PRESIDENT Hakainde Hichilema says a hungry and fragile nation cannot focus on real issues of development. Further, the Head of State has noted that despite Egypt being largely a desert, they are food secure because of the innovative ways in which they have strategically invested in water harvesting mechanism. Speaking during a press briefing in Cairo, Egypt, Monday, President Hichilema said he and Egyptian President Abdel Fattah El-Sisi had agreed that agriculture, among other sectors, would be a priority. “…We also agreed that agriculture, food security, basically national security, water harvesting, utilisation, to produce food, to produce energy is extremely important, and a fragile nation which is hungry cannot focus on real issues of development. So, we did chat in...

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