Agricultural Development Support Program

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The Agricultural Development Support Project for Zambia aims is to improve smallholders' access to markets and the competitiveness of their agricultural commodities. The project will focus on high potential agricultural areas and will adopt a value chain approach to make sure that all levels of the chains are operating efficiently and increasing value added. The project consists of the following components: Component 1) aims to increase the degree of smallholder commercialization in Zambia by promoting the development of a network of well functioning and competitive value chains. Component 2) will improve the public sector's capacity to provide core public services required to enhance smallholders' access to the market as well as improve their productivity and quality. Component 3) Project management and coordination will largely rely on existing Ministry of Agriculture and cooperatives (MACO) institutions and structures. The proposed project will strengthen MACO's implementation capacity by establishing within it a National Coordination Office (NCO).