The Civil Society for Poverty Reduction (CSPR) says the Food Reserve Agency (FRA) should have enough food to give to those that have been hit with hunger if the country really did record a bumper harvest in the previous harvesting season.
CSPR Vice Board Chairperson Partner Siabutuba says if the country recorded a bumper harvest as has been reported, then people should not be asking for relief food.
He said this in an interview following reported cases of hunger in some parts of Eastern, Southern and Western Provinces.
Mr. Siabutuba also says it is difficult for the poor to find economic opportunities to sustain themselves hence the hunger situation is very difficult to change.
He was speaking in an interview with Money FM News via telephone, saying they require Social welfare support from the government for them to survive.
Meanwhile the Civil Society Organisation Scaling Up Nutrition (CSO-SUN) says there is need for Zambia to diversify food production to foods that are resistant to a lot of challenges.
CSO-SUN Country Director Matthews Mhuru the country needs to change its approach to production in order address some of the challenges of Nutrition.
He says changing the approach will also reduce the production cost for small holder farmers.

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