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AcknowledgementsThis document has been prepared as a contribution to the All ACP Agricultural CommoditiesProgramme with funding from the European Union. It was prepared by Nigel Poole, SOAS, Universityof London and Maureen Chitundu, Ronald Msoni and Isabel Tembo of Programme AgainstMalnutrition (PAM), Lusaka, Zambia.It was commissioned by the Trade and Markets Division, FAO.The authors would like to thank Jamie Morrison for guidance in the design and development of thestudy and in the finalisation of the Report; the participants in data collection in Chongwe District andLusaka, Zambia; and the participants at the workshop Institutional Innovations and PolicyInterventions in Support of Smallholder Market Participation, 3-4 June 2010, Food and AgricultureOrganization of the United Nations, Rome.DisclaimerThe views expressed in this working paper are those of the authors and do not necessarily reflectthose of the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations2
Contents1 Introduction and overview..........................................................................................................41.1 A brief literature review......................................................................................................51.2 Cassava sector strategy.......................................................................................................61.3 Smallholder capacity and participation ..............................................................................71.4 This research .......................................................................................................................82 Methodology...............................................................................................................................82.1 Framework ..........................................................................................................................82.2 Data collection ....................................................................................................................92.3 Data collection tools .........................................................................................................113 Results.......................................................................................................................................113.1 Respondents .....................................................................................................................113.2 Agricultural system ...........................................................................................................123.3 Cassava production...........................................................................................................123.4 Household heterogeneity .................................................................................................123.5 Benefits, constraints and risks of cassava production and marketing..............................133.6 Interventions and support ................................................................................................143.7 Attribution.........................................................................................................................154 Conclusions ...............................................................................................................................165 Recommendations ....................................................................................................................195.1 Intersectoral coordination ................................................................................................195.2 Producer organisation.......................................................................................................195.3 Enterprise development and monitoring .........................................................................205.4 Producer-trader contractual linkages ...............................................................................215.5 Planting materials .............................................................................................................225.6 Finance..............................................................................................................................225.7 Further research................................................................................................................23References ........................................................................................................................................253
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