ZARI Holds Its Annual Planning Meeting:30-08-10/03-09-10

The Zambia Agriculture Research Institute has began  its annual planning meeting for presentation of protocols and budgets slated for the 30th of August through the 3rd of September, 2010. The meeting was officially opened by the Deputy Director for Technical Services-Mr Moses Mwale, who stressed the importance of such an august annual gathering.He thus called upon every research scientist to present their protocols and budgets prudently.

So far, participation has been quite encouraging.Presentations of both old and new protocols has generated mature and breathtaking debate.One major highlight of the meeting is the inadequate capacity of government to finance most of the protocols, much to the chagrin of many a scientist.In any case, most protocols demand a lot of resources that require equally huge investments.
By and large, one can only hope for the better.