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Zimbabwe Farmers Target Cash Crops

23^rd April 2004

THE Zambia National Farmers Union (ZNFU) says farmers from Zimbabwe have shown interest in growing coffee, tobacco, wheat and cotton in Zambia.

ZNFU economist Robert Sanyikosa said currently his organisation and Zambia Investment Centre (ZIC) were working out modalities to allocate the farmers suitable land.

Mr Sanyikosa was presenting a paper on the impact of farming on economic development and arrival of Zimbabwean farmers at the on-going senior journalists workshop organised by the World Bank in Lusaka.

Mr Sanyikosa said Zambia needed massive investment from outside if the country was to develop economically.

He said investing in the growing of coffee, tobacco, wheat and cotton would not only contribute to the development of the country but also create employment to Zambians.

He pointed out that of the 84 per cent arable land in the country only 16 per cent was currently being utilised.

Times Reporter - The Times of Zambia (Ndola)