Transcript Health Systems Strengthening Tracking Study in Zambia

FEATS Project
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ZAMBIA: TORS, METHODS AND
DATA
LINKAGES BETWEEN AGRICULTURAL
PRODUCTIVITY, RURAL LIVELIHOODS AND
TRADE IN AGRICULTURE AND TRADE
FACILITATION
Outline
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 Introduction
 Objectives of the study
 Methods
 Data Collection
 Conclusions
Introduction
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 Second largest contributor to GDP – 19.8 % (2008)
 Formal sector employment – 16% (2005)
 Informal sector - 73 % (2005)
 Key linkage to industry especially processed food and
textiles
 Source of foreign exchange e.g., cotton, sugar, tobacco etc
Overall Objectives
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 Provide information and analyze recent trends in agricultural
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productivity, agricultural trade, livelihoods;
Identify the role of and constraints faced by small scale
farmers: rural livelihoods, productivity;
Identify constraints to trade/trade facilitation within the
context of a landlocked country;
Identify and highlight role of main donors;
To contribute to the finding of solutions through a coherent
policy framework that will assist Zambia in meeting the
objectives of Vision 2030.
Methods and Data
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 Employ both primary and secondary data sources
 Productivity, exports and employment and
agriculture output indicators generation will
 Review of secondary data sources – constraints, etc.
 Interviews with key stake holders – such as export
promotion agency – ZDA, Trade facilitating agencies
e.g., ZRA, Mt makulu, small scale farmers union etc
Cont’d
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 Case study of selected product – primary data collection
- sample of one district
 Some crops under out grower schemes
 Triangulate various data sources e.g., post harvest report,
Trade data, ( take into account value addition) export
commodity Vs. area and poverty levels as reported by
CSO
Conclusion
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 Will combine several data sources
 Case study – inform the secondary sources
 Structured instrument –on farmers - Research assistants
 Semi-structured on other stakeholders - by researchers
 Recommendations
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Government
Private sector
NGOS ETC