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ZAMBIA
Food Security Pack
Programme
Country
Geographic area
Previous programme name (if any)
Food Security Pack
Zambia
Start date 2000 1
Programme objectives
Programme type
Programme components
Conditionalities (if any)
Targeting methods
Sub-Saharan Africa
Target areas
Target groups Poor smallholder farmers 1
Eligibility criteria
Eligibility reassessment (if any)
Type of benefits
Amount of benefits
Payment/delivery frequency
Benefit delivery mechanism
To improve productivity and food security
of smallholder farmers, leading to a reduction in poverty. 2
Sustainable livelihood programme (access to agricultural inputs).
Categorical and community-based targeting (beneficiaries are selected
by the Community Welfare Assistance Committees and Area Food
Security Committees). 1
Rural areas
Beneficiary households are headed by a woman, elderly person or child,
have no other sources of income and have less than one hectare of land. 1
In-kind benefits: maize, beans, soy, groundnut and cassava seeds;
fertiliser; seed and fertilisers for rice, sorghum or millet; and, where soils
are acidic, lime. 1
The programme provides small packages of seed and fertiliser, which are
enough for 0.5 hectares of maize or rice and 0.25 hectares of legumes.
After the harvest, beneficiaries are expected to repay 10–20 per cent of
the costs of the packs (though in practice only five per cent of the cost is
returned). In some cases, beneficiaries also receive chickens and goats. 3
Benefits are distributed in the form of packs
via the Area Food Security Committees. 1,3
Benefit recipients Smallholder farmers 3
Minimum and maximum
duration of benefits (if any)
Coverage 30,100 households (2015) 4
Programme expenditure ZMK49,829 or USD5 million (2015) 4
Institutions and agencies involved Ministry of Community Development and Social Welfare 4
Monitoring and evaluation
mechanisms and frequency
See the references on page 196: Food Security Pack
Monitoring activities have been carried out to verify the
delivery of packs and the programme’s accountability,
but there has been no impact evaluation. 3
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