Zambian communities are often affected by unpredictable weather patterns, the Zambezi river used to flood the planes, but now the water …show more content…
The proportions of cultivation have differed very little in the past decade (Kimhi A. 1999) 54.3% of all land cultivated were maize crops, approximately 12.6% was made up of cereals other than maize such as millet, sorghum and rice, oilseeds (groundnuts, sunflower and soybeans) made up 13% and cassava was 13.1% and other cash crops made up the final 6%. Due to changes in seasonal and regional pricing policies, maize became relatively unprofitable in 1999 due to it’s susceptibility towards droughts. Farmers began to invest in more drought resistant crops which were higher in