Fellow ambassadors, forum leaders, members and visitors Zambia is a landlocked country, but has numerous rivers, lakes and underground water resources, it is said that the country concentrates 40% of southern and central Africa's water resources on it's own.

The Zambian agriculture sector comprises crops e.g vegetables and fruits, livestock e.g cows,goats and chickens and fisheries which has to do with fish.

Zambia grows different types of crops e.g maize which is the staple crop,cotton, soybeans, tobacco,groundnuts,Paprika,sorghum,rice,sunflower, coffee, sugar, fruits etc

As you are also aware Zambia is one of the biggest seed exporter in Africa, exporting a recorded total of 17,891 tons of certified seeds to other African countries in 2011.

According to the livestock agriculture policy Draft of December 2013 (NAPD 2013),livestock is recognized as a growing force in Zambia's agricultural economy,accounting for 7%of the country's GDP.

That shows you fellow ambassadors,forum leaders, members and visitors that Zambia values agriculture a lot.

Thank you for reading stay blessed.

Chabala Chisenga

Eco Generation Regional Ambassador to Zambia