Repurposing Agricultural Support for Soil Health Impact Program

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00:00 Whilst Zambia

00:01 is mineral rich and a mineral exporting country,

00:04 the real jobs

00:06 are offered by the agriculture sector.

00:08 We produce incredible quantities of tomatoes in this country.

00:12 So,

00:12 as we talk to the World Bank,

00:13 we are looking now at the bigger pictures of storage.

00:17 Infrastructure,

00:18 management,

00:19 processing.

00:19 What we need is the support,

00:21 not to the government directly,

00:23 but

00:24 to de-risk

00:25 for the farmer.

00:32 The agriculture sector employs millions of people,

00:35 and many of them are what we call subsistence farmers,

00:39 small scale farmers.

00:40 I think the agri connect agenda is really to look at the potential

00:45 of the sector in creating jobs

00:47 and turning that small scale

00:49 subsistence farming

00:51 into agribusiness.

00:52 The importance of the repurposing agenda of agricultural support.

00:56 About increasing value for money,

00:59 what the government spends to support agriculture.

01:01 In the African context,

01:02 it's a multi-million dollar opportunity.

01:04 You can do businesses on the phone now.

01:06 You can access your input on the phone now,

01:09 especially with the coming in of the e-voucher.

01:12 Life is becoming a little easier than it has been in the past.

01:16 One of our greatest achievements is being

01:18 able to register or digitalize the database of

01:23 1.5 million

01:26 farmers out of the 2.5 million.

01:28 Once you've registered with the bank,

01:30 you've paid your 400 kwacha.

01:32 There's a code that is sent to your phone.

01:34 For the agri dealers,

01:35 it's a massive change,

01:37 uh,

01:37 business opportunity.

01:39 It's opened up the market.

01:40 It's allowed them to trade with certainty.

01:56 Milton disposition in Senegal.

01:59 The impact program tries to identify the proven

02:04 technology,

02:05 practices,

02:05 and policies

02:06 to improve the impact of the input support

02:09 programs and then scale up these solutions.

02:11 I think one of the challenges that's going forward

02:15 I see is internet connectivity.

02:18 That is,

02:18 if

02:20 we are going

02:21 to implement an e-voucher going forward as a country.

02:25 Because

02:27 we don't have 100%

02:29 coverage when it comes to the internet

02:31 and the e-voucher,

02:33 this is the system on which it works.

02:36 Through the impact program,

02:37 we are trying.

02:38 To accelerate the knowledge to flow

02:41 to our peer countries,

02:42 we can solve a lot of political economy problems by generating knowledge,

02:47 evidence,

02:47 what works,

02:48 that knowledge

02:49 exchange delivered between participated countries is a very powerful knowledge.

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Whilst Zambia is mineral rich and a mineral exporting country, the real jobs are offered by the agriculture sector. We produce incredible quantities of tomatoes in this country. So, as we talk to the World Bank, we are looking now at the bigger pictures of storage. Infrastructure, management, processing. What we need is the support, not to the government directly, but to de-risk for the farmer. The agriculture sector employs millions of people, and many of them are what we call subsistence farmers, small scale farmers. I think the agri connect agenda is really to look at the potential of the sector in creating jobs and turning that small scale subsistence farming into agribusiness. The importance of the repurposing agenda of agricultural support. About increasing value for money, what the government spends to support agriculture. In the African context, it's a multi-million dollar opportunity. You can do businesses on the phone now. You can access your input on the phone now, especially with the coming in of the e-voucher. Life is becoming a little easier than it has been in the past. One of our greatest achievements is being able to register or digitalize the database of 1.5 million farmers out of the 2.5 million. Once you've registered with the bank, you've paid your 400 kwacha. There's a code that is sent to your phone. For the agri dealers, it's a massive change, uh, business opportunity. It's opened up the market. It's allowed them to trade with certainty. Milton disposition in Senegal. The impact program tries to identify the proven technology, practices, and policies to improve the impact of the input support programs and then scale up these solutions. I think one of the challenges that's going forward I see is internet connectivity. That is, if we are going to implement an e-voucher going forward as a country. Because we don't have 100% coverage when it comes to the internet and the e-voucher, this is the system on which it works. Through the impact program, we are trying. To accelerate the knowledge to flow to our peer countries, we can solve a lot of political economy problems by generating knowledge, evidence, what works, that knowledge exchange delivered between participated countries is a very powerful knowledge.

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