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Zambia and Agriculture and food

Zambia
  • Capital: Lusaka
  • Population: 13460305
  • Size: 752614.0 Km2

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The BLDS agriculture collection
The BLDS agriculture collection

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Evaluation of Norway’s Bilateral Agricultural Support to Food Security
Norwegian Agency for Development Cooperation - NORAD, 2013
The purpose of this evaluation was “to assess to what extent Norwegian funds for agriculture have contributed to food security, with a view to get recommendations for future support”. The period under evaluation was 2005-201...
The Hunger And Nutrition Commitment Index (HANCI 2012)
D. Te Lintelo; L. Haddad; R. Lakshman / Hunger and Nutrition Commitment Index, 2013
The 2012 HANCI report finds that low income countries like Malawi and Madagascar and lower middle income Guatemala, are leading the charge against hunger and undernutrition, whilst economic powerhouses such as India and Nigeria are fa...
The case for evergreen agriculture in Africa: enhancing food security with climate change adaptation and mitigation in Zambia
M. Ward / Climate and Development Knowledge Network, 2011
Climate change vulnerability and food insecurity often have common root causes. Accordingly, measures that address these causes can reduce both problems at once. This is especially important for the many African countries that face da...
Improving crop yield and storing carbon. Biochar in conservation farming in Zambia. Phase 2 report 1
G. Cornelissen / Norwegian Geotechnical Institute / Norges Geotekniske Institutt, 2012
The main aim of the project is to investigate the potential of organic waste biochar to sequester carbon and improve the fertility of weathered, sandy and/or acidic Zambian soils. Biochar amendment is exclusively combined with Conserv...
Improving crop yield and storing carbon. Biochar in conservation farming in Zambia. End report phase 1
G. Cornelissen / Norwegian Geotechnical Institute / Norges Geotekniske Institutt, 2012
The main aim of the project is to investigate the potential of organic waste biochar to sequester carbon and improve the fertility of weathered, sandy and/or acidic Zambian soils. Biochar amendment is exclusively combined with Conserv...
Biochar in conservation farming in Zambia. Improving crop yield and storing carbon. Progress report February 2011
G. Cornelissen / Norwegian Geotechnical Institute / Norges Geotekniske Institutt, 2011
The main aim of the project is to investigate the potential of organic waste biochar to sequester carbon and improve the quality of weathered, sandy and/or acidic Zambian soils. Biochar amendment is exclusively combined with Conservat...
A monitoring and evaluation report of the Conservation Agriculture Project (CAP1) in Zambia
J. B. Aune / Noragric, Department of International Environment and Development Studies, Norwegian University of L, 2012
The Conservation Agriculture Project 1 (CAP1) was a project implemented by the Conservation Farming Unit (CFU) of the Zambian National Farmers Union (ZNFU) from 2006 to 2011. The project focused on the Eastern, Southern and Central re...
Developing a climate-smart agriculture strategy at the country level: lessons from recent experience
Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, 2012
This paper presents recent experiences of country level implementation of climate smart agriculture (CSA) to identify some key lessons to incorporate into ongoing CSA activities in developing countries. It stresses that different miti...
The Regional Agricultural Policy (RAP) of the Southern African Development Community
Southern African Development Community, 2012
Guided by the Southern African Development Community (SADC) Treaty of 1992, several SADC Protocols have been developed to guide, support and promote appropriate actions at regional and national levels towards the attainment of the SAD...
Factors Influencing Adoption and Area under Conservation Agriculture: A Mixed Methods Approach
P. H. Nyanga 2012
Adoption of conservation agriculture (CA) is low in most parts of Africa. Zambia has been quite successful in increasing adoption of CA among smallholder farmers. Few studies have been conducted to determine factors influencing adopti...
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Food Security Research Project (FRSP)
Zambian food security research network
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Agriculture and food profiles on Zambia

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