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Africa
Zambia
Zambia
Zambia
Zambia
Benefi ciaries in front of community shed – Kalama camp,
Mazabuka
Plan Zambia and Heifer provide community-based food
security training in Central province
Farmer (Shangila Seed Growers Association)
selling a 5kg bag of maize seed for ZMK 18 000
Women ploughing a fi eld
Projects funded by the EU
Sustainable agriculture, income
generation and empowerment –
responding to soaring food prices
Summary and objectives
To reduce poverty and improve life for people in the
Southern province of Zambia, by improving food
security, income generation and socio-economic
conditions by developing a sustainable and effi cient
agricultural sector.
Target groups
280 lead farmers in 10 agricultural camps,
4 200 participant small-scale farmers, 400 women
and 3 600 households given access to 8 storage
facilities.
Final beneficiaries
31 800 people and their communities.
Total estimated cost
€ 1 192 654
Grant awarded
€ 1 073 389
Partners
DDCC (District Development Coordinating Committee)
Monze, DDCC Mazabuka.
Integrated Agricultural
Development Project
Summary and objectives
Improve food security, reduce malnutrition and
strengthen resilience against economic and environmental
shocks by strengthening and rapidly
improving household food and nutrition access
for vulnerable groups in 15 wards of Chadiza and
Chibombo districts.
Target groups
4 600 rural households with limited opportunities to
secure food, most of them female-, grandparent- or
child-headed households, including those affected
by HIV/AIDS.
Final beneficiaries
Nearly 128 536 individuals from 18 988 households
in the Chadiza and Chibombo districts of Zambia.
Total estimated cost
€ 1 111 111
Grant awarded
€ 1 000 000
Partners
Heifer Project International, Zambia.
Seed Entrepreneurship for Economic
Development and Food Security
(SEEDFS)
Summary and objectives
To increase food security and farming community
incomes through enhanced seed sovereignty
for 100 000 rural small-scale farmers; to increase
access to, and the timely supply of, good-quality
seeds and other agricultural inputs suitable for
100 000 resource-poor rural farmers.
Target groups
1 000 members of district and national Seed
Growers Associations.
Final beneficiaries
100 000 resource-poor farmers in ten districts across
Zambia.
Total estimated cost
€ 1 205 738
Grant awarded
€ 1 085 164
Partners
Organisation for Promotion of Meaningful Development
through Active Participation (OPAD), Mthilakubili
Agriculture Sustainable Project (MK-SAP), Eastern
Province Farmers’ Cooperative.
Improving productivity in Zambia’s
small-scale agricultural sector
Summary and objectives
To improve agricultural productivity and market
access for small-scale farmers, stabilise food prices,
and stimulate agricultural and economic development
in Zambia. Specifi cally, to improve farmers’
access to inputs, market information and other
services.
Target groups
Small and emerging farmers, private-sector agribusiness
companies, District Farmers’ Associations.
Final beneficiaries
Approximately 87 000 small-scale farmers.
Total estimated cost
€ 2 404 444
Grant awarded
€ 2 049 444
Partners
Swedish Cooperative Centre.
CeLIM – Centro Laici Italiani per
le Missioni, Italy
celim.zambia@zamnet.zm
www.celim.it
Contract DCI-FOOD/223-863
Plan International UK,
United Kingdom
uknomail@plan-international.org
www.plan-uk.org
Contract DCI-FOOD/223-980
Self Help Africa, United Kingdom
infouk@selfhelpafrica.net
www.selfhelpafrica.net
Contract DCI-FOOD/223-797
Zambia National Farmers’ Union,
Zambia
znfu@zamnet.zm
www.znfu.org.zm
Contract DCI-FOOD/213-361
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