Listening to Farmers : Participatory Assessment of Policy Reform in Zambia's Agriculture Sector

Francis, Paul A. ; Milimo, John T. ; Njova, Chosani A. ; Tembo, Stephen P.M

关键词: AGRICULTURAL EXTENSION;    AGRICULTURAL MARKETING;    AGRICULTURAL MARKETS;    AGRICULTURAL POLICY;    AGRICULTURAL PRODUCE;   

RP-ID  :  57128

学科分类：社会科学、人文和艺术（综合）

来源: World Bank Open Knowledge Repository

【 摘 要 】

Since 1991, radical changes have takenplace in the policy and institutional environment governingthe agriculture sector in Zambia. Policies of liberalizationand privatization have entailed the replacement ofpreviously state-supplied agricultural services (notablycredit, inputs supply and agricultural marketing) by privatesector provision. The Agricultural Sector Investment Program(ASIP), assisted by the World Bank, provides the context forcontinuing agricultural policy development, as well as forthe integration of previously fragmented projects andprograms in the sector. ASIP is predicated uponparticipation in program design and implementation by thefull range of stakeholders in the public, private andnon-governmental sectors. As a means both of improvingprogram implementation and of promoting the activeparticipation of beneficiaries and other actors, ASIP hasestablished systematic and regular feedback between policymakers and service providers, and those affected byprograms, using methods such as Participatory Rural Appraisal.