Women and youth form a large proportion of the agricultural labour force inSub-Saharan Africa and play a vital role in ensuring food and nutrition security.In Southern Africa, agriculture continues to
The 2018 High Level Policy Dialogue on Transforming Africa’s Agriculture was held from the 20th to the 22nd of November in Maputo, Mozambique. The 2018 High-level Policy Dialogue for Africa
Objectives and Assessment Procedures: Given government and stakeholderconcerns about achieving greater effectiveness from GRZ budget allocations to the fertilizersupport programme, a representative study team of major agricultural industry players andstakeholders
Access to profitable and sustainable markets is a prerequisite forguaranteed food and nutrition security, economic growth and povertyreduction among smallholder farmers in Southern Africa1. Approximately33 million smallholder farmers account for
1Advisory Note to the Ministry of Agriculture and CooperativesOpportunities and Challenges in Agriculture Marketing in Zambia IntroductionAn efficient agricultural commodity marketing system is key to stimulating and sustaining growth and
BackgroundThe wheat subsector has achieved remarkable growth leading to the achievement of self sufficiency status since 2007. This performance has been due to a combination of the effects of a
IntroductionThe Agricultural Consultative Forum (ACF) is pleased to submit to the Committeeon Agriculture a report on the “Status of the Irrigation Programme inZambia),” as requested in its letter dated 10th
IntroductionResponding to the invitation by the Ministry of Finance and National Planning (MOFNP) for tax and non-tax policy proposals for the 2012 National Budget, the Agricultural Consultative Forum (ACF) held
Rational and BackgroundThe Agricultural Credit Act No. 35 of 2010 was enacted by Parliament in November, 2010, and the Minister of Agriculture and Co-operatives issued a Statutory Instrument, to operationalise
Proposed Reforms for the Zambian Fertilizer Support Programme (FSP)(27 February 2009)Objectives and Assessment Procedures: Given government and stakeholderconcerns about achieving greater effectiveness from GRZ budget allocations to the fertilizersupport programme,