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    "id": 132263,
    "url": "https://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/132263/?format=api",
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Mr. Lesrima",
    "speaker_title": "The Assistant Minister, Ministry of State for Provincial Administration and Internal Security",
    "speaker": {
        "id": 178,
        "legal_name": "Simon Saimanga Lesirma",
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    "content": "The universities also do a lot of research. They can also form part of the extension services to use the knowledge that they discover there for the benefit of our people. Similarly, the National Council for Science and Technology should also be involved in extension work. I want to commend the Minister for the programme on orphan crops. I think it should not just be another subordinate programme within the Ministry. This is a programme that can be very useful for arid and semi-arid places. I also want to say that this will assist us to move away from dependence on maize. We have become a nation that is totally dependent on maize. Having said so, we require extension services linked up with the Poverty Eradication Commission in the Ministry of Planning, National Development and Vision 2030, so that our farmers can begin to accept some crops like grain amaranth and other crops that grow within a short period. Our people can be educated on the usefulness of those types of diets."
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