Work programme

The RIU Zambia programme is exploring the use of new institutional arrangements in these two areas of agricultural practice:

Conservation agriculture

Collaborative approach to scale-up use of conservation agriculture amongst small-scale farmers.

RIU Zambia is focusing on facilitating an integrated and collaborative approach to promoting conservation agriculture in Zambia. This involves support to innovation platforms, communicating the benefits of conservation agriculture, especially via radio, implementation of a voucher system to increase access to draft animals and improve access to oxen-based minimum tillage services, and support for joint field days.

RIU is also lobbying for the development of conservation agriculture policy guidelines to overcome the problem of different actors providing different messages and interpretations of conservation agriculture, which causes confusion among farmers.

Rice value chain

Value addition and improvement of market linkages for small scale rice producers in Northern Zambia.

RIU Zambia is aiming to increase farmers' access to better quality rice seed and improve access to premium markets.