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Farming and Natural Resource Dynamics under Public-Private Partnership in Eastern Zambia

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4. Results 4.1. Contribution of PPP to Sustainable NRM in Game Management Areas The PPP’s private sector comprises the director, regional extension coordinator, senior extension officers, extension officers (chiefdom level) and chiefdom area managers. They are responsible for the business aspect of the PPP model in Lupande GMA. On the public side are registered households organised in various producer groups around various product lines that include crop farming, carpentry, gardening, and honey and livestock production. There are no restrictions for any individual belonging to one producer group to cross and engage in activities of a different group. For instance, a crop producer can simultaneously engage in honey production either at household level or belong to a producer group producing honey. Membership to any producer group is by choice. However, crop farming particularly that of maize is compulsory to comply with the PPP’s objective to achieve food security and reduce hunger in their operational areas. Therefore, crop farming producer groups overseen by respective lead farmers are relatively more active in any given year. Private actor efforts begin with conducting sensitization programmes focusing on the importance of conservating natural resource and benefits of conservation farming (CF) to all public actors at producer group level. PPP registered farmers (public actors) are encouraged to practice CF practices including minimum tillage, pot holing-deeper

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