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Derrick Silimina

Derrick Silimina

derricksilimina@gmail.com

is a freelance journalist based in Lusaka, Zambia. He focuses on Zambian agriculture and sustainability issues.

All articles of Derrick Silimina

Farms
Derrick Silimina
Derrick Silimina

Irrigation helps to cope with climate change

Irrigation is helping many of Zambia’s rain-dependent small-hold farmers to survive

Environment
Derrick Silimina
Derrick Silimina

Financing the fight against climate change

Facing twin plagues of floods and droughts, Zambia lacks resources to fight the effects of climate change

Power shortages
Derrick Silimina
Derrick Silimina

When the lights go out

Power cuts hit Zambia’s economy hard

Energy policy
Derrick Silimina
Derrick Silimina

Water over the dam

Zambia’s dependence on hydropower is becoming increasingly problematic

Agriculture
Derrick Silimina
Derrick Silimina

Facing down the armyworm pest

Zambia is debating ways to stop the annual invasion of armyworms that attack its staple crops

Traditional medicine
Derrick Silimina
Derrick Silimina

Zambians choose Chinese cures

As in many facets of life in Zambia, the influence of China is visible in the country’s health-care sector

Environment
Derrick Silimina
Derrick Silimina

Tribal leaders disagree on copper mine

Tribal chiefs are divided amongst themselves over a proposed open-cast copper mine in Zambia’s Zambezi National Park

Climate change
Derrick Silimina
Derrick Silimina

Engulfed by the lake

Fishermen on Zambia’s Lake Kariba are drowning in growing numbers

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