Analysis of the Sunflower Value Chain in Zambia’s Eastern Province

Mary Lubungu, William Burke and Nicholas Sitko

No 186604, Food Security Collaborative Working Papers from Michigan State University, Department of Agricultural, Food, and Resource Economics

Abstract: The United States Agency for International Development (USAID) has a stated goal of lifting more than a quarter of millions of rural farmers out of poverty in Zambia’s Eastern Province through the implementation of the Feed the Future program (FtF). Part of the program’s goal will be achieved through investments in several key value chains in the agricultural sector. Investing in sunflower may be ideal for promoting rural welfare, however much poverty reducing potential may go unrealized in Zambia’s rural areas if the current status quo is unchanged.

Keywords: Agricultural and Food Policy; Community/Rural/Urban Development; Crop Production/Industries; Food Security and Poverty (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Pages: 33
Date: 2014-09
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DOI: 10.22004/ag.econ.186604

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