HOUSE of Chiefs chairperson Chief Nkula says Zambia is likely to experience hunger this year owing to the late distribution of farming inputs and floods in some parts of the country. In an interview, senior chief Nkula advised the government to adequately plan for the “looming” hunger situation this year. “I expect government to do better this year and also to plan adequately for the hunger situation looming this year. There will be serious hunger because most of the people did not plant this year because there was uncertainty on whether government was going to deliver inputs and fertilizer. And those who planted, their crops have gone to waste because they did not apply the needed fertilizer as government did...

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