NETHERLANDS
FUNDS-IN-TRUST
FI:GCP/ZAM/038/NET
June 1990
FAO/GOVERNMENT COOPERATIVE PROGRAMME
ZAMBIA
A report prepared for the Fishculture Development Project
by
N.J. MacPherson
FOOD AND AGRICULTURE ORGANIZATION OF THE UNITED NATIONS
Rome, 1990
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1.3 Previous Development in Integrated Fish-Farming
1.4 Social and Economic Conditions in Rural Areas in Zambia
1.5 General Implications for Development in the Rural Areas
1.6 National Policies Affecting the Rural Agricultural Sector
2. THE CONCEPTS OF SMALL-SCALE AGRICULTURE AND INTEGRATED FISH-FARMING SYSTEMS
3. SMALL-SCALE AGRICULTURE IN ZAMBIA
3.1 National Production Levels
3.2 Small-Scale Farming in Zambia: Agriculture Type
3.3 Local Examples of Small-Scale Farming Systems and Subsystems
4. POTENTIAL FOR INTEGRATED FISH-FARMING IN THE SMALL-SCALE SECTOR
6. MAIN CONCLUSIONS AND RECOMMENDATIONS
LIST OF TABLES
1. Aquaculture Production in Zambia
2. National Stockfeed Production 1980–1988
3. Stockfeed Prices at Eastern Cooperative Union, Chipata 1986–1989
4. Livestock Populations in the Traditional Sector 1989
5. Unit Production Costs and Returns for Peking Duck Production