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  1. Library Resource
    Reports & Research
    October, 2015
    Zambia

    The past decade has ushered in an era of increasingly contentious land politics in Zambia, with investors, the government, and chiefs simultaneously blamed for injustices in land allocation. These conflicts over land have been exacerbated, and at times caused by the lack of transparency and available data on the status of land. While a variety of actors has real grievances with the security and efficiency of the current system of land allocation, smallholder farmers bear the brunt of the risk of continuing the status quo in land policy.

  2. Library Resource
    Geog of customary land

    Is Development Strategy Engaging with the Facts?

    Policy Papers & Briefs
    September, 2015
    Zambia

    Customary land is the foundation of smallholder agriculture in Zambia. In recent decades much of this land has under gone significant change as the result of population pressures, land alienation, infrastructure investments, and climate change. Despite these changes, knowledge about both the quantity of customary land and the quality of this land for agricultural commercialization purposes is scant.

  3. Library Resource
    Land Draft Policy
    Legislation & Policies
    October, 2006
    Zambia

    Land is the most fundamental resource in any society because it is the basis of human survival. Land is the space upon which all human activities take place and provides continued existence of all life forms and minerals.

  4. Library Resource
    Improved agric

    Are Women Farmers Being Left Behind?

    Policy Papers & Briefs
    April, 2016
    Zambia

    The use of modern seed varieties and other improved technologies is essential for farmers to significantly increase their crop harvest and improve their livelihoods. All over Sub-Saharan Africa, agriculture productivity growth has remained very low over many decades irrespective of gender of the farmer. However, studies have shown that women farmers fare worse than the male counterparts in terms of adoption of improved technology and productivity.

  5. Library Resource
    Agric status in Zambia

    Agriculture Status Report 2016

    Reports & Research
    August, 2016
    Zambia

    Zambia’s agriculture sector provides the main support for the rural economy. This assertion is based on the fact that about forty nine percent of the Zambian population depends on agriculture, primarily through smallholder production for their livelihoods and employment (CSO, 2014). Notwithstanding this fact, in 2015 the sector contributed 8.5 percent to the GDP and approximately 9.6 percent of national export earnings (CSO, 2015; World Bank, 2016). The potential for agricultural growth in Zambia is staggering.

  6. Library Resource
    Facts of agric in Zambia
    Reports & Research
    December, 2014
    Zambia

    Zambia Agriculture Development Goal:

    Reduce poverty through broadbased income growth for those in the agricultural sector

    Zambia’s Economic Achievements:

    Classified as low-middle income by World Bank
     GDP growing at 6% per annum
     Agricultural growth rate at 7%, above 6% CAADP Goal
     Three consecutive maize bumper harvest years

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