Description: Zambia - Commercial Value Chains in Zambian Agriculture : Do Smallholders Benefit?

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Zambia - Commercial Value Chains in Zambian Agriculture : Do Smallholders Benefit?

Agriculture and agroprocessing are important in Zambia's economy, representing more than 40 percent of gross domestic product (GDP) and contributing about 12 percent of national export earnings. Agriculture employs some 67 percent of the labor...

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Main Author:	World Bank
Language:	English
Published:	World Bank 2012
Subjects:	ACCESS TO CREDIT ACCESS TO MARKET ACCESS TO MARKETS AGRIBUSINESS AGRICULTURAL ACTIVITIES AGRICULTURAL CREDIT AGRICULTURAL EXPORTS AGRICULTURAL EXTENSION AGRICULTURAL INPUTS AGRICULTURAL MARKETING AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTION AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTIVITY AGRICULTURE AUCTION AVERAGE COSTS AVERAGE YIELDS BASE YEAR BENCHMARK CABBAGES CARROTS CASH CROPS CASH FLOW CASH FLOW ANALYSIS CASSAVA COLLUSION COMMERCIAL CROPS COMMERCIAL FARMERS COMMERCIAL VALUE COMMERCIALIZATION COMMODITY COMPETITIVENESS CONSUMER PRICE CONSUMER PRICE INDEX CONTRACT FARMING COOPERATIVES COTTON COTTON BOLLS COTTON PRODUCTION COTTON YIELDS CREDIT PROVISION CREDITS CROP CROP INSURANCE CROP MANAGEMENT CROP PRODUCTION CROPPING CULTIVATION DEBT DEFAULTERS DIVERSIFICATION DOMESTIC MARKET DOMESTIC MARKETS DONOR AGENCIES EARNINGS ECONOMIC ACTIVITIES ECONOMIC ACTIVITY ECONOMIC GROWTH ECONOMIC OPPORTUNITIES ECONOMIC REFORMS EGGPLANT EMPLOYMENT EMPOWERMENT EXCHANGE RATE EXCHANGE RATES EXPLOITATION EXPORT CROPS EXPORT EARNINGS EXPORT HORTICULTURE EXPORT MARKET EXPORT MARKETS FAIR FAMILY LABOR FARM FARM INCOME FARM INCOMES FARM MANAGEMENT FARM PRODUCTIVITY FARMER FARMERS FARMING FARMING SYSTEMS FARMS FERTILIZER FINANCIAL ASSETS FINANCIAL SUPPORT FINANCIAL VIABILITY FINANCING COSTS FIRST COMPANY FOOD CROPS FOOD PRODUCTION FOOD PRODUCTS FOOD SECURITY FRESH FRUIT FRUITS GARLIC GDP GINNERIES GREEN BEANS GROSS DOMESTIC PRODUCT GROSS VALUE HARVESTING HORTICULTURAL CROPS HORTICULTURAL PRODUCTS HORTICULTURE HORTICULTURE SECTOR HOUSEHOLD FOOD SECURITY INCOME DISTRIBUTION INFORMATION SYSTEMS INNOVATION INTERNATIONAL COMPETITIVENESS LABOR FORCE LABORERS LAND MANAGEMENT LAND MARKET LOAN LOAN RECOVERY MAIZE MAIZE PRODUCTION MARKET EQUILIBRIUM MARKET MANAGEMENT MARKET PRICE MARKET PRICES MARKET TRANSPARENCY MERCHANDISE MERCHANDISE EXPORTS MIDDLEMEN NATURAL RESOURCES NOMINAL INCOME OKRA ONIONS OPPORTUNITY COST OUTGROWER SCHEMES OVERHEAD COSTS PER CAPITA INCOME PEST MANAGEMENT PHYSICAL CAPITAL PLANTING POLICY ENVIRONMENT POOR ACCESS POOR CREDIT POOR HOUSEHOLDS POTATOES POTENTIAL YIELDS PRICE COMPETITION PRICE DISCOVERY PRICE PROTECTION PRICE TAKERS PRICE VARIATIONS PRICING MECHANISMS PRODUCE PRODUCTION COSTS PRODUCTION SYSTEM PRODUCTION SYSTEMS PRODUCTIVITY INCREASES PROFIT MARGIN PROFIT MARGINS PROFIT MAXIMIZATION PROFITABILITY PUBLIC INVESTMENTS PUBLIC-PRIVATE PARTNERSHIPS PURCHASING QUALITATIVE VALUE RAPE RETAIL RETAIL PRICE SALE SALES SEED SEED COTTON SEEDS SMALL-SCALE FARMERS SMALLHOLDER SMALLHOLDER AGRICULTURE SMALLHOLDER FARMERS SMALLHOLDER INCOMES SMALLHOLDER PARTICIPATION SMALLHOLDERS SOCIAL CAPITAL SOCIAL SECURITY SPOT MARKET STORAGE CAPACITY SUBSTITUTE SUGAR SUGARCANE SUPPLY CHAIN SURPLUS SURPLUSES SUSTAINABLE LIVELIHOODS TECHNICAL SUPPORT TELECOMMUNICATIONS TOBACCO TOMATOES TRADE POLICY TRANSACTION COSTS TURNOVER UNION UNSKILLED LABOR URBAN AREAS VEGETABLE CROPS VEGETABLES VILLAGE VILLAGES VOLATILITY VULNERABLE HOUSEHOLDS WAGES WHOLESALER WHOLESALERS WORLD MARKET YIELD INCREASE YIELDS
Online Access:	http://www-wds.worldbank.org/external/default/main?menuPK=64187510&pagePK=64193027&piPK=64187937&theSitePK=523679&menuPK=64187510&searchMenuPK=64187283&siteName=WDS&entityID=000333037_20090714002021 http://hdl.handle.net/10986/3075

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Summary:	Agriculture and agroprocessing are important in Zambia's economy, representing more than 40 percent of gross domestic product (GDP) and contributing about 12 percent of national export earnings. Agriculture employs some 67 percent of the labor force and supplies raw materials to agricultural industries, which account for some 84 percent of manufacturing value-added in the country. Smallholder agriculture dominates the rural economy. It provides livelihoods for the overwhelming majority of rural households. The commercialization of smallholder agriculture is an important element of Zambia's strategy to increase economic growth in an equitable manner and diversify smallholder agriculture. This study therefore asks: 'do Zambian smallholders benefit from greater participation in value chains?' It provides an evidence-based analysis of the benefits and constraints associated with smallholders' integration into specific commercial value chains. The study also investigates whether the benefits of participating in these value chains can be increased for smallholders and provides corresponding policy and investment recommendations.