture Coordinator Milimo Mudenda has said. Speaking in an interview with Zambian Business Times, District Agriculture Coordinator Milimo Mudenda said Kalabo planted 170,699 cashew seedlings in 2022, but only 102,418 trees were recorded in 2026. “Poor and uneven distribution of rainfall affected crop establishment,” Mudenda said. He added that late delivery and planting of seedlings also contributed to the failure rate. “Poor market linkage made farmers lose hope...
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