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El Niño Is Coming: Zambia Must Prepare, Not Panic – Prof. Lubinda Haabazoka

The projected 2026/2027 El Niño presents a serious risk to Zambia's agriculture, electricity generation and economic growth. Niño is intensifying, while regional forecasts indicate possible delayed and below-normal rainfall in southern Zambia.

El Niño Is Coming: Zambia Must Prepare, Not Panic – Prof. Lubinda Haabazoka

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The projected 2026/2027 El Niño presents a serious risk to Zambia's agriculture, electricity generation and economic growth.

Niño is intensifying, while regional forecasts indicate possible delayed and below-normal rainfall in southern Zambia.

Forecasts, however, are probabilities, not instructions for farmers to abandon production.

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The projected 2026/2027 El Niño presents a serious risk to Zambia's agriculture, electricity generation and economic growth. Niño is intensifying, while regional forecasts indicate possible delayed and below-normal rainfall in southern Zambia. Forecasts, however, are probabilities, not instructions for farmers to abandon production.

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