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USAID Accelerated Innovation Delivery Initiative is working in collaboration with other partners in conducting various activities such as improved crop variety demonstrations.
The United States Agency for International Development (USAID) has spent over USD 9 million to improve food security in Zambia. This was stated by USAID Deputy Assistant Administrator Ann Vaughan. He added that the USAID Africa Trade and Investment and USAID Zambia are working hand-in-hand with the regional African Fertilizer Agribusiness Partnership to propel the country’s agricultural markets and drive economic transformation.
Vaughan said this when she led a team from the USAID who were touring fields in Mpongwe District on the Copperbelt to see how farmers are benefiting from the Food Security Programme. She noted that USAID is determined to improve food security in Zambia and over 1.5 million Zambians participated in the food security program.
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Vaughan added that USAID’s Accelerated Innovation Delivery Initiative is working in collaboration with other partners in conducting various activities such as improved crop variety demonstrations. She said that the main purpose of a demonstration farm is that farmers and scientists can see the difference in productivity between different seed varieties and agricultural practices when they are growing side-by-side.
