COMMERCIALISING SORGHUM; SOLUTION TO WORSENING DROUGHTS IN ZAMBIA’S GWEMBE VALLEY – by Friday Phiri, Zambia

In the heart of Gwembe valley’s Siavonga district, in Southern Zambia, lies Lusitu, a place of harsh climate and little hope for meaningful socio- economic progress. Situated 99 kilometres to the South-East of the capital, Lusaka, Lusitu is inhabited mostly by villagers who were moved from Chipepo area in the late 1950s to pave way…