Establishing the governance backbone of CATSP — coordination systems, accountability frameworks, and the Zambia Agriculture Transformation Trust Fund.
5 Policy Implementation Instruments focused on strengthening the public sector's ability to deliver critical enabling results. Includes establishing the CATSP Accountability System, enhancing planning and M&E capacity, and regular policy assessments.
3 PIIs for creating and resourcing the ZATTF — the financial engine of CATSP. The Trust Fund has three pillars: ZIRSAT (risk-sharing), ZIFSAT (financial services), and ZINFSAT (non-financial services). The bulk of SP1's $1.42B allocation goes to resourcing this fund.
Rolling out 19 financial, risk-sharing, and non-financial facilities through the Trust Fund's three pillars to unlock private investment.
Agriculture Credit Guarantee Scheme, Index-Based Insurance Facility, Interest Drawback Facility, and Irrigation & Land Development Fund. Four facilities to de-risk agriculture lending.
Seven facilities including Farm Mechanization Facility, Youth Agriculture Loans, Warehousing & Infrastructure Financing, Agro-processing & Export Promotion, and Agriculture Concessional Loans Through Anchor Borrower schemes.
8 non-financial facilities including technical assistance, market information systems, and capacity-building programs to complement the financial instruments.
Market interventions, food safety, trade policy, and agri-food processing — moving Zambia up the value chain.
3 PIIs covering strategic grain reserves, market stabilization mechanisms, and commodity exchange development to ensure fair prices for farmers and stable food supplies.
4 PIIs for SPS compliance, quality standards, laboratory capacity, and food safety regulation — essential for accessing international markets under AfCFTA and COMESA.
5 PIIs covering trade policy reform, market information systems (AMIC), export promotion, and alignment with regional trade agreements.
2 PIIs focused on value addition and processing — turning raw commodities into finished products to capture more value domestically and create jobs.
The largest sub-program by number of instruments. Climate-smart agriculture, extension services, youth training, genetic resources, mechanization, and spatial development.
4 PIIs for adapting, developing, and disseminating CSA technologies — drought-resistant varieties, conservation agriculture, and climate-resilient practices.
4 PIIs covering non-CSA technology development and dissemination across crops, livestock, and fisheries.
2 PIIs promoting both private and public extension services for crops, livestock, and fisheries — getting knowledge to the farmer's field.
4 PIIs targeting Zambia's burgeoning youth population (80% of the population). Skills training, entrepreneurship programs, and youth-specific agriculture opportunities.
8 PIIs for production and supply of improved seeds, breeds, and fingerlings across all sub-sectors.
6 PIIs enhancing accessibility, quality, and efficiency of mechanization along the entire agri-food value chain — from planting to processing.
5 PIIs including farm blocks, agriculture corridors, and zone-based development planning. Key investment opportunity for private sector.
4 PIIs enabling production and supply of safe, quality inputs for crops, livestock, and fish farming.
Irrigation, roads, and trade infrastructure — connecting farmers to markets. Zambia has 2.75 million hectares of irrigation potential but only 200,000 under irrigation.
PPPs for water basin and irrigation development
Connecting production clusters to reduce transport time
Dry and cold storage to eliminate post-harvest losses
Physical market infrastructure and border facilities
2 PIIs to develop irrigation infrastructure. Only 7% of Zambia's irrigation potential is currently utilized — massive opportunity for transformation.
2 PIIs for building and rehabilitating feeder roads and market infrastructure to reduce post-harvest losses and transport costs.
2 PIIs for trade facilitation infrastructure development — border posts, cold chains, and export handling facilities.
Early warning, disaster response, social protection, and nutrition-sensitive food systems — protecting the most vulnerable Zambians.
7 PIIs for early warning systems, strategic reserves, contingency planning, and preparedness training at national, provincial, and district levels.
4 PIIs for rapid response mechanisms through the Disaster Management and Mitigation Unit (DMMU), including crop and livestock relief programs.
3 PIIs for social safety nets, cash transfers, and food-for-work programs targeting the most vulnerable households.
4 PIIs addressing the fact that stunting affects 35% of children under five. Includes dietary diversity promotion, fortification, school feeding, and nutrition education.
Conservation, sustainable land use, water efficiency, and climate-friendly farming. Zambia has 42 million hectares of arable land and receives 160 billion cubic meters of rainfall annually.
4 PIIs for sustainable land management, forest conservation, biodiversity protection, and climate change mitigation in agriculture.
2 PIIs promoting water harvesting, efficient irrigation, renewable energy for agriculture, and reducing the carbon footprint of farming. The bulk of SP7's $964.7M goes to incentives for farmers practicing climate-friendly methods.
"Any sub-program. Any instrument. Any number."