Zambia Climate-Smart Agriculture Investment Plan : Analyses to Support the Climate-Smart Development of Zambia’s Agriculture Sector

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. A...

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Main Author:	World Bank
Format:	Report
Language:	English
Published:	World Bank, Washington, DC 2019
Subjects:	AGRICULTURE CROP DIVERSIFICATION LAND USE CLIMATE CHANGE CLIMATE SMART AGRICULTURE COST-BENEFIT ANALYSIS HOUSEHOLD WELFARE CROP PRODUCTION AGRICULTURAL TRADE FOOD SECURITY LIVESTOCK STAKEHOLDER CONSULTATION PUBLIC EXPENDITURE SERVICE DELIVERY AGRICULTURAL EXTENSION
Online Access:	http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/358291552021231101/Climate-Smart-Agriculture-Investment-Plan-Analyses-to-Support-the-Climate-Smart-Development-of-Zambia-s-Agriculture-Sector http://hdl.handle.net/10986/31383

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spelling	okr-10986-313832021-06-14T10:03:02Z Zambia Climate-Smart Agriculture Investment Plan : Analyses to Support the Climate-Smart Development of Zambia’s Agriculture Sector World Bank AGRICULTURE CROP DIVERSIFICATION LAND USE CLIMATE CHANGE CLIMATE SMART AGRICULTURE COST-BENEFIT ANALYSIS HOUSEHOLD WELFARE CROP PRODUCTION AGRICULTURAL TRADE FOOD SECURITY LIVESTOCK STAKEHOLDER CONSULTATION PUBLIC EXPENDITURE SERVICE DELIVERY AGRICULTURAL EXTENSION 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. 2019-03-13T19:21:05Z 2019-03-13T19:21:05Z 2019-03 Report http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/358291552021231101/Climate-Smart-Agriculture-Investment-Plan-Analyses-to-Support-the-Climate-Smart-Development-of-Zambia-s-Agriculture-Sector http://hdl.handle.net/10986/31383 English CC BY 3.0 IGO http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/igo World Bank World Bank, Washington, DC Economic & Sector Work Economic & Sector Work :: Other Agricultural Study Africa Zambia
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description	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.
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title	Zambia Climate-Smart Agriculture Investment Plan : Analyses to Support the Climate-Smart Development of Zambia’s Agriculture Sector
title_short	Zambia Climate-Smart Agriculture Investment Plan : Analyses to Support the Climate-Smart Development of Zambia’s Agriculture Sector
title_full	Zambia Climate-Smart Agriculture Investment Plan : Analyses to Support the Climate-Smart Development of Zambia’s Agriculture Sector
title_fullStr	Zambia Climate-Smart Agriculture Investment Plan : Analyses to Support the Climate-Smart Development of Zambia’s Agriculture Sector
title_full_unstemmed	Zambia Climate-Smart Agriculture Investment Plan : Analyses to Support the Climate-Smart Development of Zambia’s Agriculture Sector
title_sort	zambia climate-smart agriculture investment plan : analyses to support the climate-smart development of zambia’s agriculture sector
publisher	World Bank, Washington, DC
publishDate	2019
url	http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/358291552021231101/Climate-Smart-Agriculture-Investment-Plan-Analyses-to-Support-the-Climate-Smart-Development-of-Zambia-s-Agriculture-Sector http://hdl.handle.net/10986/31383
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Zambia Climate-Smart Agriculture Investment Plan : Analyses to Support the Climate-Smart Development of Zambia’s Agriculture Sector

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