Solar Powered Milling Plants Boost Food Supplies in Zambia
Improved power supplies through renewable energy resources has elevated residents of Chipata town in eastern Zambia, who are commending solar powered milling plants for availing cheaper mealie-meal.
The project to install solar powered milling plants was one of the outcomes of Zambian President Edgar Lungu's visit to China in March 2015, media reported.
It is reported that the solar powered milling plants were procured under a loan from the China Development Bank and in total, about 2,000 plants will be installed across the southern African nation.
The project which commenced in 2015, with installation being undertaken by the Zambia Cooperative Federation, as of last year, 250 had been installed across the country, media reported.
According to the media, residents highlighted that the plants had come at a right time to ease problems, such as the long distances they used to cover to have their maize milled.
Aaron Arch