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Growing Africa

Unlocking the Potential of Agribusiness

Reports & Research
Training Resources & Tools
March, 2013
Kenya, Burkina Faso, Zambia, Ghana, Senegal, Sub-Saharan Africa, Africa
Land, Climate Change & Environment
Forest Tenure
Land & Food Security
agriculture
capacity development
climate change
contract farming
farmers
fisheries
food security
forestry
land management
property rights
rural areas
sustainable development
transaction costs
This report highlights the great potential of the agribusiness sector in Africa by drawing on experience in Africa as well as other regions. The evidence demonstrates that good policies, a conducive business environment, and strategic support from governments can help agribusiness reach its potential. Africa is now at a crossroads, from which it can take concrete steps to realize its potential or continue to lose competitiveness, missing a major opportunity for increased growth, employment, and food security. The report pursues several lines of analysis.
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Farm Productivity and Market Structure : Evidence from Cotton Reforms in Zambia

June, 2012
Zambia
agriculture
farmers
food security
land tenure
This paper investigates the impacts of cotton marketing reforms on farm productivity, a key element for poverty alleviation, in rural Zambia. The reforms comprised the elimination of the Zambian cotton marketing board that was in place since 1977. Following liberalization, the sector adopted an outgrower scheme, whereby firms provided extension services to farmers and sold inputs on loans that were repaid at the time of harvest. There are two distinctive phases of the reforms: a failure of the outgrower scheme, and a subsequent period of success of the scheme.
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Zambia : Smallholder Agricultural Commercialization Strategy

June, 2012
Zambia
capacity development
contract farming
farmers
farming systems
food security
rural areas
rural development
This report focuses on the potential and
opportunities for smallholder commercialization in Zambia.
The paper discusses the framework for Zambia's
smallholder commercialization strategy, the current state of
smallholder agriculture in Zambia, key issues, support from
agribusiness to smallholders, and development of potential
and opportunities for smallholder commercialization. The
paper concludes with three strategy areas: how to strengthen
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What are the Constraints to Inclusive Growth in Zambia?

July, 2014
Zambia
Land & Corruption
corruption
farmers
fisheries
forestry
land rights
property rights
urban areas
urbanization
Despite positive, relatively broad-based
and stable growth record in recent years and immense
untapped potential in agriculture, mining and services,
Zambia's poverty rates have not declined significantly
and remain high. Income growth is limited by coordination
failures such as poor access to domestic and international
markets, inputs, extension services and information. High
indirect costs - most of which attributable to
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Political Economy Studies : Are They Actionable? Some Lessons from Zambia

March, 2012
Zambia
Land & Corruption
capacity development
corruption
decentralization
property rights
In recent years, the number of studies
looking at the effect of politics on economic outcomes has
flourished. For developing economies, these studies are
useful to better understand why long overdue reforms are not
implemented. The studies analyze the overall context within
which reforms are being implemented and the underlying
incentive framework. However, it seems difficult to make
such studies actionable, especially in sectors where donors
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Zambia - Commercial Value Chains in Zambian Agriculture : Do Smallholders Benefit?

March, 2012
Zambia
agriculture
contract farming
farmers
farming systems
food security
land management
transaction costs
urban areas
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
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Zambia Economic Brief, October 2013 : Zambia's Jobs Challenge--Realities on the Ground

January, 2014
Zambia
Land & Corruption
corruption
farmers
land reform
land rights
transaction costs
urban areas
urbanization
Zambia shares its robust economic growth
and capital inflows in the past few years with other
Sub-Saharan countries, growth supported by high commodity
prices that while declining are still at historical high
levels. High commodity prices have induced large foreign
direct investment (FDI) flows, mainly in extractive
industries but also in services sector, supporting growth.
Zambia's mining sector has benefited from FDI,
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Zambia's Jobs Challenge : Realities on the Ground

June, 2014
Zambia
capacity development
farmers
fisheries
food security
land rights
land tenure
rural areas
rural development
urban areas
In September 2013, the World Bank
launched the second Zambia economic brief, entitled
Zambia's jobs challenge: realities on the ground. This
report presents response of the youth to the facts and
figures shared in the Zambia economic brief. It gives a
broad range of discussion, often provocative, as to how
Zambia's employment challenges can be tackled. It
discusses the issues as diverse as cultural mind-set,
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Zambia : Using Social Safety Nets to Accelerate Poverty Reduction and Share Prosperity

September, 2014
Zambia
farmers
food security
land ownership
rural areas
rural population
Despite robust annual growth of 5.7
percent in the recent past, poverty in Zambia remains
stubbornly high. The poverty headcount rate is 60 percent
(as of 2010), and 39 percent of the population live in
extreme poverty, with insufficient consumption to meet their
daily minimum food requirements. Chronic malnutrition
remains very high, with 47 percent of children under the age
of 5 being stunted in 2010, close to the high levels of the
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Are Biofuels Economically Competitive with Their Petroleum Counterparts? Production Cost Analysis for Zambia

September, 2013
Zambia
property
With increased global interest in biofuels, Zambia, a Sub-
Saharan African country that entirely depends on imports
for its petroleum supply, is planning to implement
blending mandates for biofuels. But, a large number
of issues—including production costs of biofuels, land
requirements to meet the mandates, and environmental
benefits—have not yet been explored. This study aims to
contribute in filling this gap. It finds that depending on
feedstock type, costs of ethanol production range from