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Article: Zambian president pledges to revive agricultural sector
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- Xinhua News Agency
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- August 3, 2002
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Zambian president pledges to revive agricultural sector
LUSAKA, Aug. 3 (Xinhua) -- Zambian President Levy Mwanawasa has
said that his government was committed to resuscitating the
agricultural sector in the country.
Mwanawasa said this Saturday when he officially opened the 76th
agricultural and commercial show.
He said this had been shown through the increased budgetary
allocation to the agricultural sector in this year's budget.
In the 2002 budget, a total of 231 billion kwacha (57.75 million
US dollars) was earmarked for agriculture.
However, He said this commitment would be compromised by the
diversion of resources earmarked for investment to emergency relief
programs.
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