Mid-term evaluation of the Conservation Agriculture Scaling-up (CASU) project

Mid-term evaluation of the Conservation Agriculture Scaling-up (CASU) project

jun/16

Year of publication 2016

Place of publication Rome, Italy ;

Pages 70 p.

Publisher FAO ;

Product type Document

Category Evaluation report

Series title Project Evaluation Series

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Synopsis (short abstract) The Conservation Agriculture Scaling-up Project (CASU) is being implemented by the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) and financed by the European Union (EU), via the 10th European Development Fund (EDF). It began in June 2013 and is programmed to last until June 2017. The overall objective of the project is to contribute to reduced hunger and improved food security, nutrition and income in Zambia, while promoting the sustainable use of natural resources. The purpose o f the project is to increase crop productivity and production for the targeted farmers, of which at least 40% should be women.

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Over the years, Zambia’s conventional agricultural farming methods have been insufficient to meet national food requirements due to a variety of factors including low farm productivity; high HIV and AIDS prevalence which affects the most productive age group; the frequent occurrence of climatic shocks in rain fed agriculture; the degeneration of farmer support services/infrastructure; and inconsistent agriculture policies. Maize productivity among small-scale farmers has been reducing from about three metric tons per hectare at independence to the current 1.3 metric tons per hectare hence making some households food insecure.

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