The Center for International Forestry Research (CIFOR and World Agroforestry (ICRAF) joined forces in 2019, leveraging a combined 65 years’ experience in research on the role of forests and trees in solving critical global challenges.
The scoping study was conducted in Solwezi district in Northwestern Zambia. The aim of the scoping study was to provide an overview of i) the institutional arrangements in terms of partnerships at the local, national and regional level that will enable value chain innovation platform development and ii) to identify and characterize potential value chains and market information delivery systems that could be developed through innovation platforms that would work best for smallholder farmers including women and young people.
Information was gathered through key informant interviews and focus group discussions. Key informant interviews were with key value chain actors as well as representatives of organizations well-versed with knowledge of the agricultural sector in Solwezi. Focus group discussions were held in 3 camps namely: Luamala (Lunga block), Lumwana East (Mukumbi block) and Mutanda (Mutanda block) consisting of about 15 farmers selected from different farmer groups (cooperatives) on the basis of their knowledge of crops and livestock enterprises undertaken in their locality. The focus group discussions were also conducted in different camps in line with agro ecologies which define enterprise of a given agro ecological zone.
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