FINANCING AGRICULTURE AND RURAL DEVELOPMENT IN ZAMBIA

Abstract

Financing agriculture and rural development is critical to the development of the Zambian economy it a well-known fact that the Zambian government has been aiming at diversifying the economy. Reliance on copper mining as a source of revenue has had several limitations as country and therefore the justification to diversify the economy and agriculture is one of the sectors that has been cited an alternative source of revenue if it is well developed.

The details in this article is entirely collected through secondary research, specifically from scholarly articles in agriculture and rural development, development studies and banking and finance, various text books in development studies, agriculture and rural development and banking and finance and journals from professional bodies. The paper is focused on the factors that have an impact on financing agriculture and rural development in Zambia. Although emphasis is on Zambian institutions, general commentaries are cited from various areas on the continent of Africa and the universe.