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Author or Institution as Author
CCARDESA
Resource Type
CCARDESA Content
Category
Lessons Learned
Type
Document
Date of Publication
Jan 01, 2015
Language
English
Description/Abstract

Fleming Chookole, 49, of Mwiinga village in Chinkankata district in Zambia has returned to farming after abandoning it for blacksmithing for several years. Today, he is a lead farmer and inspirational Conservation Farming Unit (CFU) farmer among villagers- thanks to the Agricultural Productivity Programme for Southern Africa (APPSA) which introduced the crop and soil improvement programme to Fleming and his community.

Institution
CCARDESA
Citation

CCARDESA, APPSA. APPSA Black Smith Returns to Farming. p.2.

Funding Partner
The World Bank

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