I THINK if we had been able to advise our farmers a little bit better on a timely basis, I think we would have ameliorated the damage to the crop that we have experienced, says President Hakainde Hichilema. And President Hichilema has since called for collaboration with the Finnish government in areas of forestry and weather forecasting in a bid to help Zambia sharpen its abilities to assist farmers manage their businesses better. The Head of State was speaking yesterday when he held a meeting with the Finland Parliamentary Finance Committee led by Krista Mikkonen. “We acknowledge your strength in forestry, weather forecasting which is again important to us. I think if we had been able to advise our farmers...

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