Zambia’s millet production has failed to recover beyond 60 thousand metric tonnes over the last 25 farming seasons, exposing the steady decline of one of the country’s most drought-resistant traditional crops. According to a report by index mundi, Zambia last exceeded 60 thousand metric tonnes of millet production in 1999 in which it produced 70 thousand metric tonnes. Meanwhile, latest government ministerial statements on the Crop Forecast Survey seen by Zambian Business Times show that millet production dropped by 67 percent in 2023 to 15,390 metric tonnes from 46,753 metric tonnes recorded in the previous season and the same low...
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