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Key Partners of the Agricultural Consultative Forum

Name of Institution

Key Collaborative Work Undertaken

Core Corporating Partners:
- Royal Netherlands Embassy
- Royal Norwergian Embassy
- USAID

Core financed ACF since its inception in 1998

Royal Netherlands Embassy

Financed a Special Demand-driven Study on the Competitiveness of Zambian Agriculture. The study became the basis for significant policy changes in Zambia agriculture.

Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations

Funded the preparation of an Inventory for Agricultural Projects in Zambia

Food Security Research Project

Agricultural Policy Analysis and Research

Zambia Trade Investment and Enhancement Project (ZAMTIE)

Agricultural Market Analysis. Key output of Agricultural Market Plan

Zambia National Farmers Union

Facilitated Study on the competitiveness of Zambia's Agricultural Sector.  The key  output from the Study was a joint MACO/ZNFU submission on the 2002 National Budget

Agro-Based NGO Forum

Facilitation of networking among agro-based NGOs providing services to smallholder farmers

German Technical Cooperation (GTZ)

Memorandum of Understanding in place to collaborate on Capacity Building and Nurturing of District Agricultural Committees in Southern Province

Famine Early Warning System Network (FEWSNET)

Collaborated with FEWSNET to hold a meeting on the National Food Balance Sheet.

Conservation Farming Unit (CFU)

Collaborated with CFU to facilitate consultation among key stakeholders on conservation farming. Facilitated the submission of an Advisory Note on a Coordinated Strategy for CF.

National Institute of Scientific and Industrial Research (NISIR)

Collaborated during discussions on the utilization and development of guidelines on Genetically Modified Organisms (GMOs) in Zambia.

 
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