{"id":1664,"date":"2026-04-29T13:32:15","date_gmt":"2026-04-29T13:32:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/pelumzambia.org\/?page_id=1664"},"modified":"2026-05-20T12:15:43","modified_gmt":"2026-05-20T12:15:43","slug":"market-and-seed-access-project","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/pelumzambia.org\/index.php\/market-and-seed-access-project\/","title":{"rendered":"Market and Seed Access Project"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-page\" data-elementor-id=\"1664\" class=\"elementor elementor-1664\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-a273d74 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"a273d74\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-a472c3b\" data-id=\"a472c3b\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-8808d6c elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"8808d6c\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"640\" height=\"278\" src=\"https:\/\/pelumzambia.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/MASAP-BANNER-1-1024x445.jpg\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-1934\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/pelumzambia.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/MASAP-BANNER-1-1024x445.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/pelumzambia.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/MASAP-BANNER-1-300x130.jpg 300w, https:\/\/pelumzambia.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/MASAP-BANNER-1-768x334.jpg 768w, https:\/\/pelumzambia.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/MASAP-BANNER-1-1536x668.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/pelumzambia.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/MASAP-BANNER-1-2048x891.jpg 2048w, https:\/\/pelumzambia.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/MASAP-BANNER-1-920x400.jpg 920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-4af9bb7 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"4af9bb7\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-775cabb\" data-id=\"775cabb\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-e8fe378 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"e8fe378\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h3 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">About MASAP<\/h3>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-ec11b51 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"ec11b51\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-3959001\" data-id=\"3959001\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-d1b013f elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"d1b013f\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Through its dedicated efforts, MASAP has made significant strides in empowering communities and transforming agricultural practices<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-0c686c7 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"0c686c7\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-ab11848\" data-id=\"ab11848\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-7ba01fe elementor-widget elementor-widget-button\" data-id=\"7ba01fe\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"button.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-button-wrapper\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"elementor-button elementor-button-link elementor-size-sm\" href=\"\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-button-content-wrapper\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-button-icon\">\n\t\t\t\t<i aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"fas fa-globe\"><\/i>\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-button-text\">Visit MASAP<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-07f3b80 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"07f3b80\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-dfb1f1c\" data-id=\"dfb1f1c\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-39343a0 elementor-widget-divider--view-line elementor-widget elementor-widget-divider\" data-id=\"39343a0\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"divider.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-divider\">\n\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-divider-separator\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-04d6027 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"04d6027\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-d1414ec\" data-id=\"d1414ec\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-f660bda elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"f660bda\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" width=\"640\" height=\"400\" src=\"https:\/\/pelumzambia.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/3-1-1024x640.jpg\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-1881\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/pelumzambia.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/3-1-1024x640.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/pelumzambia.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/3-1-300x187.jpg 300w, https:\/\/pelumzambia.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/3-1-768x480.jpg 768w, https:\/\/pelumzambia.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/3-1-1536x960.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/pelumzambia.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/3-1.jpg 1863w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-023e98c elementor-widget__width-initial elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"023e98c\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h2>Traditional Food<\/h2><h2>&amp; Seed Festivals<\/h2>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-179b1d5 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"179b1d5\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-7f70909\" data-id=\"7f70909\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-5d37de8 elementor-tabs-view-horizontal elementor-widget elementor-widget-tabs\" data-id=\"5d37de8\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"tabs.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-tabs\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-tabs-wrapper\" role=\"tablist\" >\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div id=\"elementor-tab-title-9771\" class=\"elementor-tab-title elementor-tab-desktop-title\" aria-selected=\"true\" data-tab=\"1\" role=\"tab\" tabindex=\"0\" aria-controls=\"elementor-tab-content-9771\" aria-expanded=\"false\">Chipata<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div id=\"elementor-tab-title-9772\" class=\"elementor-tab-title elementor-tab-desktop-title\" aria-selected=\"false\" data-tab=\"2\" role=\"tab\" tabindex=\"-1\" aria-controls=\"elementor-tab-content-9772\" aria-expanded=\"false\">Sioma<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-tabs-content-wrapper\" role=\"tablist\" aria-orientation=\"vertical\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-tab-title elementor-tab-mobile-title\" aria-selected=\"true\" data-tab=\"1\" role=\"tab\" tabindex=\"0\" aria-controls=\"elementor-tab-content-9771\" aria-expanded=\"false\">Chipata<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<div id=\"elementor-tab-content-9771\" class=\"elementor-tab-content elementor-clearfix\" data-tab=\"1\" role=\"tabpanel\" aria-labelledby=\"elementor-tab-title-9771\" tabindex=\"0\" hidden=\"false\"><p style=\"margin-top: 5.0000pt; margin-bottom: 5.0000pt; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto;\"><span style=\"mso-spacerun: 'yes'; font-family: 'OMEGA CG'; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 10.5000pt;\">The Chipata Traditional Seed and Food Festival took place on <\/span><span style=\"font-family: 'OMEGA CG'; font-size: 10.5pt;\">26<\/span><sup><span style=\"font-family: 'OMEGA CG'; font-size: 10.5pt; vertical-align: super;\">th<\/span><\/sup><span style=\"font-family: 'OMEGA CG'; font-size: 10.5pt;\">&nbsp;&#8211;&nbsp; 27<\/span><sup><span style=\"font-family: 'OMEGA CG'; font-size: 10.5pt; vertical-align: super;\">th<\/span><\/sup><span style=\"font-family: 'OMEGA CG'; font-size: 10.5pt;\">&nbsp;&nbsp;2025<\/span><span style=\"mso-spacerun: 'yes'; font-family: 'OMEGA CG'; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 10.5000pt;\">, convening farmers, NGOs, government actors, researchers, and civil society.<\/span><\/p><p style=\"margin-top: 5.0000pt; margin-bottom: 5.0000pt; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto;\"><span style=\"mso-spacerun: 'yes'; font-family: 'OMEGA CG'; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 10.5000pt;\">Organized by PELUM Zambia with Kachere Development Programme and other local partners, the event highlighted indigenous seed preservation, nutritional diversity, and agro-ecological practices. Under the theme &#8220;<\/span><span style=\"font-family: 'OMEGA CG'; font-size: 10.5pt;\">Nourishing Our Communities and Improving Livelihood through Seed Diversity<\/span><span style=\"mso-spacerun: 'yes'; font-family: 'OMEGA CG'; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 10.5000pt;\">,&#8221; festival participants underscored the urgent need for access to traditional seeds, market support, and capacity-building to revive agro-biodiversity and food sovereignty. The <\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"margin-top: 5.0000pt; margin-bottom: 5.0000pt; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto;\"><span style=\"mso-spacerun: 'yes'; font-family: 'OMEGA CG'; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 10.5000pt;\">festival representation included famers Government represented by the District Commissioner, Zambia Agriculture Research Institute (ZARI), private sector and the public the total number represented was 50 farmers and partners 30 public 50 female and 40 male<\/span><\/p><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-tab-title elementor-tab-mobile-title\" aria-selected=\"false\" data-tab=\"2\" role=\"tab\" tabindex=\"-1\" aria-controls=\"elementor-tab-content-9772\" aria-expanded=\"false\">Sioma<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<div id=\"elementor-tab-content-9772\" class=\"elementor-tab-content elementor-clearfix\" data-tab=\"2\" role=\"tabpanel\" aria-labelledby=\"elementor-tab-title-9772\" tabindex=\"0\" hidden=\"hidden\"><p>Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit. Ut elit tellus, luctus nec ullamcorper mattis, pulvinar dapibus leo.<\/p><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-6887c68 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"6887c68\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-206286f\" data-id=\"206286f\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-36ab930 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"36ab930\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h3 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Farmer Dialogue<\/h3>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-4fdbb7a elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"4fdbb7a\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-71d80ce\" data-id=\"71d80ce\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-f311737 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"f311737\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Core to the festival, this platform facilitated two-way learning\u2014combining farmer experiences and expert guidance. Outlined aims included:<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-87f9e93 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"87f9e93\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-beadd59\" data-id=\"beadd59\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-a489e9f elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"a489e9f\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<ul><li><b><\/b><strong><b>Amplifying farmer voices<\/b><\/strong>in policy and innovation.<\/li><li><b><\/b><strong><b>Resilience-building<\/b><\/strong>through diversified cropping systems.<\/li><li><b><\/b><strong><b>Networking<\/b><\/strong>across research, private, and policy domains.<\/li><li><b><\/b><strong><b>Promoting seed sovereignty<\/b><\/strong>via sharing and exchange.<\/li><\/ul>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-357b69a elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"357b69a\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-0f4c9eb\" data-id=\"0f4c9eb\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-3a60739 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"3a60739\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h3 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Key Stakeholders &amp; Presentations<br><\/h3>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-35d6800 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"35d6800\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-3455e80\" data-id=\"3455e80\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-bc54990 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"bc54990\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" width=\"640\" height=\"316\" src=\"https:\/\/pelumzambia.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/Table-1024x505.jpg\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-1910\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/pelumzambia.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/Table-1024x505.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/pelumzambia.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/Table-300x148.jpg 300w, https:\/\/pelumzambia.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/Table-768x379.jpg 768w, https:\/\/pelumzambia.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/Table-1536x758.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/pelumzambia.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/Table-2048x1011.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-6a811f40 elementor-section-content-middle elementor-reverse-mobile elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"6a811f40\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-no\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-74d6e7f1\" data-id=\"74d6e7f1\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-54662235 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"54662235\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h4 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Exhibition<\/h4>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-1cbb0284 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"1cbb0284\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Diverse stakeholders showcased indigenous and improved seed varieties adapted to local conditions. Efforts emphasized nutrition, climate resilience, and heritage preservation.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-1832fc4a elementor-widget elementor-widget-button\" data-id=\"1832fc4a\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"button.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-button-wrapper\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"elementor-button elementor-button-link elementor-size-sm elementor-animation-grow\" href=\"#\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-button-content-wrapper\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-button-text\">BLOGS<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-2fa91287\" data-id=\"2fa91287\" 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