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Title:Food Policies and Food Security in Zambia
Author:Chizuni, Jonathan M.ISNI
Year:1994
Periodical:Nordic Journal of African Studies
Volume:3
Issue:1
Pages:46-52
Language:English
Geographic term:Zambia
Subjects:food policy
agricultural policy
Politics and Government
Agriculture, Natural Resources and the Environment
Development and Technology
External link:https://njas.fi/njas/article/view/699/522
Abstract:Between 1964 and 1991, Zambia's agricultural policy aimed at ensuring food security through increased crop production. In order to provide incentives for production, notably of maize, the national staple food crop, the government introduced uniform prices for inputs and guaranteed uniform producer prices. When the new government came to power in November 1991, it started to liberalize agricultural production and marketing. A National Task Force (NTF) was appointed to formulate a new agricultural policy up to the year 2010. The present author, member of the NTF, outlines the main features of Zambia's new agricultural and food policies. These concern agricultural research, agricultural extension, irrigation, agricultural credit, crop production, and national food security.
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