Pictures taken today (March 1 st 2024) by Kwenje Fm journalist White Luhanga showing a bridge on Lundazi-Chama road washed away due to heavy rains. By Raphael Banda Climate Change causes threat to food security in the Southern half of Zamba . To avert such hash effects of climate change in Zambia and elsewhere, planting of bamboo can provide a significant contribution to combatting climate change in rural areas. Bamboo h elps avoid fossil fuel use and reduce deforestation, by offering an alternative, highly renewable source of biomass energy. More also, they offer a sustainable source of bioenergy for the many people who rely on solid biomass for cooking, such as charcoal but bamboo can be converted into a source of heating and electricity. In and around the tropics, bamboo is essential to a large number of agricultural and natural environments. Bamboo is essential for the restoration of damaged areas because it can grow on difficult soi...