Self Help Africa
ZAMBIA
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elf Help Africa’s programme focus in Zambia is on
agriculture and environmental rehabilitation.
two key areas: Rural Enterprise Development and Sustainable Agricultural and Rural Livelihoods.
The country programme works primarily through Farmer Commodity Producer Groups, Seed Producer Groups,
The range of projects cover: food and nutrition security;
research stations, local NGOs, civil society organisations
research into and production of improved varieties of seeds;
and local government to reach smallholder farmers and
rural enterprise development; savings and credit; income
provides support and capacity building to local government
generation; watershed management; and sustainable
departments in planning, monitoring, evaluation and training.
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08. Community-based Seed Enterprises and Participatory Crop Improvement
01. Improved Livelihoods for Rural Communities
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07. Maintenance and Expansion of the GORTA ENT Mobile
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Total Budget
Timeframe
Implementing Partner
Programme Area
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Kaoma Farm Development Project
Alan Kerins Projects, SHA
€ 211,780
2015 2017
Cheshire Homes Orphanage
Kaoma District, Western Zambia
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Local Development Programme
Irish Aid
€ 10,000,000
2013
SHA, HID, Local Government
Luwingu & Mbala districts. Northern Zambia
Heifer International & SHA
Chipata & Katete districts. Eastern Zambia
Ministry of Agriculture and Livestock
Chipata, Katete & Chadiza, Eastern Zambia
Community Oriented Development Programme (CODEP)
Chipata district, Eastern Zambia
Centre for Livelihood Environment & Watershed Management (CLEWM)
district, Central Zambia
ENT Trust
Lusaka, Mazabuka, Chainda, Linda, Ibex Hills
SHA
Kafue, Chinkakata, Siavonga, Mpika, Chipata and Lundazi districts
2017
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Enhanced Livestock, Trade & Enterprise
SHA, Heifer Int, Send a Cow
€ 640,000
2013 2016
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Enhanced Livestock Trade and Enterprise II
SHA
Integrated Natural Resource Management & Sustainable Agriculture Project
SHA
New Generation of Watershed Management
SHA
Maintenance and Expansion of the ENT Mobile Clinic Service Zambia
SHA
Community-based Seed Enterprises & Participatory Crop Improvement
SHA
€ 93,000
2015 2016
€ 106,000
2015 2015
€83,115
2015 2015
€ 158,300
2013 2015
€ 98,400
2015 2015
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Programme
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KAOMA FARM DEVELOPMENT PROJECT
on HIV/AIDS and malaria prevention and good practices in nutrition and water and sanitation. It also establishes Accumulated Savings and Credit Associations and builds the
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heshire Homes Orphanage cares for orphans who
capacity of Mbala and Luwingu District Authorities to plan
have lost one or both parents because of AIDS. The
and implement effective service delivery to the population.
cost of caring for the young people is increasing,
particularly the cost of education as they get older. The
As further support to the local administration, the project
orphanage owns a large piece of farmland which is currently
supports district authorities to effectively identify and
underutilized but SHA is working with Cheshire Homes to
implement community-initiated projects; delivers capacity
increase production and seed multiplication on the farm, so
building training; supports the Northern Province Provincial
as to help the orphanage become self sufficient in food and
Planning Unit; has established a robust mechanism for
generate an income from selling surplus produce.
capturing lessons learnt and uses these to influence national and wider policy and practice.
The project has four objectives: (i) Adopt improved sustainable agricultural practices on the farm; (ii) Develop links between the farm and private sector service providers and buyers
Total direct beneficiaries: 16,000
to enable marketing of surplus produce (and value-added products); (iii) Increase access to water for farming purposes; (iv) Develop food processing, preservation and storage capacities. This is an exciting opportunity to introduce conservation agriculture techniques to Cheshire Homes and the nearby farmers and to create access to improved seeds and value added products for local farmers and consumers.
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ENHANCED LIVESTOCK, TRADE AND ENTERPRISE (ELITE)
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LITE is a livestock and enterprise development project designed to support 1,500 farming households (9,000 people) living in the Chipata and Katete districts of
Zambia’s Eastern Province.
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LOCAL DEVELOPMENT PROGRAMME
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The purpose of ELITE is to promote sustainable agricultural practices, strengthen the capacity of farmer groups and strengthen value chains, specifically in the area of goat meat, groundnut production, sunflower and other cash crops. The
rish Aid Local Development Programme (IALDP) is a five-
project also seeks to improve access for local growers and
year programme with the overall goal of improving the
breeders to markets for their produce.
livelihoods, health status, and food and nutrition security
of poor households in Northern Province (NP) with a particular
A collaboration with Heifer International and Send a Cow, the
focus on women and vulnerable groups.
project has pooled resources and learning in Eastern Province to pilot and scale up a plan built around the livelihood
The programme is being implemented in Luwingu and Mbala
strategies of smallholder farmers in the Province. These
districts and targets a total of 16,000 households, 10,000
households rely on agriculture for their income along with a
in Mbala and 6,000 in Luwingu over its lifetime. The project
variety of informal income-generating activities that tend to
aims to increase market-oriented sustainable agriculture
be short-term, seasonal, and poorly rewarded.
production and productivity; improve the nutrition and health status of vulnerable households; and strengthen District
Market opportunities for livestock products are increasing in
Authorities with increased planning and implementation
the Province, as a result of rising demand for animal products
capacity and improved service delivery for local communities.
in urban areas. The rise is driven by growing populations, rising incomes and urbanisation. These new markets have
The project is establishing an integrated livelihood programme
created opportunities for smallholder livestock producers,
addressing agricultural productivity, diversification and
including poor rural farmers, to benefit from ready markets
marketing and health and nutrition. It supports Farmer
for various meats, dairy products, eggs and other livestock
Producer Groups to increase production and marketing of
by-products.
crops, poultry, goats and fish farming. It supports Community
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Health & Nutrition Groups to increase knowledge and skills
production, improve quality of produce and find sustainable
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markets for their produce, while at the same time addressing the annual food deficit many of them face.
Total direct beneficiaries: 1,500
INTEGRATED NATURAL RESOURCE MANAGEMENT & SUSTAINABLE AGRICULTURE PROJECT
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The ELITE project works with farmers groups to increase
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he project, implemented by our partner Community Oriented Development Programme (CODEP), aims to contribute to the conservation of the natural resources
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ENHANCED LIVESTOCK TRADE AND ENTERPRISE II (ELITEII)
on which the farmers depend. Through a watershed management approach, the project
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seeks to conserve the water and soil resources and thus
LITE II aims to facilitate a more conducive business
improve productivity. The objective is to support people living
environment at community and district level for
in the watershed area while managing their natural resources
smallholder livestock producers. Following on from its
and conserving the environment.
predecessor ELITE, which assisted farmers to increase livestock production and marketing, ELITE II will work to improve wider
Chiparamba area in Chipata District suffers from low
stakeholder coordination and access to market information.
agriculture productivity which is the main source of livelihood
This will be done by establishing and strengthening Livestock
for the local population. Factors that contributed to the
Producer Groups and District Livestock Associations who will
deterioration of the agriculture productivity include erratic
provide coordination, training opportunities, links to potential
rainfall, poor agriculture practices, mono cropping and limited
buyers and a collective voice to their membership.
ground cover, as well as limited access to such inputs as quality seeds and fertilisers.
At community level, key components include: providing organizational and technical training and training manuals
In 2015, a range of environmental conservation strategies
to new and existing Livestock Producer Groups (105 in total)
willl be promoted for 750 small holder farmers. Land use
and providing opportunities for learning exchanges between
and water management will be integrated in order to reduce
groups.
the continued degradation of the area’s land, water and forest resources. Activities include livestock rearing (goats
At the broader district level, the project will facilitate the
and chickens); improved groundnut seed multiplication;
establishment of three District Livestock Associations and
bee keeping; food processing and preservation; training in
provide training in organizational development and strategic
conservation agriculture; and promotion of village saving and
planning, provide training in advocacy and entrepreneurship
credit groups.
so the associations in turn can support their members, and develop a database of products and services available to farmers.
Total direct beneficiaries: 2,130
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NEW GENERATION OF WATERSHED MANAGEMENT
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his project, implemented by our partner Centre for Livelihood Environment & Watershed Management (CLEWM), is a set of integrated activities which are part
of the long term development plan for the conservation of
To prevent further deterioration of people’s living and health conditions, the project strengthens the economic capacity of beneficiaries to sustainable levels by providing them with support to engage into production and profitable marketing of pigs and fowls.
Total direct beneficiaries: 1,917
watershed areas of Chibombo district in Central Province.
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Begun in 2013, the project targets a total 1,917 farming households, but in 2015 the target number of beneficiaries is 200 HHs. Its primary aim is to prevent further degradation of Mwembeshi watershed, water catchments and land for agricultural production and forest resources.
ENT MOBILE CLINIC SERVICE ZAMBIA
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n a country of nearly fourteen million people, Zambia has only a handful of doctors employed to provide the vital surgical specialty required to treat ear, nose and throat
conditions. The project is organising beneficiaries into community groups and training them in forestry management and reforestation
With over 65% of the population living in rural areas,
practices; soil conservation techniques involving construction
the need for an outreach clinic is high. Late presentations
of earth work structures i.e. contour ridges, gabion cages,
of patients with ear sepsis can lead to illnesses from
contour farrows, infiltration ditches etc., planting of vertiva
complications including meningitis and brain abscesses and
grass and selected agro-forestry tree species. These activities
even death.
are conducted around the watershed and also on relevant/ suitable areas on farms of beneficiaries in order to curtail soil
Under this project, implemented in partnership with ENT
erosion, thereby improving soil fertility and land productivity.
Zambia Trust, a pioneering mobile Ear, Nose and Throat (ENT) clinic was developed in Ireland. Launched in 2011, the mobile
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Variety Selection (PVS)
provides outreach services and treatments for ENT conditions
This research work involves participatory variety selection
in the rural areas around Lusaka.
(PVS) of groundnut in conjunction with Msekera Agriculture Research Institute in Chipata district to complement their
Prior to all outreach clinics conducted with the vehicle and
existing seed breeding programmes. PVS is whereby farmers
ENT staff, a screening programme is undertaken to identify
are engaged in assessing and selecting promising breeding
those that will attend the arranged clinic and details of
material/lines on their farm that they judge to be most
individual cases are documented. The patients are advised of
appropriate for their own uses from among a range of fixed
the date for the follow-up visit with the mobile clinic vehicle
(stable) lines that are being field tested.
in order for treatments to be undertaken. The objective of this project is to increase the outreach from two to three
3) Increasing Production of identified landraces
clinics a week and also increase the distance that the clinic
SHA will continue to work with Misamfu Regional Research
covers from 10km to 50-60km from Lusaka.
Station to develop morphological descriptors to allow farmers
Total direct beneficiaries: 11,000 patients
to distinguish/characterise their landrace population of common bean (Phaseolus vulgaris) from others and thereby register their landrace as a breed and obtain breeders rights.
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clinic is based out of Beit Cure Hospital in Lusaka and now
4) Introduce a more holistic approach to value chain
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COMMUNITY-BASED SEED ENTERPRISES AND PARTICIPATORY CROP IMPROVEMENT
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n this project seeks to introduce innovative models of working between seed breeders, researchers and seed growers. The project will leverage new sciences
towards sustainable farming livelihoods, through growth in productivity, intensification of conservation farming techniques and diversification of crop production. It will continue to improve on and build partnerships in the seed value chain and seed markets.
enhancemeny for the promotion of Conservation Agriculture. Improved smallholder application of moisture conserving Conservation Agriculture (CA) technologies; use of maize and legume varieties and their cropping patterns; postharvest handling; and market system innovations will be tested through on-farm research, demonstrations and market system innovation tests. This will result in increased household food production as well as income security for the smallholder farmer. The project will benefit 400 households, half of which are women, who will facilitate demonstrations of technologies that will indirectly benefit more than 2,000 households.
The main project components are: 1) Production of Early Generation Seed
Total direct beneficiaries: 400
The project will multiply early generation seed of beans, groundnuts and cowpea. Access to early generation seed varieties by rural farmers is limited mainly as a result of poor relationships within the seed value chain. SHA has been working with Zambia Agriculture Research Institute (ZARI) and Seed Control and Certification Institute (SCCI) to address this challenge. In this action research, SHA will continue to intensify its work with five Seed Grower Associations Shangila SGA, Chipapa SGA and Namalundu SGA on beans; MtilaKubili SGA on groundnuts; and Siavonga SGA on cowpeas. These SGAs have the responsibility of multiplying ‘basic seed’ to produce 1st generation seed, making these seeds commercially available to other small scale farmers including the seed growers. 2) Increased Access to new varieties through Participatory
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