COMMERCE, Trade and Industry Minister Chipoka Mulenga says no land has been allocated to Viet-Zam, but the company has been advised to apply for a smaller portion of land instead. Viet-Zam Diversified Development Corporation Limited proposed to implement a rice farming project in Northern, Luapula and Muchinga Provinces, covering six million hectares of land. This proposal not only sparked public debate but was also rejected by Luapula chiefs. Giving a ministerial statement in the National Assembly, Friday, Mulenga said the investor had been advised to apply for a smaller piece of land in line with the existing farm block concept, where an investor can apply for up to 20,000 hectares of land. “The Zambia Development Agency (ZDA) received an unsolicited...