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  Informal food markets in Zambia: perspectives from vendors, consumers and policymakers in Lusaka and Kitwe

  International Institute for Environment and Development, 2019

  Informal markets play a critical role in providing affordable, accessible and diverse food for the urban poor, while at the same time supporting the livelihoods of millions of small-scale farmers, traders and vendors. In Zambia, the informal sector is a major source of employment and livelihoods and almost 80% of informal workers are employed in agricultural-related activities.
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  Power in the Zambian nutrition policy process

  Institute of Development Studies UK, 2019

  This article presents an example of a power analysis in the nutrition policy process in Zambia, using the ‘power cube’ framework. Here, nutrition policy priorities were found to have been shaped by a global epistemic community relying on the hidden and invisible power of technical language and knowledge to frame policy options which resonated with their own beliefs about malnutrition.
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  Land tenure reforms, tenure security and food security in poor agrarian economies: causal linkages and research gaps

  Global Food Security - journal, 2016

  This paper reviews the literature to identify the relationship between tenure security and food security. The literatures on tenure issues and food security issues are not well connected and the scientific evidence on the causal links between tenure security and food security is very limited.
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  The impact of an unconditional cash transfer on food security and nutrition: the Zambia child grant programme

  Institute of Development Studies UK, 2014

  The Child Grant Programme is one of the Government of Zambia’s largest social protection programmes. The programme provides a monthly cash payment of 60 kwacha (US$12) to very poor households with children under five years old.
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  Food security in a climate perspective: what role could the private sector play regarding investment in smallholder agriculture in Ethiopia, Malawi, Mozambique, Tanzania and Zambia

  Noragric, Department of International Environment and Development Studies, Norwegian University of Life Sciences, 2014

  The purpose of this study is to discuss different ways of implementing the "Food Security in a Climate  Perspective  strategy 2013-15" in  relation  to  support  to  private  sector  development and  public-private  partnership  (PPP)  as  regards  agriculture,  climate  change  and  food se
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  Food security and adaptation impacts of potential climate smart agricultural practices in Zambia

  Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, 2015

  This paper aims to provide insights into the interplay between food security outcomes and climatic variables, and provides policy implications for targeted interventions to improve the productivity and the resilience of smallholder agriculture in Zambia in the face of climate change.
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  Wheat consumption in Sub-Saharan Africa: trends, drivers, and policy implications

  Food Security III Cooperative Agreement, Michigan State University, 2012

  Staple grain consumption in Sub-Saharan Africa (SSA) is rising at the same time that the region is becoming more dependent on imported staples. This paper discusses the potential dilemmas posed by SSA’s increasing reliance on imported staples, and examines the pros and cons of various options for African countries to meet their staple grain needs.
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  The Southern African sugar sector

  South African Institute of International Affairs, 2013

  The sugar industry has the potential to play a key developmental role in the Southern African Development Community (SADC) region. The current paper illustrates that the sugar industry in Southern Africa is extensive, making up slightly more than half of the continent’s sugar production.
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  Climate variability and gender: Emerging experiences from Western Zambia

  Canadian Center of Science and Education, 2013

  This paper uses Sesheke district in Western Zambia as a case study on climate variability and gender and relates it to how the livelihoods of natural resource dependent women and men have been affected.
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  Transforming aquatic agricultural systems towards gender equality: a five country review

  Consultative Group on International Agricultural Research, 2012

  Aquatic agricultural systems (AAS) are systems in which the annual production dynamics of freshwater and/or coastal ecosystems contribute significantly to total household income.

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