ZAMBIA Institute for Policy Analysis and Research (ZIPAR) Interim Executive Director Zali Chikuba says people should pray for proper rainfall, otherwise a lot things will be affected. Chikuba says there’s a risk of failing to attain the projected 6.6 percent growth in 2025. Speaking during a media briefing on the 2024 Economic Performance Review and 2025 Outlook, Wednesday, Chikuba urged government to plan on how to support those whose crops would dry up. “In terms of the risks ahead, I already mentioned that the rainfall forecast for 2024/25 started good but the outturn so far has not been as we had expected. The projection still says that we are going to have normal to above normal rainfall and we should...

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