The document summarizes agriculture and food security programs in Zambia run by SEWoH, a German initiative. It introduces four key programs: 1) Green Innovation Centres which promote innovations to boost smallholder incomes; 2) FANSER which improves nutrition for women and children; 3) Agricultural Finance which improves rural access to financial services; 4) a new Fish for Food project which increases aquaculture and sustainable fisheries. It provides details on program objectives, activities, target groups, durations and partners for each initiative. The overall aim is to address challenges like low incomes, lack of knowledge, limited markets and nutrition through complementary multi-sectoral approaches.

1. SEWOH Agriculture and Food Security
Programme Zambia
Initiated by the Special Initiative “ONE WORLD – No Hunger”
(German acronym: SEWoH) | 20.01.2020

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1. Introduction

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Special Initiative ONE WORLD - No Hunger
Addressing the challenges of HUNGER and MALNUTRITION
Key objectives:
• Eradicating hunger and
malnutrition by improving
access to sufficient,
affordable and healthy
food.
• Creating a framework to
ensure that future
generations will also have
sufficient, affordable and
healthy food in spite of the
rapidly expanding world
population.
28 countries
SEWoH is funded by the German Federal Ministry
for Economic Cooperation and Development (BMZ)

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Agriculture and Food Security Programme Zambia:
Where we work … with strong partners
Luapula
Province

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2. Key Facts on Zambia

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Zambia: Agriculture matters
52% of the population is
employed in the
agricultural sector
Zambia is a
low-middle
income
country
The agricultural
sector’s share of
the GDP is only
9.9%
3/4
of the rural
population live of
less than
1.9 USD / day
Sources: WB 2016 online, Central Statistics office, UN Country Analysis Report 2015, Worldbank 2019

7. Only 12% of land is
allocated to the second
agricultural product:
Groundnuts
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Zambia: The urgent need for diversity in the field and on the plate
Sources: Crop Forecast 2018; Youth: UN Statistics 2012; Stunting: Zambia Demographic and Health Survey 2013/14
57%
of agricultural land is
allocated to the production
of maize
8.2 million
Zambians are below 15
years of age
of children suffer from
impaired growth and
development due to
chronic malnutrition
35%

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35%
42,7%
27.1%
Zambia
DRC
Stunting
Zimbabwe
0,5 million
Obesity
Zambia
ZAMBIA: Nutrition matters

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3.Agriculture and Food Security Programme
Green Innovation
Centres for the
Agriculture and
Food Sector (GIC)
Food & Nutrition
Security, Enhanced
Resilience
(FANSER)
Agricultural Finance
(AgFin) and German
Climate Technology
Initiative (DKTI)
Aquaculture -
Fish for Food
(F4F)

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GIC: Small-scale farmers,
processors and agro-enterprises
FANSER: Women of reproductive age &
children below the age of two
AgFin & DKTI: Farms & rural
agro-enterprises
F4F: Dam owners, artisanal fishers &
aquaculture farmers
Agriculture and Food Security Programme Zambia:
Addressing multi-sectorial challenges with complementary approaches
F4F
FANSER
AgFin &
DKTI
GIC

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Agriculture and Food Security Programme Zambia:
Addressing multi-sectorial challenges with complementary approaches
Challenges addressed SEWoH Projects
Low farmer
incomes
Inadequate
agricultural
knowledge
Limited market
access
Climate
Change/ Soil
degradation
GIC
Limited access
to diverse &
nutritious food
Inadequate
maternal &
child feeding
practices
Poor
preparation &
hygiene
practices
FANSER
Limited access
to financial
services
Inadequate
financial
products AgFin & DKTI
F4F
Limited access
to fish as
protein source
Unsustainable
management
of fish farms
Low protection
of natural
fishing
grounds

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Agriculture and Food Security Programme Zambia:
Green Innovation Centres for the Agriculture and Food Sector (GIC)
Objective: Use innovations to boost incomes of smallholders, to create
more employment opportunities and to increase regional food supplies
Areas of
activities
• Promoting existing innovations through capacity development
• Scaling up pilot experiences with farmer groups and cooperatives
• Supporting the creation of networks along the value chains
Target value
chains
• Soya beans & groundnuts in Eastern Province
• Dairy in Southern Province
Duration November 2014 – March 2023
Partners • Political: Ministry of Agriculture
• Support: Ministry of Fisheries and Livestock
• Implementation: COMACO, public and private partners

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Agriculture and Food Security Programme Zambia:
Green Innovation Centres for the Agriculture and Food Sector (GIC)
Innovations supported:
• Sustainable agriculture and “agroforestry”
• “Farm Talk” – Knowledge Transfer via radio and
mp3
• Lead Farmer extension structure
• Cooperative service portfolios
• Fodder management and feeding regimes
• Breeding of locally adapted dairy cows and
artificial insemination
• Milk hygiene practices
• Local milk processing into yogurt and ice-cream

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Agriculture and Food Security Programme Zambia:
Agricultural Finance (AgFin)
Objective: Improve supply of financial services for agro-based
enterprises in rural areas
Areas of
activities
• Value chain assessments and identification of business models
• Supporting financial institutions to develop customised financial products for
agricultural companies
• Increasing agricultural knowledge of financial institutions
• Financial Literacy trainings for farmers
• Advanced business and investment training
Duration January 2016 – June 2021
Partners • Political: Ministry of Agriculture
• Implementation: MFinance, VisionFund, AB Bank, SACCOs (savings and credit
cooperatives)

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Agriculture and Food Security Programme Zambia:
develoPPP with NWK
Objective: Farming communities in Zambia have increased access to
weather index insurance and make greater use of such schemes.
Areas of
activities
• Sensitization and training sessions for extension staff and farmers
• Weather index insurance training for farmer groups
• Increased access to weather index insurance
• Outreach to other actors in the agricultural/insurance sector in Zambia and
Southern Africa
Duration June 2018 – May 2021
Partners NWK AgriServices

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Agriculture and Food Security Programme Zambia:
Climate resilience through risk prevention and Innovative climate risk
insurance project (DKTI)
Scope: Extend and deepen the approach of InsuResilience project
Project
Proposal
• Pillar 1: Climate Risk Insurance
• Indicator 1: 50,000 climate risk insurance policies concluded
• Indicator 2: At least 4 intermediaries are offering climate risk insurance
• Pillar 2: Climate risk Information
• Indicator 3: 100.000 people working in the agricultural sector receive better
or additional Climate
Project Start January 2020 – January 2023
Partners Ministry of Agriculture

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Agriculture and Food Security Programme Zambia:
Agricultural Finance (AgFin) and InsuResilience
• Over 4282 farmers and agri-based enterprises trained in
investment planning and financial literacy
• Launch of the Vision Fund dairy loan scheme, MFinance agric
SME loan products and an integrated extension service input
loan (crops and horticulture)
• Almost 132 FI staff members trained in value chain finance
• 2342 farmers trained on weather index insurance
• 36 local trainers trained, including GIC partners like COMACO
and SNV
• MoUs signed with three, soon four, Financial Institutions
(AgFin). One MoU with an insurer and one agri-business
(InsuResilience)
• 275 people trained on the supply side (financial institutions)

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Agriculture and Food Security Programme Zambia:
Food & Nutrition Security, Enhanced Resilience (FANSER)
Objective: Improve food and nutrition security and dietary diversity of pregnant
and lactating women of reproductive age and children under the age of two
Areas of
activities
• Improving Knowledge, Attitude and Practice on nutrition and hygiene
• Increasing availability of food products with high nutritional value
• Increasing access to food / economic dimensions of malnutrition
• Strengthening nutrition governance at district, provincial and national level
Duration November 2014 – February 2023
Partners • Political: National Food & Nutrition Commission (NFNC)
• Implementation: Catholic Relief Services (CRS) & diverse governmental and
non-governmental services

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• Sensitise women on preparation of nutrient-rich diets, cooking
and hygiene practices (more than 39,000 with over 19,000
children under 2 years old so far)
• Promote diversification and nutrition sensitive production:
(12,000 HH supported with legume and vegetable seeds, 6.264
hh received local chicken breed rearing,1.694 hh established
keyhole gardens)
• The two project sites in Eastern Province (Katete and Petauke)
are now under MCDP II SUN 2.0 with further extension to other
wards and in Luapula Province (Mwense and Kawambwa)
• Learning events where held in Katete and Petauke to share
best practices and strengthen the role of the DNCCs within the
rural nutrition community
Agriculture and Food Security Programme Zambia:
Food & Nutrition Security, Enhanced Resilience (FANSER)

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Agriculture and Food Security Programme Zambia:
New Project: Sustainable Fisheries and Aquaculture – Fish for Food Security Project
(Fish4Food)
Objective: People facing food insecurity in Zambia have access to more fish products and a higher
income derived from sustainable aquaculture and sustainable fisheries in small water bodies
Areas of
activities
• Increasing aquaculture production
• Fisheries management for small water bodies
• Training of trainers
• Promoting knowledge exchange
Duration July 2019 – June 2023
Partners • Ministry of Fisheries and Livestock (MoFL)
• Department of Fisheries (DoF)

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Agriculture and Food Security Programme Zambia:
New project: Sustainable Fisheries and Aquaculture – Fish for Food Security Project
(Fish4Food)
Our Project Intervention Areas
Fish is a good source of protein
A new three-level project approach in Eastern Province and Luapula:
• Training of fish farmers in sustainable aquaculture production in ponds in
Luapula and fishermen/women in sustainable fisheries management in
small water bodies in Eastern Province (micro-level).
• Advise for dam committees, extension services providers, training- and
research-institutes on the further development and long-term provision of
their services in the aquaculture and fisheries sector (meso-level).
• Supporting and promoting a multi-stakeholder dialogue on policy issues
related to aquaculture in order to contribute to better framework
conditions for a sustainable development of the sector.
Main target groups:
Food-insecure
households
Artisanal fishers
and aquaculture
farmers
Dam committee
members
Value chain
actors

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Agriculture and Food Security Programme Zambia:
AgriFood
Our vision 2022
We work through innovative and complementary
approaches to improve rural livelihoods and food and
nutrition security in Zambia
• Farmers and other value chain actors have adopted new skills and
innovations to increase productivity, market access and income.
• They have better access to financial and technical services, and
thereby have the knowledge to plan, save and invest their income.
• New jobs are created along the supported value chains.
• In addition new skills and knowledge have positively influenced
behavior concerning health and nutrition practices. Thereby rural
households, in particular women and young children, attain a
diverse and nutritious diet throughout the year.
• Our approaches are adopted and mainstreamed by our government
and non-governmental partners, and are thus sustainable.

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Agriculture and Food Security Programme Zambia:
Some common achievements
105,177
farmers trained in
Good Agricultural
Practices
129,145 rural
beneficiaries
trained in
nutrition &
hygiene practices
3,741
trainers have
been trained
27,469
beneficiaries
received direct
support for
agricultural
diversification
817
beneficiaries
trained with
business &
management
training

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Agriculture and Food Security Programme Zambia:
In line with national strategies
All the projects are in line with national
strategies and priorities, most relevant are:
• The Second National Agricultural Policy
(2016)
• The First Thousand Most Critical Days
Programme (MDCP II - 2018)

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4. Challenges and Perspectives

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Agriculture and Food Security Programme Zambia:
Particularities and Challenges in a context without bilateral anchor project
• Systematic synergies and complementarities between the projects
• Focus on private sector, civil society and public partners at local levels
• No formal priority area of German cooperation – no “foundation” of a long-term bilateral
collaboration and relationships at political level in the sector, Institutional/political level only
partly addressed in the context of the FANSER project with NFNC
• Highly engaged partners at technical level – but macro-political and economical trends are
concerning:
• Concentration of governmental agricultural policy on direct and partly not transparent
subsidizing (FISP, FRA) of maize production and consumption
• Gap between discourse and reality of public commitment on fighting malnutrition (14
ZMK instead of 400 spending per child)
• Consequences of possible disengagement of some donors for the sector

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Agriculture and Food Security Programme Zambia:
Perspectives: A growing portfolio
Development of Staff 2015-2019
14 61
2014
GIC and
FANSER
2018
InsuResilience and
DeveloPPP,
plus budget extensions
current projects
2016
AgFin
2019
Aquaculture,
plus budget
extensions current
projects
2020
DKTI,
plus budget
extensions current
projects
Line
Managers
Technical
Staff
Admin &
Finance
Support
Staff
8 32* 8 13
Staff 2020
* including planned positions, without interns

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Agriculture and Food Security Programme Zambia:
Expenditures and Funds
Agriculture and Food Security Programme Zambia
2015: 8.5 Mio €
Project Volume
2019: 54.6 Mio €
Expected Volume 2020:
72.2 Mio €
0.00
2,000,000.00
4,000,000.00
6,000,000.00
8,000,000.00
10,000,000.00
12,000,000.00
14,000,000.00
2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020
Annual Turnover 2015 to 2020
11.7 Mio €

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Agriculture and Food Security Programme Zambia:
Perspectives for the future: What should be to strengthened and extended
• Strengthen partnership with National Food and Nutrition Commission – taking into
account macro-political risks
• Strengthen working partnership with Ministry of Livestock and Fisheries and
Implementing partners at different levels – taking into account macro-political risks
• Extend successful approaches of the projects:
• Provide access to economic and technical trainings
• Extent support of financial and economic literacy for farmers
• Enhance their access to financial services and insurance
• Enhance market access and foster value chains
• Focus on service-oriented farmer based organizations
• Strengthen nutrition resilience in the hunger periods

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Agriculture and Food Security Programme Zambia:
Perspectives for the future: What should be added and complemented
• Further improve partnership with the NFNC and Ministry of Fisheries &
build up a concrete partnership with Ministry of Agriculture, clarify
extend and nature of support at political/national level
• Analyze new project on aquaculture/community based fisheries
• Analyze potential extension of the FANSER project to Luapula
province
• Further develop new elements:
• Incorporate the economic dimension of nutrition and support of
nutrition governance
• Systematic use of ICT and more focus on youth employment
• Develop new modules on animal health and veterinary services
Sustainability
vs
macro-political
risks

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Thanks a lot for your attention!
Agriculture and Food Security Programme Zambia

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Agriculture and Food Security Programme Zambia:
Contacts
Programme Coordinator
Moritz Heldmann
Moritz.Heldmann@giz.de
Tel.: +260 97 729 6397
Office Lusaka
Plot Nr.5 Chaholi Road,
Rhodes Park, Private Bag
RW37X
Tel.: +260211252234
GIC FANSER
Ricarda Schwarz
Ricarda.Schwarz@giz.de
Tel.: +260 977 719 406
AgFin
Julia Kirya
Julia.Kirya@giz.de
Tel.: +260 97 125 9190
Office Chipata
Plot Nr. 1471, along Umodzi
Highway, Moth, Chipata
Tel.: +260(0)971066149
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