ZARI Key Projects Report 2010

Zambia Agriculture Research Institute (ZARI) has undertaken quite a good number of donor funded projects for a good number of years since its inception. The following is an extract of the report submitted by ZARI to the Parliamentary Committee for Agriculture on the current project activities undertaken by the institution.


Projects in ZARI

The following Table highlights some Key Projects which are undertaken with funding from collaborating partners

No	Title of Programme / Province located	Donor	Duration	Geographical Coverage	Amount Spent
1	Agriculture Development Support Programme (ADSP);	World Bank	2007 - 2012	Country wide	US$ 380,671
2	Vulnerability and Resilience of Social – Ecological Systems;	RIHN	2007-2012	Southern (Sinazongwe) and Eastern (Petauke)	US$ 47,310.66
3	Food Crop Diversification Project (FODIS);	Japanese International Cooperation Agency (JICA)	2007-2011	Western, Southern, Eastern and Lusaka Provinces	ZMK 700,000,000
5	Fertilizer use and liming recommendations for sustainable crop production in smallholder agriculture in Zambia;	Alliance for a Green Revolution in Africa (AGRA)	2010-2013	Eastern, Southern, Northern and Central Provinces	US$ 458,933
6	Integrating Grain Legumes in Maize Based Systems for Improved Soil Health, Food Security and Incomes by Smallholder Farmers in Zambia	Alliance for a Green Revolution in Africa (AGRA)	2010-2013	Eastern, Southern, Northern and Central Provinces)	US$ 1,081,269
7	Development And Promotion of Rice Blast Resistant and Soil Acidity Tolerant Upland Rice Varieties for Sustainable Food Security, Nutrition and Household Incomes in Zambia)	Alliance for a Green Revolution in Africa (AGRA)	2010-2013	Western, Eastern and Northern Provinces	US$ 185,000

No	Title of Programme / Province located	Donor	Duration	Geographical Coverage	Amount Spent
8	Support an on-going learning process through collection of data on framework conditions of the cotton sector, qualitative data through focus groups, and quantitative data from small monitoring surveys	National Opinion Research Council (NORC)	2010-2011	Eastern Province	US$ 88,015
9	Small scale cassava processing and vertical integration of the cassava sub-sector in Southern and Eastern Countries – Phase II	International Institute for Tropical Agriculture (IITA)	2010-2013	Lusaka, Copperbelt and Luapula provinces	US$ 450,000
10	Development of an Effective Information Flow Network for ZARI	International Institute for Communication and Development (IICD)	2005-2011	Lusaka and Kasama	€129,000
11	Zambia Agriculture Research for Development Information Network	Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO)	2009-2010	Country wide	US$47.015
12	Promotion of Science and Technology for Agricultural Development in Africa (PSTAD)	Forum for Agriculture Research in Africa (FARA)	2010-2012	Country wide	US$160,290
13	Building Adaptive Capacity to cope with increasing vulnerability due to climate change	IDRC	2008-2011	Sinazongwe and Monze	US$ 170,000
14	INTSORMIL Seed Multiplication Project	INTSORMIL	1995-2015	Lusaka, Central, Eastern &  Luapula Provinces	US$ 25,000
15	Biofortified Maize for Improved Human Nutrition	Harvest Plus	2009-2014	Central Province (Chibombo)	US$ 50,000
16	New Seed Initiative for Maize in Southern Africa	Rockefeller Foundation, Swiss Development Corporation, USAID	2006-2011	Lusaka, Central, Northern, Eastern, Luapula and Southern Provinces	US$ 15,000
17	Breeding and Germplasm Enhancement	SARRNET	2008-2011	Eastern and Luapula provinces	US$ 10,000
18	Plant Genetic Resources	SPGRC	1990-2009	Lusaka and Luapula provinces	US$ 60,000
19	Facilitating the widespread adoption of conservation Agriculture in Maize Based Systems in Eastern and Southern Africa	Germany BMZ	2007-2012	Lusaka, Southern and Central Provinces	US$30,000