Zambia: A Harvest That Keeps Zambia’s Children Learning

In a farming settlement in southern Zambia, families use income from a drought-resilient crop to buy uniforms and books, meet college costs and put food on the table. Farmers say better seed, stronger prices and faster payments could help more rural households do the same.

In a crowded classroom, children sit shoulder to shoulder at worn wooden desks, their heads bent over open exercise books. Brightly coloured pens move across pages of handwritten calculations as pupils work beneath faded…