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

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.

About ZAMAI

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.

K113.8B

Total Budget

Institutional Dev.

K28.4B 25%

Research & Production

K20.6B 18%

Natural Resources

K19.3B 17%

Infrastructure

K16.6B 15%

Marketing & Trade

K14.7B 13%

Emergency & Nutrition

K14.2B 13%

Financial Facilities

K132M <1%

The Stakes

The risk is real.

What Failure Looks Like

If even 15% of this budget is lost to mismanagement — the same rate Zambia currently loses in grain storage alone — here's what that means:

K17.1B

Lost at 15% wastage rate
$855 million gone

4.7M

School meals for a year
At K2.84 per learner per day

85,500

Hectares of irrigation
At ~$10K per hectare

342,000

Youth agriculture loans
At K50,000 average

This is why accountability is not a chapter in the document. It is the document. Every Kwacha must be tracked. Every instrument must deliver. Every citizen has a right to ask: where did my money go?

Your Role

This is about you.

Farmer

Inputs, loans, mechanization

Government

Policy, accountability, structure

Investor

Value chains, PPP, farm blocks

NGO

Nutrition, social protection

Citizen

Food, jobs, daily life