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A high-level forum, which will highlight critical issues such as access to climate smart agriculture, drought resistant inputs, and access to user-friendly payment platforms for the farmer’s community, among others is set to take place in July this year.
Zambia International Agriculture Financing & Investment Summit (ZIAFIS) 2023 is set to take place between July, 31 and August 01, 2023 at the Mulungushi International Conference Centre in Lusaka.
The meeting will also discuss flexible financing options and promotion of investment partnerships that were inherent to the development of Agriculture and Climate Smart Food Systems in Zambia.
ZIAFIS 2023 will run under the theme: “Mobilising Capital Investments for Agriculture & Climate Smart Food Systems Development – Ensuring Local, Regional and Global Food Security.”
This is according to a statement issued in Lusaka on Sunday by Pungwe Agri-Group, the organisers of the meeting.
Zambia Monitor, a leading online newspaper focused on business and policy, has been chosen as one of the official media partners of the event.
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“We seek to strengthen Zambia’s strategic position as a food security anchor on the continent by driving mutually beneficial agriculture capital investments into the country,” the statement read.
The statement indicated that ZIAFIS 2023 would offer a platform for conversations among Investors, Financiers, Smallholder & Commercial Farmers Infrastructure Development Companies, Energy Generation and Distribution Companies, Inputs Distribution Companies and Women & Youth in Agriculture.
The meeting would also offer a platform for Manufacturers & Food Processors, Policymakers, Government Officials, and Non-Governmental organizations, both foreign and domestic.
“We seek to strengthen Zambia’s strategic position as a food security anchor on the continent by driving mutually beneficial agriculture capital investments into the country,” the statement read.
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