US$200,000 CASSAVA TECH. PROJECT ELATES DSaT
US$200,000 CASSAVA TECHNICAL PROJECT ELATES DSaT By Alfonso Kasongo Government with support from the Food and Agriculture Organisation (FAO) has launched USD 200,000 Cassava technical coorperation project aimed at mitigating the spread of Cassava Brown Streak (CBSD) and Mosaic disease in Luapula and Northern provinces of Zambia. The investment has elated Dziwa Science and Technology Trust (DSaT), a Zambian NGO promoting science communication and science based solutions to address country's socio-economic challenges. Early last year, DSaT in collaboration with Zambia Agriculture Research Institute ZARI, Department of Agriculture, Ministry of Media and Information, supported by the Centre of Agriculture and Bioscience International CABI facilitated a media training on Cassava Brown Streak Disease reporting where over 30 journalists drawn from across the country received the training. The aim of the training was to equip journalists with knowledge on the CBSD...