Republic of Zambia · CATSP

K113.8 Billion Zambia's agriculture. Transformed.

The largest investment in Zambian farming. Ever. Here is what it means for you.

2024 – 2033
7 Sub-Programs
$5.7 Billion
K113.8B
Total · $5.7 Billion
51%
Workforce in Agriculture
60%
Poverty Rate
19.6M
Population
Built by ZAMAI Solutions

We read the 130 pages.
So you don't have to.

CATSP is Zambia's most ambitious agriculture program. K113.8 billion. Seven sub-programs. Ninety-five policy instruments.

It is also a 130-page PDF that most Zambians will never open.

That is a problem. Because this program affects everyone — the farmer in Mpika, the investor in Lusaka, the student in Mongu.

We built this portal to fix that. Every number, every instrument, every budget line — searchable, readable, and explainable by AI. We are ZAMAI Solutions. We build technology that serves people. This is what that looks like.

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The Scale

To understand the number.

K100
K250
A 25kg bag of roller mealie meal
K1,700
One month at minimum wage
K12,000
A mature cow — the backbone of rural wealth
K100,000
A hectare of farmland with title. Only 10-15% of Zambia's 42 million arable hectares are cultivated.
K10 Million
Build a community borehole, a seed storage depot, and a market shelter — for one ward
K1 Billion ($50M)
200km of feeder roads — connecting thousands of farmers to the nearest market
K20 Billion ($1B)
Irrigate 100,000 hectares — half of what Zambia has done in its entire history
K113.8 Billion ($5.7B)
CATSP. The largest agriculture investment in Zambian history.
More than 450 million bags of mealie meal. Or 67 million minimum wage months. Every Kwacha accounted for.
The Breakdown

Where every Kwacha goes.

The foundation holds everything up. Width = share of K113.8 billion.

Accountability

K113.8 billion is a promise.
Corruption is the threat.

President Hichilema has made the fight against corruption a centrepiece of this government. CATSP is the test. K113.8 billion flowing through institutions that have historically lost 15% of grain reserves to storage losses alone.

If even 15% is lost — K17.1 billion gone. That is 4.3 million children who could have eaten at school. 85,500 hectares that could have been irrigated. 342,000 youth loans that will never be disbursed.

Nepotism. Misallocation. Ghost beneficiaries. Procurement fraud. These are not abstract risks. They are the specific mechanisms by which K113.8 billion becomes K96 billion — and the difference is measured in hunger.

This is why CATSP built the accountability system into Sub-Program 1 — not as an afterthought, but as 25% of the entire budget. The CATSP Accountability System, ZARETA's coordination role, the annual policy dialogues from district to national level — every mechanism exists because the alternative is unacceptable.

Every citizen has a right to ask: where did my money go?

Your Role

This is about you.

Tell us who you are. The AI adapts.

I Grow

Farmer, cooperative member, youth in agriculture. Inputs, financing, mechanization, extension services, land.

I Invest or Build

Investor, agro-processor, input supplier, mechanization provider, trader. PPPs, value chains, farm blocks, export.

I Govern or Support

Government, NGO, development partner, researcher, civil society. Policy, accountability, nutrition, social protection.

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