Women in Agriculture...Women in Agriculture The Zambian Experience Maimouna S. Abass MSc. BSc....
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WomeninAgricultureTheZambianExperience
Maimouna S. Abass MSc. BSc.Senior Agricultural [email protected]
Acknowledgements
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Zambia
Zambia– Anagriculturaleconomy
Household livelihood & food security
20.4% GDP
Income & employment
AgriculturalExports-Zambia
NetAgriculturalExportValueinZambia:2011-2015(FAOSTAT)2016
• 2015Agriculturalexports:US$212million&employmentfor~142,000commercialfarmworkers
Quickfacts–AgricultureinZambia
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LabourForce
Agriculture
Other
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CropsGrown
Corn
Othercrops
Small-scalefarmers(0-5ha)• subsistenceproducersof
staplefoodswithoccasionalmarketablesurplus.
Medium-scalefarmers(5-0ha)• cornandafewothercash
cropsforthemarket.
Large-scalefarmers(>50ha)• variouscropsforthelocaland
exportmarkets.
Quickfacts–AgricultureinZambia
CropsCassava,wheat, groundnuts,cotton,tobacco,sorghum,coffee,rice,sugar.LivestockRuralareas- 80%ownatleastonechickengoats,cattleandpigs.
Crops&Livestock
WomeninAgricultureinZambia• Femaledominated-
smallandmediumscale
• SmallandMediumscalecombined-75%ofZambianfarmers
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Women Men
%Women&MeninAgricultureinZambia- 2013
VIDEO- TamaraKaundamedicaldoctorturnedfarmer!
– InDepthNews- YoungPeopleinAgriculturebyMasausoMkwayaya
WomeninAgriculture- Zambia
ZambianSmallScaleFarmerEnelless MwansaChinsaliCorn– ½haIntercroppedwithbeansandpumpkin.Opportunities – foodreservedepotsiteChallenges– under$1/day,distancefrommarket,delaysinpaymentfrombuyers.
ZambianSmallScaleFarmerMercyMasulaniCorn– 2haOpportunities- nearfoodreservedepot- Farmertraining- FertilizerInput
SupportProgramChallenges- Under$1.5aday,manydependants
- Pests(fallarmyworm)
- Increasedproductioncosts.
RemarkableMediumScalefarmer
Christine M.NgomaChimoka FarmLusaka West20 AcresTomato – ½ haCorn – 3 ha16000 Chickens –20 ha
MrsNgoma’s Opportunities
• Outgrower-Syngentatomato
• Producerofchickensforhybrid
• Participationintrainings/Trainingfellowfarmers
• EnhancedMarketAccess
MrsNgoma’s Challenges• Productioncosts– pest
incursions– TomatoLeafMiner/Fallarmyworm
• MechanisedEquipment
• LimitedLand
• Highinputcosts
“Onceortwiceinalifetimeonewillneedalawyer,adoctor,ateacher,butyouneedafarmerthreetimesaday”–MrsNgoma
UpcomingLargeScaleFarmer
BrendaMLubingoLubingo FarmZimba110AcresVegetables– 5ha(carrots,greenbeans,tomatoes,cucumberAnimals– 60ha– 51Cattle,GoatandSheep.
Brenda’sOpportunities• MarketAccess
– SurroundingLodgesandmarket
– Zambeef – largestlocalbeefanddairysupplierandproduceronZambianmarket.
• Trainings• Accesstoupdated
technologyandinformationonagriculture
Brenda’sChallenges• Limited funds for
expansion,• Theft• unpredictable weather
pattern affects crop production.
• Fluctuating market prices
“Agricultureisnotawayoflife,it’sabusiness,itsempowering”Brenda
LargeScaleCommercialfarms
GeneralChallenges• Lowincome≤$15,000annual
incomeduetohighunemploymentrates– 13.3%(2014)– Leaveslittleresourcestoinvestin
agriculture.
• Increaseinpestincursions
GeneralChallenges• Marketaccessissues
– Limitedenforcementofpoliciespromotinglocalproducts.
– “Complacency”inmeetingquality&SPSstandards– seenasacostandnotaninvestment
SkillsGenerationsoffarming(InformalTraining)
– Horticulture– Livestockfarming
FormalTraininginagriculture– Certificate,Diploma,BSc,
MSc,PhD– Horticulture,Livestock
farming
Opportunities– PublicandPrivateSector• Government support- throughMinistryofAgriculture– Prioritysectorfor
government• ZambiaAgriculturalResearchInstitute- shapingZambianagriculture
throughresearchprograms-newvarieties,pestmanagementstrategies• PQPS servicestopreventintroductionandspreadofplantpestsand
facilitatelocalandinternationalagrotrade.• Easeofdoingagribusiness -2017,2016,2015.RegistrationofBusinesses
– Eco-friendlyagro-servicecompany– SuppliesIPMProductstosmallscalefarmers– Providesmarketaccessforsmallscalefarmerstolocalmarkets
Opportunities• Community groups & cooperatives• Increased gender based studies have
brought to light struggles faced by femalefarmers – “gender advantage”
Opportunities• Researchprojectfunds- womentargetedprojects/programmes/businesses
– http://www.znfu.org.zm/women_farmers_forum
• Financialinstitutions- favouringwomeninagriculture
Opportunities• Socialmedia–
marketingandinformationsharing
• Shorttrainings&informationthroughgovernmentandprivateprogrammes
Conclusions• Zambian women in agriculture face manychallenges
• Zambia is seeing more women get intoagriculture entrepreneurship
• Increased training and funding will result inZambian women redefining Zambian Agriculture
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