Zambia: ZCF, Netherlands NGO Sign Poverty Reduction Pact via Poverty News Blog
from All AfricaThe Times of Zambia (Ndola)LusakaTHE Zambia Cooperative Federation (ZCF) has signed a partnership agreement with the Netherlands Development Organisation (SNV) aimed at reducing poverty among small-scale farmers in Zambia.The agreement, which was signed in Lusaka on Thursday, would also improve Government's implementation of grain marketing and supply of inputs to more than 1.3 million small-scale farmers.Speaking at the signing ceremony, ZCF managing director, Argent Chuula, said the agreement was an important milestone towards improving the welfare of the small-scale farmers and entrepreneurs.He said the institution was convinced that the partnership with SNV would help it to effectively contribute to the well-being of poor people in the country."The signing of this...