Sida gets cold feet, calls off extension of programme into Zambia

Business April 28, 2006

The long-awaited expansion of the EPOPA organic agriculture programme into Zambia was recently cancelled by the Swedish Embassy in Lusaka due to legal concerns about procurement. Instead, a new tender for a revised programme will be announced. Staff at Sida Headquarters insist that the EPOPA extension should have been approved months ago.

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