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Radio, a widely used medium for communication and entertainment within rural Zambia is highly under-used. This article discusses how local radio community radio can be used to stimulate rural agricultural markets by involving the private sector. This article also outlines a radio market facilitation initiative currently being piloted by the Engineers Without Borders Canada – Agriculture Value Chains team. …»  5 comments | Category: From The Field |  Tags: market engagement - market facilitation - media - private sector - radio. The Zambia Economist recently wrote a very interesting article related to the effects of the Zambia Food Reserve Agency’s (FRA) maize buying and selling practices, titled “A Broken Maize Marketing Policy”. This article is very much relevant to the work that we do as the Agricultural Value Chains team in Zambia. …»  1 comment | Category: From The Field | Tags: Chola Mukanga - FRA - maize - market price - price setting - Zambian Economist. 
On the surface, it sounds exciting: a Saudi firm has recently announced that it will invest $125 million USD on 5,000 acres of land in Zambia by building a factory to manufacture pineapple juice. As I peruse the aisles of large supermarkets here in Zambia, it is evident that the shelves are packed with …» Comment | Category: From The Field | Tags: exports - imports - pineapple - processor - Saudi Arabia - smallholder farmers - value-chain. 
“We budgeted for K100 billion for FRA but with due respect even to our mothers, when you are an expectant mother and you are thinking of a giving birth to one child but upon delivery you give birth to triplets what do you expect of your financial planning for your babies?” – Zambian provincial …» 
Donors and development organizations have ambition. They want to make and see positive impact on the ground. From the get-go projects have set to target a high number of beneficiaries and push the project to scale, without first understanding the effectiveness of the intervention and the efficiency of its delivery on …» Comment | Category: From The Field | Tags: business - capacity building - development - NGO - training - workshops. |
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