 You see me strong because of those things I eat they feed my body properly and they make my body healthy. I enjoy agriculture because that's where I get most of my food. I have a variety of crops for the diet of my children to keep them healthy. My names are Joannis Matwengan. Clearly at the moment the Zambian food basket is challenged. People only think of the maize, the shima, with whatever they eat it with as the only food. My name is Dora Celia. I'm currently the Minister of Agriculture for Zambia. Food is an important part of an everyday life. It should be enjoyed. My name is Daisy Peary. I'm a mother of three children. Sorry, cut. It was a deliberate government policy at that time. Both colonial and post-independence to introduce maize as the number one crop in the country. There was a feeling that everybody should just be eating one type of food in Zambia. Since we have grown up eating those things it is quite difficult to change. It gives you that feeling that you have eaten, you are full. It's quite comforting that feeling. And now we've realized that it's not just a threat to food security, but also to nutrition, which is the most important. In fact, my favorite words are that I don't want to be the Minister of Maize. I want to be the Minister of Agriculture in Zambia. Personally, I grew up in a rural setup where you find a very, very big variety of vegetables. The biggest thing I learned from my old man, he could do most of his business in gardening, which is fresh vegetables and the green maize. And he could manage to take us to school and keep his family well. So when I moved to Lusaka, you find the same kind of vegetables almost every day. We've realized that if the country is going to go forward in terms of agriculture development, but also in terms of nutrition, we have to diversify. My favorite meal is shima and the Chinese wrap with peanut butter. I like that because there is too much nutrition in that. Seconded by sour milk. So according to a particular season, you get plenty of certain vegetables and they become cheaper. So the market is really a challenge because we don't have the stable price. Sometimes you just cannot afford to buy certain things that you need to supplement your diet. We have to give the citizens a choice. We have to give them a choice in terms of access to food and in terms of nutritious food. My favorite meal would consist of beans. I love beans. I like a good cut of red meat. And I also like shima. The priority I want is to see what is on the table for the health of my family. I changed my diet drastically. I got my wake-up call when once I had gestational diabetes and high blood pressure at the same time. And that was quite a scare for me. When you have a variety of crops on the table, it means you are preventing some diseases in your body. It helps bodybuilding. So it will help your family. People need to be more sensitized about the variety of foods that they can take other than just eating shima. What do I eat? I eat potatoes. I eat rice. I love vegetables. I love beans actually. I think beans could solve a lot of nutrition problems for our country. Personally I first heard the word crop diversification when I was about 13. I remember government always talking about it. But clearly it hasn't happened. The Everture system is helping us a little, not more. The majority are not benefiting. Except now we are having smart subsidies. We are giving the farmer choices. We are going to subsidize other crops. We are looking forward to see the government coming into assisting the farmers. Create markets for us. That's the only way the government can help the farmer. We are taking agriculture as business, but we are scouting for market. It's not talk. Let's have a roadmap. How do we really move this country from maize to cassava to rice to soga? When I look at my farm, the way I've done it, I'm really proud with a few. That's where my home now is. So food to me just means dignity. It means having access to life. It means wanting to provide a choice to somebody to have that access and choice of food for the betterment of their health. The practice of good nutrition begins with me as a mother and as a wife teaching my children how to eat a balanced diet and how to eat healthy. If they grow up with that, then even in the future I see a healthier nation.