The Government of the Republic of Zambia has been implementing a number of rural development programs through agricultural strategies but statistics indicate that there is serious rural-urban divide in terms of poverty levels. This poses a suspicion that planning approaches and interventions in...
Download PDF ↓In Zambia, many smallholder farmers achieve household food security through the production of maize ‘zea mays’. During the years of maize failure due to drought, there is need for other crops to enhance food security like Orange Fleshed Sweet Potato. Since the 2010/2011 farming season, the Orange...
Download PDF ↓Agricultural resettlement schemes have been introduced in Zambia as a way of curbing poverty and unemployment; increasing household and national food security; and creating new focal points for rural development through farming. Examining the mechanisms through which resettlement schemes are able...
Since 2006 the Conservation Farming Unit (CFU) of the Zambia National Farmers Union (ZNFU) has been promoting Conservation Farming (CF) in Chipata District among the Small-scale Farmers (SsF) and in 2008 the Government of the Republic of Zambia also stepped up the promotion of CF among the...
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