LET’S TRANSFORM FOOD SYSTEMS AT ALL LEVELS-CHIEF NALUBAMBA

………………………………..They is need to engage all farmers to transform food systems

BY daily News Reporter

Chief Nalubamba of the Ila speaking people of Namwala District in Southern Province has emphasized the need for collaboration to transform food systems, highlighting the importance of beginning where food begins in the food baskets of grandmothers and in the song lines, rituals, and stories that guide relationships with land.

Speaking during the Partnership Brokering Platform being convened as part of the lead up to the Ikubi Lya BanaMunyati Traditional Ceremony which will take place on 18th to 21st September 2025.

His Royal Highness Chief Nalubamba of Namwala in the room with stakeholders lead the discussion and shared the ways in which his kingdom is promoting agroecology to fight climate change and protect local food and seed systems.

He also noted that when the rains delay and when the seed fails to sprout, it is not just hunger, but it is heartbreak. Hence the need to create field schools in ancestral knowledge as well as seed banks planted next to storytelling circles.

Meanwhile, Zambia Alliance for Agroecology and Biodiversity (ZAAB) National Coordinator Mutinta Nketani added that Zambia needs to interrogate the components of food systems and their contribution to climate change, biodiversity loss, and greenhouse gas emissions.