REPUBLIC OF ZAMBIA

MINISTRY OF AGRICULTURE

COUNTRY PRESENTATION ON AGRICULTURAL POLICY – ZAMBIA

SECOND NATIONAL AGRICULTURAL POLICY (SNAP)

PETER ZULU

PRINCIPAL AGRICULTURAL ECONOMIST – TRADE AND ENTREPRENEURSHIP

 ZAMBIA – AN OVERVIEW
• Position: South – Central Africa, Land locked (Land Linked),
 8 neighbours (Botswana, Zimbabwe, Mozambique, Malawi, Tanzania, Congo DR, Angola, Namibia)
• Divided into 10 provinces, 109 Districts. 70+ Tribes
• Population: (2015 estimates)
 Total =15,473,905
 Male = 49% Female = 51%
 Rural = 58% Urban =42%
 66% ≤ 25 Years
• Land size: 752,614 Km2
 60% Suitable for agricultural production
 14% of this currently being used
• Water: >40 of ground and surface water in SADC Region
• Economy: Dependant on copper (little value addition)
 Growth averaging 6% past 10 years
• Poverty: 60%
 Rural 76.4%,
 Urban 23.6%
 AGRICULTURE IN ZAMBIA
• Resource Endowment:
 Abundant land
 Abundant water
 Abundant labour force
 Dominated by smallholder farmers (SHFs)
 1.6 million SHFs (1/3 Deficit, 1/3 Subsistence, 1/3 Surplus)
• Divided into 3 major agro-ecological zones
• Region I:
 Receives less than 800 mm of rainfall annually
 Constitutes 12% of Zambia’s total land area.
• Region II:
 Receives between 800 mm and 1,000mm of annual rainfall
 covers 42% of the country.
 Sub – divided into IIa and IIb.
• Region III:
 Receives between 1,000 mm and 1,500 mm of rainfall annually
 Constitutes 46% of the country’s total land area
• Mostly rain dependent with little irrigation by commercial farmers
• Vulnerable to Climatic shocks especially droughts
 Zambia's Agro-ecological map
Agro-Ecological Regions
N
Chiengi Kaputa
Mpulungu
W E Nchelenge Mbala
Nakonde
Mporokoso
S Kawambwa Mungwi
Isoka
Scale 1: 2,500,000
Mwense Luwingu Kasama

Chinsali

Mansa
Chilubi
Chama LEGEND
Samfya

Mwinilunga
Milenge Mpika Regions
Chililabombwe

Solwezi Chingola Mufulira Lundazi I

Kalulushi Kitwe

Lufwanyama Luanshya
Ndola
IIa
Chavuma Serenje Mambwe
Masaiti
Kabompo IIb
Zambezi Mpongwe Chipata
Mufumbwe Kasempa Petauke
Mkushi Katete Chadiza III
Kapiri Mposhi
Nyimba
Kabwe
Lukulu
Kaoma
Mumbwa Chibombo
Kalabo Chongwe
Mongu
Lusaka Urban Luangwa
Itezhi-Tezhi Kafue

Senanga
Namwala
Monze
Mazabuka

Siavonga
KEY
Sesheke Gwembe
Shangombo Choma
District boundary
Kazungula Kalomo we
ng
azo
Sin

Livingstone

200 0 200 400 Kilometers

December 2002
Source: Soil Survey, Mt. Makulu Chilanga
 Agricultural Sector Performance
• Generates approximately 10 percent of the Gross Domestic Product (GDP)
• Provide livelihoods for more than 70 percent of the population.
• Categorised into 3 groups:
Small - Scale; ≦5Ha, 85% of farmers, remote
Medium - Scale; 5 to 20Ha, 13% of farmers
Large - Scale; ≧20 Ha, 2% of Farmers, along major roads, rail
• Absorbs 67 percent of the labour force
Main source of income and employment for both females and males
Marginally led to an increase in rural incomes
contributed marginally to poverty reduction
increased food and nutrition security.
 Crop sub-sector
• National production increased for the period 2004 to 2015
• Major crops=maize, soyabeans, wheat, cassava, groundnuts, Cotton

TRENDS IN THE PRODUCTION OF SELECTED CROPS

300'000 3'500'000

250'000 3'000'000

Quantity (Mt) Maize

Quantity (Mt) Other

2'500'000
200'000
2'000'000
150'000
1'500'000
100'000
1'000'000
50'000 500'000

0 0
2005 2007 2009 2011 2013 2015
Years

GROUND NUTS SOYA BEANS WHEAT COTTON MAIZE

 Fisheries sub-sector
• Currently 14 natural fishery areas in Zambia
• Potential to produce 150, 000 Mt annually.
• Capture fish production increased by 12.5% between 2004 and 2012
• Total inland aquaculture fish production also increased by 153%
between 2004 and 2012.

TRENDS IN FISH PRODUCTION

200'000
Capture Aquaculture Fish Imports

150'000
Quantity (Mt)

100'000

50'000

0
2006 2008 2010 2012 2014
 Livestock Sub-Sector
• Relatively under-exploited but recognised as an increasingly
important part of the agricultural economy.
• Plays important economic and social roles particularly among
smallholder farmers (oxen, dowry, etc.).
• Sector has also enjoyed some growth
TREND IN PRODUCTION OF SELECTED LIVESTOCK
5'000'000 160'000'000
140'000'000
4'000'000

Number (Poultry)
120'000'000
Number (other)

3'000'000 100'000'000
80'000'000
2'000'000 60'000'000
40'000'000
1'000'000
20'000'000
0 0
2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014
Years

Cattle Goats Pigs Poultry

 CHALLENGES
• Low agricultural production, productivity and value addition
• Diminished investment in agricultural research and development (R&D);
• Inefficient agricultural extension service delivery;
• Low levels of agricultural mechanization among smallholder farmers;
• High dependence on rain-fed agriculture compounded by low levels of irrigation;
• Over-fishing in natural water bodies;
• Inefficient agricultural markets for inputs and outputs;
• High post-harvest losses
• Limited access and availability to agricultural finance and credit facilities;
• Low private sector participation in agricultural development;
• Reduced net value of agricultural exports particularly for horticulture, floriculture
• Unsustainable use of natural resources;
• Low resilience to Climate Change effects; and
• Inadequate mainstreaming of Gender and Governance issues, HIV and AIDS.
 AGRICULTURAL POLICY
The Zambian Government Policy direction is guided by:
• International levels
Comprehensive African Agricultural Development Program (CAADP) - AU.
COMESA, SADC protocols
• National level
Seventh National Development Plan (SNDP)
Second National Agriculture Policy (NAP).
 SECOND NATIONAL AGRICULTURAL POLICY
• Major policy directing agricultural development
Vision: “To develop an efficient, competitive and sustainable agricultural
sector, which assures food and nutrition security, increased employment
opportunities and incomes.”
• GUIDING PRINCIPLES
• The right to adequate and nutritious food
• Government as a facilitator of private sector led agriculture
• Equitable, inclusive and sustainable development.
• The promotion of agriculture as a business and valeu addition
• Profitability and competitiveness.
• Cognizance of land tenure systems.
• Stakeholder involvement.
• Cognizance of international Treaties, Protocols and Agreements.
• Private sector-led agricultural development.
• Agricultural diversification.
• Cooperatives as a vehicle for agriculture growth
 OBJECTIVES OF THE SNAP
• The Vision of SNAP will be attained through:
• Strengthening the policy, legal and regulatory framework
• Implementing and achieving the following policy objectives and their measures;
1. Increase agricultural production, productivity and value addition
2. Increase effectiveness and efficiency of agricultural Research and Development
3. Strengthen the capacities of Agricultural Training Institutions
4. Improve the efficiency of agricultural markets for inputs and outputs
5. Promote availability of and accessibility to agricultural finance, credit facilities and insurance
(FISP, E-Voucher)
6. Increase private sector participation in agricultural development
7. Improve food and nutrition security
8. Promote the sustainable management and use of natural resources
9. Mainstream environment and Climate Change in the agriculture sector
10. Promote the mainstreaming of Gender, HIV and AIDS, and governance issues in agriculture
 Interrelationships Among Objectives
Improved Improved
household Production and
income Productivity

Agricultural
Diversification

Climate Change Nutritional /Food

Mitigation Security

With Value Addition as the major focus

The over-riding objective of this Policy is to;
1. Accelerate reduction of food and nutrition insecurity
2. Accelerate reduction of poverty
3. Increase agriculture sector growth and employment.
 IMPLEMENTATION FRAMEWORK
• Institutional Arrangement
• Legal and Regulatory Framework
• Cross cutting issues
Gender
HIV and AIDS
Climate Change
Capacity Building
• Resource Mobilization
Government annual budget
Private sector investment
Development Partners
Non-state actors.
• Monitoring and Evaluation
 SHARE OF AGRIBUSINESS IN
AGRICULTURE VALUE-CHAIN
Global: Most of LDCs:
Agribusiness accounts for 78% of Agribusiness accounts for 38%
value added in the value chain

Transformation entails a shift to the Global status where agribusiness

accounts for a larger share of value addion
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