Zambia

AAF ESG Annual Report 2017
- Phatisa
- 31 Mar 2018
African Agriculture Fund Environmental, Social and Governance Annual Report 2017
Chinese firm, Zambia gov't sign agricultural infrastructure development project
- Xinhua
- 22 November 2017
China Railway Seventh Group and the Zambian government sign infrastructure construction deal for the planned 200,000 ha Kalungwishi Farm Block in Mporokoso district.
How commercial farms are ripping apart Zambian communities
- Reuters
- 15 November 2017
Some commercial farmers in Zambia's have acquired thousands of hectares while ignoring laws meant to prevent forced evictions, writes Juliana Nnoko-Mewanu from Human Rights Watch
Installation de vastes exploitations agricoles en Zambie Déplacements forcés d'habitants de communautés rurales
- Le Maghreb
- 30 October 2017
Le gouvernement zambien manque à son devoir de protéger les droits des habitants de zones rurales qui sont déplacés par l'installation de vastes exploitations agricoles commerciales dans le district de Serenje
Zambian families evicted from commercial farms
- CAJ News
- 26 October 2017
Dozens of rural families have been left with no shelter or source of livelihoods following mass acquisition of land by commercial farmers.
Zambeef shares tumble, as weak crop prices, wheat disease hit profits
- Agrimoney
- 06 September 2017
The group, backed by European development banks, revealed it had sold 90% of its Zampalm operation to the Industrial Development Corporation of Zambia, a state-backed fund, for $16m
AgDevCo invests $5M in Zambia’s Katito farming enterprises
- GAI
- 31 August 2017
AgDevCo expects that its investments in two large-scale commercial farming enterprises in Zambia will provide the “critical mass” needed to attract ancillary businesses along the supply chain
Zambia, China agric co-operation in fast development mode
- Zambia Daily Mail
- 08 August 2017
Two Chinese media firms – China Agriculture Film and Television Center and Global Max Media Group – co-hosted the China Africa Agriculture Co-operation and Development Summit in Lusaka.
China approves 10 international agricultural parks
- Reuters
- 07 August 2017
China has approved plans to establish international agricultural demonstration zones in 10 countries. The projects include an agriculture technology park in Laos, Zambia dan Fiji, said agriculture ministry in a statement.
La Chine va créer des zones de démonstration agricole dans 10 pays
- Commodafrica
- 06 August 2017
Le ministère chinois de l'Agriculture a validé la création de "zones de démonstration agricole à l'international" dans 10 pays, rapporte Reuters. Objectif : accroître son influence sur le secteur agricole mondial.
Speech at the China Africa Agriculture Cooperation and Development Summit
- FMPRC
- 06 August 2017
"China will continue to encourage Chinese enterprises to invest in large-scale farming, animal husbandry, grain storage and processing in Africa," says China's Ambassador to Zambia.
Presidents of Zambia and Ghana cite Amatheon Agri as exemplary model of agricultural investment
- Lusaka Times
- 29 June 2017
Agribuiness partnerships with Africa are high on Germany’s agenda, says Amatheon Agri, which farms 3,000 ha in Zambia together with Toyota Group