Zambia - Livestock Infrastructure Support Project

LISP will be implemented in 9 Districts in Northern and Muchinga Provinces. The executing agency is the Ministry of Agriculture and Livestock (MAL). LISP comprises 3 components (1) Livestock Infrastructure Development, (2) Capacity Building, and (3) Project Management. The main outputs are (i) 177 livestock service centres (LSC) tier 1, 1+ & 2 at community level, (ii) 2 livestock service centres tier 3, (iii) 3 milk collection centres, (iv) 2 livestock markets, (v) 8 livestock slaughter facilities, (vi) 80 km of feeder roads, (vii) 2 Regional and 7 District veterinary laboratories, (viii) 2 veterinary quarantine stations, and (ix) 5 veterinary check points. The Project cost is estimated at UA 13.71 million of which ADF Loan is UA 12.00 million (87.6%) covering all major activities, Government’s contribution is UA 1.69 million (12.3%) for office space rental, Government staff salaries and utilities, and the beneficiaries’ contribution is UA 0.02 million (0.1%) in form of operation and maintenance of the LSC tier 1 and 1+ as per Government’s policy to ensure sustainability.