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Urban Consumption Patterns of Livestock Products in Zambia and Implications for Policy

Hichaambwa, Munguzwe - Department of Agricultural, Food and Resource … - 2012

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

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Where Do Urban Households in Zambia Buy their Livestock Products?

Hichaambwa, Munguzwe - Department of Agricultural, Food and Resource …

Livestock products and fish form an important component of urban consumers’ diet accounting for about one third of the total monthly budgetary expenditure on food. The budgetary share of livestock products increases with affluence or household income while the opposite is true for fish; 2) The...

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Smallholder Commercialization Trends as Affected by Land Constraints in Zambia: What are the Policy Implications?

Hichaambwa, Munguzwe; Jayne, Thomas S. - Department of Agricultural, Food and Resource … - 2012

Though Zambia has considerable agricultural potential, the sector’s contribution to growth and poverty reduction has been limited. The sector remains one of the most important employers of labour and remains the main source of livelihood for most rural households in Zambia. Thus key...

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Smallholder Commercialization Trends as Affected by Land Constraints in Zambia: What Are the Policy Implications?

Hichaambwa, Munguzwe; Jayne, Thomas S. - Department of Agricultural, Food and Resource … - 2012

In spite of vast expanses of the country’s land currently being uncultivated, there is increasing evidence that a surprisingly high share of rural smallholder households face land constraints that adversely affect their productivity and ability to participate in agricultural supply chains.

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Patterns of Urban Food Consumption and Expenditure in Zambia: An Overview Report Based on the CSO/MACO/FSRP Food Consumption Survey in Urban Areas of Lusaka, Kitwe, Mansa and Kasam...

Hichaambwa, Munguzwe; Beaver, Margaret; Chapoto, Antony; … - Department of Agricultural, Food and Resource … - 2009

Replaced with revised version of paper 06/16/10.

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Modernizing Africa’s Fresh Produce Supply Chains without Rapid Supermarket Takeover: Towards a Definition of Research and Investment Priorities

Tschirley, David L.; Ayieko, Miltone W.; Hichaambwa, … - Department of Agricultural, Food and Resource … - 2010

received greatest attention. In nearly the entire continent, the so-called traditional marketing sector – open air markets …, dispersed informal vendors, and traditional shops – is expected to play a dominant role in fresh produce marketing for several … production and marketing systems over a time frame acceptable to most policy makers and donors. Public engagement, preferably …

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Agricultural Transformation in Zambia: Alternative Institutional Models for Accelerating Agricultural Productivity Growth, and Commercialization

Chapoto, Antony; Haggblade, Steven; Hichaambwa, Munguzwe; … - Department of Agricultural, Food and Resource … - 2012

institutions. Maize receives intensive government input and marketing support. In contrast, cotton relies primarily on private …

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How are Vegetables Marketed into Lusaka? The Structure of Lusaka’s Fresh Produce Marketing System and Implications for Investment Priorities.

Hichaambwa, Munguzwe; Tschirley, David L. - Department of Agricultural, Food and Resource … - 2010

Key findings regarding the structure of trade for tomato, rape, and onion into Lusaka are (a) regional trade is an important part of Zambia’s fresh produce system, (b) supply chains for tomato, rape, and onion are short, (c) the role of the modern market system is very small, and (d) the role...

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Do Brokers Help or Hinder the Marketing of Fresh Produce in Lusaka? Preliminary Insights from Research

Tschirley, David L.; Hichaambwa, Munguzwe - Department of Agricultural, Food and Resource … - 2010

’s produce. This policy brief explores the role of brokers in the marketing of fresh produce in Soweto Market. It concludes that …

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Technical Compendium: Descriptive Agricultural Statistics and Analysis for Zambia in Support of the USAID Mission’s Feed the Future Strategic Review

Sitko, Nicholas J.; Chapoto, Antony; Kabwe, Stephen; … - Department of Agricultural, Food and Resource … - 2011

This technical compendium was developed to serve two interrelated purposes: 1.To assist in the development of USAID Zambia’s Feed the Future (FtF) strategy by providing a broad empirical analysis of the current conditions and historical trends shaping Zambia’s agricultural and food sector;...

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