EIS – PROPOSED RAISING OF THE NGWEZI EARTH-FILL DAMWALL ON THE NGWEZI RIVER AT FARM NO. 1989, RIVERDALE FARM, OFF MONZE ROAD, MAGOYE AREA OF MAZABUKA DISTRICT, SOUTHERN PROVINCE IN THE REPUBLIC OF ZAMBIA BY KAPINGA ENTERPRISES LIMITED

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EIS – PROPOSED RAISING OF THE NGWEZI EARTH-FILL DAMWALL ON THE NGWEZI RIVER AT FARM NO. 1989, RIVERDALE FARM, OFF MONZE ROAD, MAGOYE AREA OF MAZABUKA DISTRICT, SOUTHERN PROVINCE IN THE REPUBLIC OF ZAMBIA BY KAPINGA ENTERPRISES LIMITED

Kapinga Enterprises Limited was duly registered and incorporated as a private limited company by shares with the Patents and Companies Registration Agency (PACRA) of Zambia on the 21st day of August 1979 under the Companies Act of the Laws of Zambia. The company through its Riverdale Farm in Magoye Area of Mazabuka District, Southern province in the Republic of Zambia is engaged in mixed agriculture as the core line of business. The developer through its farm intends to increase its water storage capacity by raising the dam wall for the existing Ngwezi Earth-fill Dam, situated on the non-perennial Ngwezi River traversing through Riverdale Farm. Raising of the dam wall will result in increased volume of surface water being harvested during the rainy season. Therefore, the aim is to increase water storage capacity, thus increasing the volume of water required for irrigation, supplement government efforts to produce enough food and further reduce food insecurity in the country. The need to raise the dam wall has been necessitated by the reduction in the amount of rainfall received in the recent past years, particularly the 2023/2024 rainy season which caused significant crop damage at the farm. Furthermore, the developer has diversified its agricultural practices from single cropping, particularly sugar cane which is the main crop grown by the developer to multiple cropping with the view of contributing to the food basket locally and internationally. This diversification comes with increased demand for water supply to irrigate the new crops being introduced at the farm, thus the need to raise the dam wall for the Ngwezi Earth-fill Dam. The new crops being introduced and to be irrigated from the stormwater to be harvested in the earth-fill dam include maize, wheat, barley, soya beans and many other crops deemed profitable by the developer.