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Although there is widespread evidence that access to credit is critical for agricultural production, it is still unclear whether access to credit improves agricultural productivity. Productivity improvement are key to reducing wastages and sustainably increasing household incomes, and ultimately,...

The focus of this study was to explore the impact of microcredit on agriculture productivity based on the setup of smallholder maize farmers of Namwala district. The paper employed a mixed method approach. The sample size that was used in the study was hundred (141) respondents comprising of 70...

Agriculture has been an important source of livelihood and income for small scale farmers in rural areas of Zambia where poverty has continued to be the greatest challenge the nation still faced. This study sought to explore the use of e-voucher by small scale farmers as an input distribution...

The purpose of the study was to examine the effects of climate variability on pastoral farming and develop a Climate Change Education Programme (CCEP) to address the effects of Climate Variability on Pastoral farmers in Sinazongwe District of Southern Province of Zambia. The study was purely a...

In order to revamp agricultural production in Zambia, Government in 2002 introduced the Farmer Input Support Programme whose aim was to improve small scale farmers’ access to maize based agricultural inputs. However, in 2015/16 season, the Ministry of Agriculture moved away from the conventional...

Since 2002, the Government of Zambia has been funding a farmer input support programme (FISP) in order to increase household food security and incomes. The program specifies that beneficiaries will collect subsidised inputs from the program for three (3) farming seasons only and graduate...

This study analysed the agricultural extension programmes from a transformative learning perspective in Ngwezi settlement scheme in Mazabuka District. The Ngwezi settlement scheme is located along the Ngwezi River plain which runs from the Magoye area eastwards for over thirty miles and is...

This study examined the opportunities and challenges faced by the SUN Project in the Ministry of Agriculture, in communicating nutrition-sensitive agricultural messages to the public. The study was conducted in Mumbwa District of the Central Province. The student was attached to the SUN Project,...

Conservation Agriculture (CA) has widely been promoted by government through the Conservation Farming Unit of the Zambia National Farmers Union and non-governmental organizations such as Land Management and Conservation Farming Project, the Golden Valley Agricultural Research Trust, the Institute...

This study aimed at developing an understanding of the performance of the Community Markets for Conservation (COMACO) in Shiwang’andu district of Muchinga Province, Zambia. The rationale of the study was to obtain information that would guide the government and other stakeholders in agriculture...