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The Farmer Input Support Program and Poverty Alleviation in Zambia: The Smallholder Farmer’s Perspective Using Intervention and Sustainability Theories

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International Journal of Multidisciplinary Research and Development, 2017

Agriculture is one of Zambia’s economic drivers and a mainstay of the livelihood of a larger proportion of the country’s population. Agricultural production is mainly dependent on seasonal rain-fed cultivation with maize as the principal staple food crop. Crop diversification can be used as a tool to augment farm income, generate employment, alleviate poverty and conserve soil and water resources. In striving to improve food security and minimize risks associated with heavy dependence on maize monoculture, the Zambian government has been gradually promoting diversification into high-value crops of late. The Farmer Input Support Program has led to reduced crop diversification rates because of its biased support towards maize production. There is no access to subsidised inputs and government-driven consumption market as well as substantial extension service for nonstaple food crops.

ABSTRUCT The research was carried out in three areas of Mumbwa District (Sanje, Mululi and Mulungushi). The people in these areas mainly depend on farming as a source of their livelihoods. However Sanje area is mainly dominated by formal government employees but participate in the FSP are dependable maize producers in the District. The other two areas are dominated by full time farmers who entirely depend on agriculture and other off farm activities for their survivor. Government supported farming in Zambia since independence through various programmes and subsidising inputs with a view of reducing rural poverty and ensuring that National food security was guaranteed. However, the introduction of a free market economy in the 1990s by the MMD government under his excellence Dr. F T J Chiluba brought about the removal of government’s direct participation in most sectors of the economy, including the agricultural sector. Small scale farmers were disadvantages greatly because conditions under the private sector driven economy were not favourable for them and their livelihoods were threatened. This prompted the initiation of the FSP during the 2002/2003 farming season by the MMD government under president Levy Patrick Mwanawasa SC This research was designed to assess the social economic impact of the FSP on the livelihood of the beneficiaries. The main idea was to find out how the programme has performed since its inception based on its challenges and successes. The sources of information included all stake holders (government offices, cooperative societies leaders and small scale farmers that were sampled. Data was also collected from existing literature and from the research’s observation. Findings have reviewed that the programme impacted positively on beneficiaries’ livelihoods although insufficiency of the inputs, problems of raising the down payments, competing for the same inputs with formal employees and other constraints highlighted have made accessibility of the inputs difficult for the vulnerable rural small scale farmers. The research has also revealed that the programme has not given beneficiaries capability to access all the assets (capital) that could enable them come up with sustainable means of survival. The success recorded was not sustainable because indications were that most of the full time farmers would not manage to sustain themselves if the programme was stopped

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Poverty alleviation and health promotion programs have become part and parcel of life in rural Zambia. It is critical to track the performance of these programs to assess the impact they have on the people involved. The purpose of this study is to ascertain barriers, specifically related to market access and crop yields, faced by smallholder groundnut farmers in Eastern Zambia following implementation of the PROFIT+ program. Focus group discussion and informants were selected based on participation in the PROFIT+. Interview data were then qualitatively analyzed to determine consistent themes among farmers. Farmers highlight three general barriers/risks that impacted both their economic well-being and health. In some cases, these barriers may act as feedback loops, health affecting economic productivity and vice versa. These include (a) a lack of adequate storage facilities (b) exposure to aflatoxins produced by the Aspergillus fungus (c) and exposure to pesticides due to a lack of p...

Many of the agricultural input subsidy programs (ISPs) currently being implemented in Sub-Saharan Africa include among their objectives raising farm incomes and reducing rural poverty. However, there is a dearth of empirical evidence on the extent to which ISPs are achieving these objectives. Moreover, results from previous studies on ISPs in Zambia and Malawi, and stubbornly high rural poverty rates in both countries despite many years of large-scale ISPs, have raised doubts that ISPs are effectively reducing poverty.

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This research aimed at assessing the Farmer Input Support Program (FISP) and its implication on food security among small scale farmers in Chibombo: A Study of Ten Miles Area. The research target population comprised of farmers at Ten Miles Area, out of which, a random sample of 30 farmers was drawn, using simple random sampling method. The research used semi-structured questionnaires to collect data from the respondents. The research revealed that farmers were able to grow a variety of crops due to support they receive from FISP. The research also revealed the FISP had been instrumental in providing food security, although it had not been able to substantially increase the income of small scale farmers. The research also established that small scale farmers faced several challenges such as delayed delivery of agricultural inputs, lack of financial resources to pay cooperative membership, rigidity of the e-voucher system, lack of transport to inputs and limitation of inputs provided by FISP to the small scale farmers. It was generally concluded that, despite a myriad of challenges faced by small scale farmers, the FISP program had steadily contributed to the increase of income generated from farming activity, thereby adding to the food security at household levels, although at a minimal rate. It was then recommended that the Ministry of Finance to be releasing FISP funds well in advance so that the Ministry of Agriculture and Livestock, in collaboration with the Ministry of Community Development and Social Welfare, can ensure swift deliverance of inputs to allow farmers have a timely production, in the quest to sustain food security; and that a further research needed to be conducted to find out what challenges the government, administratively, faced in ensuring farmers received farm inputs on time.

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The Impact of Farmer Input Support Programme Reform on Crop Diversification and Rotation in Zambia

Edwin Muchapondwa, Obrian Ndhlovu

This paper evaluates the impact of Zambia’s Farmer Input Support Programme (FISP) reform on the degree of crop diversification and crop rotation. The paper combines a rich two-wave panel of rural household survey data, high-resolution satellite rainfall data, and primary in-depth interviews with Agriculture Extension workers. The paper finds that expanding the number of crops supported beyond just maize positively impacted both the level of crop diversification and the intensity of crop rotation. These results show that reforms are potent in stimulating the adoption of climate-smart farming behaviours. However, the impact is undermined by the absence of functioning markets for alternative crops, the entrenched culture of mono-cropping maize, and the general lack of knowledge and resources necessary to adopt new technologies. 

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