📋 Tender Overview
PROJECT DETAILS
Project number:
2022.2059.8
Status:
ongoing project
Responsible Organisational unit:
1300 Southern Africa
Contact person:
Elina Weber elina.weber@giz.de
Partner countries:
Zambia
SUMMARY
Objectives:
Selected government institutions in the agri-food sector are better able to implement evidence-based policy-making regarding climate-resilient, nutrition-sensitive, income-generating, and gender-sensitive smallholder agriculture.
Client:
Federal Ministry for Economic Cooperation and Development
Project partner:
Ministry of Agriculture
Financing organisation:
not available
VOLUME OF COMMISSION
Total financial commitment:
(including all previous, current and following project implementation phases, if existing)
14 060 000 Euro
Financial commitment for the actual implementation phase:
14 060 000 Euro
COFINANCING
European Union (EU): 60,000 euros
PREVIOUS PROJECT
not available
FOLLOW-ON PROJECT
not available
TERM
Entire project:
(including all previous, current and following project implementation phases, if existing)
03.04.2023 - 31.08.2027
Actual project implementation phase:
01.09.2023 - 31.08.2027
OTHER PARTICIPANTS
not available
FURTHER INFORMATION
Project websites
not available
POLICY MARKERS
Gender Equality
Significant (secondary) policy objective
Democratic and inclusive governance
Significant (secondary) policy objective
Climate Change: Adaptation
Principal (primary) policy objective
CRS CODE
43040 Rural development
EVALUATION
not available
PROJECT DESCRIPTION (DE)
Context
Zambia has fertile land, abundant water resources, and great potential to diversify its economy through a variety of agricultural products. Nevertheless, the agricultural sector has experienced only minimal growth in recent years.
Half of the workforce works in agriculture. As smallholder farmers, they mostly practice rain-fed agriculture. They produce 85 percent of Zambia's agricultural products. Nutrient-poor white maize accounts for 80 percent of the food grown and occupies almost two-thirds of the agricultural land. Cultivation methods are often not climate-resilient.
At the same time, climate change, through increasing extreme weather events such as droughts and heavy rainfall, threatens the already fragile livelihoods of the Zambian population.
Objective
Agricultural and food policy is designed on an evidence-based basis, and the framework conditions for small and medium-sized enterprises in these sectors are improved. As a result, smallholder agriculture is better adapted to the climate, contributes to better nutrition for the population, generates income, and supports gender equality.
Approach
The project expands the capacities of the Zambian Ministry of Agriculture. It advises the ministry on successful practices and innovations in order to disseminate them nationally and regionally.
The project also supports small and medium-sized enterprises in the
