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PRESIDENT Rupiah Banda has said his Government will continue to invite foreign investors to develop the agriculture sector, which he said requires alot of investment to make the country self-sufficient in food.

The president said Zambia required investors who would develop the agriculture sector and particularly invest in agro-processing industries to add value to various livestock and food produce.

According to the statement released by special assistant to the president for Press and public relations Dickson Jerer yesterday, the president made the remarks when he addressed farmers and scores of their workers and families at the Coventry Farm in Mazabuka District in Southern Province where he had gone to visit some commercial farmers.

President Banda toured the Coventry Farm with Commerce, Trade and Industry Minister Felix Mutati, Southern Province Minister Daniel Munkombwe among other Government officials.

He was impressed with the development at the Coventry Farm and urged Zambians working at various commercial farms in the district to work hard and co-operate with the investors so that food production can be increased in the country.

He also commended the farmers for having built a school at the farm to cater for the children of the workers.