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Zambia’s conservation agriculture<br />

Organisation<br />

name<br />

Ma<strong>in</strong><br />

function<br />

Phase 1<br />

early<br />

1996–2000<br />

Coord<strong>in</strong>at<strong>in</strong>g body Government Private sector NGOs Research Farmer representatives Donors<br />

Conservation MoA&C Dunavant<br />

CLUSA<br />

GART<br />

ZNFU<br />

EU<br />

Farm<strong>in</strong>g Unit (CFU)<br />

Agri-dealers Many smaller NGOs CFU<br />

Farmer associations DFID<br />

of ZNFU<br />

Seed, fertiliser, support<strong>in</strong>g the SOFECSA Cooperatives<br />

F<strong>in</strong>ish Government<br />

CAAZ a recent<br />

agro-chemical and <strong>in</strong>itiative<br />

CIMMYT<br />

NORAD<br />

stakeholder forum<br />

farm equipment<br />

<strong>in</strong>itially supported<br />

CIAT<br />

SIDA<br />

supply companies<br />

by RIU<br />

IITA<br />

World Bank<br />

Technical unit of Policy and regulation, Agri-<strong>in</strong>put supplies Poverty and hunger Validation/ Farmer coord<strong>in</strong>ation Scal<strong>in</strong>g up of<br />

ZNFU,<br />

Extension for scal<strong>in</strong>g<br />

alleviation of improvement of and mobilisation yield <strong>in</strong>creas<strong>in</strong>g<br />

up CA,<br />

vulnerable groups technologies<br />

and productivity<br />

National food Security,<br />

technologies<br />

Champion for CF<br />

and CA, promotion,<br />

tra<strong>in</strong><strong>in</strong>g and<br />

research <strong>in</strong>clud<strong>in</strong>g<br />

diversification from<br />

maize<br />

Demonstrations<br />

around the country<br />

Fertiliser and seed<br />

subsidies<br />

Special programmes<br />

<strong>in</strong>volv<strong>in</strong>g FAO (CASPP<br />

and FSIRP)<br />

Interest Interest Interest Studies<br />

undertaken on<br />

adoption of CA<br />

Interest Initial seed fund<strong>in</strong>g<br />

from EU and World<br />

Bank<br />

Phase 2<br />

<strong>in</strong>termediate<br />

2000–2005<br />

Phase 3<br />

susta<strong>in</strong>ability<br />

Tra<strong>in</strong><strong>in</strong>g and<br />

extension facilities<br />

expanded to support<br />

180,000 farmers<br />

Expansion of CA<br />

to other countries<br />

with partner NGOs<br />

(Kenya, Malawi,<br />

Uganda and<br />

Zimbabwe)<br />

CA accepted as<br />

extension policy,<br />

CA practiced by<br />

political leaders<br />

Cont<strong>in</strong>ued support<br />

for CF<br />

Tra<strong>in</strong><strong>in</strong>g provided<br />

to smallholder<br />

growers<br />

deliver<strong>in</strong>g to large<br />

companies,<br />

Ongo<strong>in</strong>g tra<strong>in</strong><strong>in</strong>g<br />

activities<br />

Promotion of CA<br />

l<strong>in</strong>ked to distribution<br />

of seed and fertiliser<br />

packages,<br />

Staff received<br />

tra<strong>in</strong><strong>in</strong>g from CFU<br />

NGOs from other<br />

countries l<strong>in</strong>k<strong>in</strong>g<br />

with CFU<br />

Validation<br />

of exist<strong>in</strong>g<br />

technologies by<br />

GART,<br />

ICRISAT support<br />

CIAT and<br />

CIMMYT NRM<br />

research<br />

CFU <strong>in</strong>corporated <strong>in</strong>to<br />

ZNFU as a stand-alone<br />

unit<br />

Use of ICTs for<br />

improv<strong>in</strong>g market<br />

l<strong>in</strong>kages, transport<br />

logistics and<br />

e-extension<br />

Major support from<br />

NORAD,<br />

DFID support<strong>in</strong>g<br />

CA <strong>in</strong> Zimbabwe<br />

NORAD support for<br />

scal<strong>in</strong>g out<br />

Annex 1 117

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