Food Sector Transformation and Standards in Zambia: Smallholder Farmer Participation and Growth in the Dairy Sector

David Neven (), Hikuepi Katjiuongua, Ingrid Adjosoediro, Thomas Reardon, Pia Nwanza Chuzu, Gelson Tembo and Mukelabai Ndiyoi

No 11701, Staff Paper Series from Michigan State University, Department of Agricultural, Food, and Resource Economics

Abstract: Market liberalization in Zambia has led to a rapid and fundamental transformation of its dairy sector. Mainly through foreign direct investment and international partnerships, a new formal dairy sector, characterized by institutional, organizational and technological innovation, emerged from the ashes of abandoned government projects. Sensing the development opportunity that arose from an untapped milk supply potential in Zambia's traditional smallholder livestock production and a growing milk demand from the newly emerging formal dairy processing sector, numerous donor-funded smallholder dairy farmer support programs emerged. At the same time, in order to protect its domestic market as well as to be in a better position to enter demanding export markets, stakeholders from the private, public and NGO sector have recently joined forces to develop technical dairy product standards for Zambia based on the CODEX.

Keywords: Livestock; Production/Industries (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Pages: 30
Date: 2006
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DOI: 10.22004/ag.econ.11701

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