While driving through the villages in the last few days I saw a method of drying maize that I have not seen before since being in Zambia. Normally I see people picking their maize and laying it on mats to dry out in the sun, here they have tied it to sticks to dry upright, pretty impressive.
When these cobs of maize are dry the women will grind them and them make porridge or nshima with them. They crops that are ready now will provide food for the rest of the year for them. Those that have bigger fields will sell some of the maize and then they have money to buy other things.
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