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Farmers benefiting from the ASNAPP vegetable production project in the Livingstone area of Zambia have made their first US $1 million income since the project started in 2006. The project involves several vulnerable community members, including orphans and widows and the those receiving palliative care.  

"There is a better future for us in mushroom production”. This is how the all-female, 44-member group at Chimphangu and Chinsapo, off the Likuni road in  Malawi summarize their expectation from a mushroom project being implemented by ASNAPP in collaboration with several local NGO’s and with sponsorship form the USAID.  

Within development circles, many programs have emerged that assisted farmers to increase crop production per acreage to ensure enough food availability for household consumption.

In the past, Zambia's economy centred on its copper - that was until a sharp decline in international markets had a negative effect on the country's economy.

The mud, pole and thatch structure used by Malawian mushroom farmers is proving to be so successful - that ASNAPP Zambia is planning to copy the scheme.

In August 2006, ASNAPP Zambia ASNAPP proudly exhibited a range of organically grown products under the Organic and Natural Products banner at the 80th National Agricultural and Commercial Show held in Lusaka.

She bends over and squints at the enormous butternut lying between her feet. A few metres away, a man stares sightlessly at the patty pans that have to be harvested.

In the last few years, the trends for paprika supply and demand in Southern Africa have been rather inconsistent. Poor quality product led to low prices and lower prices in turn led to fewer producers that wanted to produce paprika.

ASNAPP Zambia is extending its hydroponics vegetable production technologies in Zambia by establishing another greenhouse at Mitengo Women in Ibex Hills, Lusaka. The three tunnels covering a total of 720m2 is capable of providing quality products.