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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 />
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