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A monitoring and evaluation report of the Conservation Agriculture Project (CAP1) in Zambia
Noragric, Department of International Environment and Development Studies, Norwegian University of Life Sciences, 2012The 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 regions and had a target to reach 120,000 farm households.DocumentFactors Influencing Adoption and Area under Conservation Agriculture: A Mixed Methods Approach
2012Adoption 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 adoption of CA. This study uses mixed methods approach to document factors influencing adoption of CA among smallholder farmers.DocumentReversing Agro-Based Land Degradation through Conservation Agriculture: Emerging Experiences from Zambia’s Smallholder Farming Sector
2012This study reports on the land degradation minimizing effects of Conservation Agriculture (CA) as promoted among smallholder Zambian farmers. It found no evidence of CA associated improvements in soil fertility after five years of CA practice, probably because crop residues were removed from the fields.DocumentBanking for the future: Savings, security and seeds. A short study of community seed banks in Bangladesh, Costa Rica, Ethiopia, Honduras, India, Nepal, Thailand, Zambia and Zimbabwe
Development Fund, Norway, 2011The global seed market has grown considerably the last decades into a multibillion dollar industry, largely due to more farmers purchasing seeds. Despite the growth in the commercial seed sector, the majority of the farmers in the developing world still depend on the harvest season to collect seeds.DocumentSmallholder farmers’ perceptions of climate change and conservation agriculture: evidence from Zambia
Canadian Center of Science and Education, 2011Actors involved in promoting conservation agriculture have often not taken into account the perceptions of smallholder farmers of climate change and conservation agriculture as an adaptation strategy. This study documents smallholder farmers’ perceptions of climate change and conservation agriculture in Zambia.DocumentBanking for the future: savings, security and seeds: a short study of community seed banks in Bangladesh, Costa Rica, Ethiopia, Honduras, India, Nepal, Thailand, Zambia and Zimbabwe
Development Fund, Norway, 2011The aim of seed banks is to increase food security and contribute to the continued utilisation of locally important genetic diversity. This paper is sought to document the experiences of community seed banks (CSBs) in a number of developing countries. The paper concludes that:DocumentInformal international consultation on farmers´ rights, 18 - 20 September 2007, Lusaka, Zambia
Information from the Norwegian Government and the Ministries, 2007The report reflects the outcomes, discussion and recommendations that resulted from the Informal International Consultation on Farmers´ Rights from 18 - 20 September 2007 in Lusaka, Zambia. All relevant issues and topics covered at the conference have been grouped into five main sections:DocumentDeadly combination: the role of southern governments and the World Bank in the rise of hunger
Norwegian Church Aid, 2007This report is a study of the impact of economic reforms on hunger-prone people in Malawi, Zambia and Ethiopia. Its primary purpose is to assess whether food security has improved or worsened and why. The document consists of a sythesis report, and individual country reports.DocumentLooking a gift horse in the mouth: the case of Zambia’s refusal to accept american food aid
Noragric, Department of International Environment and Development Studies, Norwegian University of Life Sciences, 2007A failure to recongnise the complexity of food issues has led to the development of diverse and conflicting regulatory systems to address food trade and food safety. This paper uses the example of Zambia's refusal of American GM maize as food aid in 2002 to illustrate this point. It discusses:DocumentHIV/AIDS and agriculture: impacts and responses: case studies from Namibia, Uganda and Zambia
Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, 2003How can countries support increasing numbers of vulnerable households? What can be done to reverse the trend towards increasing destitution?Pages