Evidence from three models of land and agricultural commercialisation: Impacts on local livelihoods in Zambia

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2016

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Institute for Poverty, Land and Agrarian Studies, University of the Western Cape

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Zambia needs to undergo structural transformation triggered by increased agricultural and rural labour productivity if it is to achieve improved growth and broad-based poverty reduction. The current experience, however, is far from the radical change needed in order to achieve this. Zambia’s agricultural sector is characterised by a large number of poor smallholders contributing most of agricultural output, with low yields, limited commercialisation and few signs of rapid productivity growth.

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Zambia, Plantation, Commercial farming, Outgrower scheme, Employment

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Hichaambwa, M. et al. (2016). Evidence from three models of land and agricultural commercialisation: Impacts on local livelihoods in Zambia. Policy Brief 83, Bellville: Institute for Poverty, Land and Agrarian Studies, University of the Western Cape

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http://hdl.handle.net/10566/4318

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