Rapid urbanization in Zambia means that increasingly heavy demands are being placed on urban food marketing systems …

After two decades of de-urbanization, Zambia is again becoming increasingly urban. While the urban share of the … population fell to 35% in 2000 due primarily to the decline of the copper industry, over half of Zambia’s people will be residing … and improved urban food marketing system performance in Zambia will need to take into consideration the demand patterns of …

The successful development and diffusion of improved maize seed in Zambia during the 1970s–80s was a major achievement …-generation (F1) hybrid maize seed in Zambia based on a survey of maize growers during the 2010/11 cropping season. …

years numerous countries in Sub-Saharan Africa (SSA) including Ghana, Kenya, Malawi, Mali, Senegal, Tanzania, and Zambia … and seed. In Zambia between 2004 and 2011, an average of 40% of the government’s agricultural sector budget was devoted to …

millions of rural farmers out of poverty in Zambia’s Eastern Province through the implementation of the Feed the Future program … unrealized in Zambia’s rural areas if the current status quo is unchanged. …

In Zambia like in many other developing countries, the agricultural sector is highly dependent on rain-fed production … and therefore vulnerable to weather shocks. Maize is the primary staple crop in Zambia, and is widely grown by smallholder …

In 2011, Zambia recorded its second consecutive record-breaking maize harvest, and aggregate maize production levels in … corresponds with the scaling up of the Government of the Republic of Zambia's (GRZ) two flagship agricultural sector programmes … been no major reduction in rural poverty rates in Zambia since 2004. …