The Ministry of Agriculture is a government ministry in

Zambia Zambia (), officially the Republic of Zambia, is a landlocked country at the crossroads of Central Africa, Central, Southern Africa, Southern and East Africa, although it is typically referred to as being in Southern Africa at its most cent ...

. It is headed by the Minister of Agriculture and is mandated to design, implement and manage the government's activities in the agricultural sector. The ministry managed agricultural, fisheries and livestock activities until 2015, when the departments of fisheries and livestock were merged to form the

Ministry of Fisheries and Livestock The Ministry of Fisheries and Livestock (MOFL, bn, মৎস্য ও প্রাণিসম্পদ মন্ত্রণালয়; ''Maṯsya ō prāṇisampada mantraṇālaẏa'') is a ministry of the government of the People's Repub ...

List of ministers

Zambia Agricultural Research Institute

The Zambia Agricultural Research Institute (ZARI), which falls under the Ministry of Agriculture, is Zambia's largest agriculture research institute. It is mandated is to provide specialized research and advice to farmers and the government. ZARI is one of the principal research organizations studying grains in Zambia.

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External links

Official website
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Agriculture Agriculture or farming is the practice of cultivating plants and livestock. Agriculture was the key development in the rise of sedentary human civilization, whereby farming of domesticated species created food surpluses that enabled people to ...

Agricultural organisations based in Zambia