THE National Assembly on Wednesday rejected a motion moved by Kanchibiya PF member of parliament Sunday Chanda, urging government to formulate an agriculture policy to minimise maize dependency. Moving his motion, Chanda said there was no specific agriculture policy that comprehensively sought to diversify away from maize. He said the lack of alternative and affordable food was bad for diet, resulting in hunger and child stunting. “The lack of alternative and affordable food is bad for diet, resulting in hunger, child stunting, and agriculture resulting in lack of resilience in food systems. The heavy dependence on maize worsens Zambia’s malnutrition burden as statistics show 40 percent of children under the age of five are stunted because of limited diversity of...