DEFENCE Minister Ambrose Lufuma has tasked the Zambia National Service (ZNS) to immediately start preparations for irrigated maize in all farms that have centre pivots irrigation equipment. And ZNS Commander Lt. Gen Maliti Solochi says the defence wing will plant 1, 978 hectares of irrigated maize by the end of July this year with a projected yield of about 15,000 metric tonnes of maize grain by the end of 2024 third quarter. Addressing the media on the President’s declaration of drought as a national disaster and emergency, Tuesday, Lufuma also directed the Zambia Air Force and Zambia Army to utilise water sources within and around their Copperbelt and North Western province-based farms to engage in irrigated maize production through drip...