Zambia Agribusiness and Trade Project-II (ZATP-II)

The development objective of the Second Agribusiness and Trade Project for Zambia (ZATP) is to increase access to markets and finance and promote firm growth in Zambia's Agribusiness sector. The project comprises of three components. The first component, support access to markets and finance supports capacity building of firms and producer organizations (POs) within a value chain as well as fostering linkages. It addresses key constraints related to limited access to finance, inadequate integration, weak export orientation, and climate resilience of value chains. It consists of following sub-components: (i) market connect; (ii) productive alliances; and (iii) line of credit (LoC) to support agribusinesses. The second component, promote trade and agribusiness competitiveness objective is to enable the key stakeholders in Zambia’s agribusiness sector and those benefitting from component 1 to take advantage of improved business enabling environment, trade facilitation, and opportunities emerging from African Continental Free Trade Agreement (AfCFTA). The third component, project management will ensure effective implementation of project activities, including monitoring and evaluation (M and E) of project implementation progress.