Zambia Jobs in Value Chains: Opportunities in Agribusiness

Sudha Bala Krishnan and Teresa Anna Maria Peterburs

No 27562715, Jobs Group Papers, Notes, and Guides from The World Bank

Abstract: This study analyzes from a jobs perspective two high potential value chains (VCs) in Zambia’s agribusiness sector poultry and aquaculture. With more than 50 percent of workers and over 80 percent of poor Zambians recording themselves in agriculture in the 2010 population census, raising agricultural productivity is a determinant to reduce poverty. Yet small-scale farmers (SSFs) and modern commercial operations in large farms exist in parallel, as SSFs typically use backward production systems with scant capitalization. Zambia’s challenge is to overcome the persistent disconnect between low productivity smallholder agriculture and high productivity modern agribusiness firms. Developing market linkages will enable the agribusiness sector to meet the growing urban demand for food products, while connecting more people to jobs.

Keywords: international livestock research institute; European Development Finance Institutions; small and medium enterprise; agricultural policy research institute; Southern African Customs Union; broad range of stakeholders; modern production; feed mill; job creation potential; number of jobs; broiler production; constraints to growth; per capita consumption; agriculture industry; trade of poultry; genetically modified organism; live bird market; trade in poultry; feed conversion ratio; job growth; animal feed production; labor market participation; lack of integration; private sector actors; remote rural area; small scale farmer; jobs in agriculture; opportunity for woman; privileges and immunity; access to capital; day old chick; agriculture and livestock; european investment bank; trade and competitiveness; abundance of water; production of fish; demand for food; economies of scale; alternative power source; exchange rate volatility; natural population growth; increase in labor; commercial poultry sector; supply chain linkage; consultations with stakeholders; consumption of egg; department of agriculture; international poverty line; demand for fish; large farm; traditional production; labor productivity; aquaculture value; informal export; modern sector; commercial farm; survey data; egg production; poultry feed; stock feed; low-skilled worker; small-scale farmer; input supply; middle class; day-old chick; local industry; traditional model; domestic demand; export market; urban agricultural policy; chicken meat; employment opportunity; employment opportunities; sales outlet; boned meat; temporary worker; ongoing support; drug store; extension service; job impact; production cycles; zambian kwacha; job opportunity; agribusiness sector; market structure; feed ingredient; expected growth; animal protein; fast food; broiler chicken; increasing urbanization; production system; survey instrument; annual wage; labor intensity; job opportunities; productivity growth; earnings growth; meat consumption; formal sector; egg consumption; aquaculture sector; output growth; broiler producer; commercial purpose; small farm; Food Services; maize production; quality requirement; expenditure elasticity; imported inputs; installed capacity; annual production; increased imports; business profitability; open market; small trader; capacity utilization; indirect employment; commercial fish; upper management; farming practice; local farmer; average wage; regional market; large subsidy; seasonal job; input factor; high ratio; labor use; marginal investment; sectoral growth; off-farm employment; wage employment; operational change; tariff barrier; egg producer; cross-border exports; broiler industry; distribution channel; purchase agreement; average cost; meat product; poultry operation; average yield; farmers uses; mitigation measure; disease management; chicken breast; vaccine market; quality feed; efficiency gain; sanitary standard; bird farm; meat market; frozen meat; production model; productivity differential; survey results; hiring decisions; rural economy; policy question; smallholder farming; consumer demand; cooking oil; productivity gain; employment growth; job profile; macroeconomic condition; supply side; urban employment; livestock subsector; positive spillover; trade pattern; employment structure; employment ranging; skill set; business segment; commercial relationship; Financial Access; agricultural output; selection criterion; ongoing donor; agricultural sector; poultry farming; total employment; production level; Capture Fishery; dairy sector; working capital; fishery statistic; institutional failure; poverty headcount; rural agriculture; commercial operation; juvenile fish; fish farmer; aquaculture farm; local market; domestic production; import volume; vulnerable group; feed price; smallholder agriculture; market linkage; marketing system; productivity agricultural; feed efficiency; quality employment; capital necessary; electricity access; load shedding; input cost; sustainable livelihood; rural youth; rural poultry; global partnership; job crisis; aquaculture product; food reserve; population census; binding constraint; original work; sole responsibility (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Pages: 28
Date: 2017-01-01
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