Publication: Zambia Climate-Smart Agriculture Investment Plan: Analyses to Support the Climate-Smart Development of Zambia’s Agriculture Sector
Date
2019-03
ISSN
Published
2019-03
Author(s)
World Bank
Abstract
Zambia’s agricultural sector represents
the backbone of its rural economy and holds great potential
for the entire country. Zambia’s agriculture sector faces
challenges and is likely to grow more vulnerable as a result
of climate change and risk. At the same time, land use,
land-use change and forestry (LULUCF), and agriculture
sector account for approximately 93 percent of the country’s
carbon footprint. The Government of the Republic of Zambia
(GoZ) is integrating climate change concerns into its
agriculture policy agenda. Under its Zambia climate-smart
agriculture (CSA) strategy framework, the GoZ is promoting
the rollout of CSA practices that will sustainably increase
productivity, enhance resilience, and reduce or remove
greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions. The CSA investment plan
(CSAIP) aims to identify and fill knowledge gaps about CSA’s
local- and national-level benefits, specifically under
climate change, inform policy development, and prioritize
investment opportunities. The World Bank collaborated with
the GoZ to develop a CSAIP intended to support the
operationalization of the country’s climate commitments
toward development of a productive, resilient, and
low-emission agriculture sector. The CSAIP development began
with a participatory process that identified the agriculture
sector’s policy goals. This report takes the next step by
assessing the impacts of a suite of CSA practices on
achieving the sector goals and on household welfare. The
report concludes with recommendations and proposals for
future CSA investments.
Citation
“World Bank. 2019. Zambia Climate-Smart Agriculture Investment Plan: Analyses to Support the Climate-Smart Development of Zambia’s Agriculture Sector. © World Bank, Washington, DC. http://hdl.handle.net/10986/31383 License: CC BY 3.0 IGO.”