District Commissioner for Zomba, Reinghard Chavula has urged farmers in the district to embrace irrigation farming to avert occurrences of hunger.
Chavula made the remarks on Tuesday at Mandevu Farm in Machinga during a quarterly review meeting for the Pride Project which is supporting the construction of two major irrigation schemes in the district.
“It’s time our farmers started embracing irrigation farming because it is only through irrigation farming that we can be assured of constant and improved food security, ” Chavula said.
While promoting the establishment of new irrigation schemes, the DC appealed for the resumption of some old but damaged schemes.
Chikondi Mangulenje, Irrigation Officer for Zomba said the district has about 1, 137.9 hectares of developed area under irrigation.
Mangulenje however said the district has potential land for irrigation of about 11, 583 hectares.
By Solister Mogha, MANA
