Chitambo District is a district of Central Province,

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. It was separated from

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in 2012 and is located some 357km north-east of

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along the Great North Road. As of the 2022 Zambian Census, the district had a population of 100,603 people.2022 Census of Population and Housing - Preliminary Report
(PDF) It shares borders with

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(

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), Lavushimanda (

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) and the

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. The Livingstone Memorial is located within this district.

Agriculture and Agro-processing

Chitambo District has a very good rainfall distribution throughout the rainy season, favoring agriculture production. In addition, the district soil profile supports crop agriculture, especially leguminous crops such as beans, soya beans and pigeon peas. Other crops that have high potential and are grown in the district include; finger millet, sweet potatoes, groundnuts, sunflower, pumpkins, watermelons, pineapples, and other vegetable crops grown off-season. The district claims to have over 15,000 small-scale farmers. With the high number of small scale farmers and a wide variety of crops produced in the District, opportunities exist for investment in agro-processing and packaging of the crops produced. The many small scale farmers could easily form out-grower schemes to support a sustained supply of the required input for processing to eastern markets via

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, western markets via DR Congo and locally.

References

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