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The Ministry of Agriculture is a government ministry in Zambia. 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.[1]

List of ministers

Minister Party Term start Term end
Member for Agriculture and Natural Resources
Geoffrey Beckett 1953
William Harris Wroth Federal Party 1954 1957
Harold Watmore Federal Party 1957 1958
Ebden Carlisle United Federal Party 1958
Minister of African Agriculture
Edson Mwamba 1959 1962
Simon Kapwepwe United National Independence Party 1962 1964
Minister of Agriculture
Elijah Mudenda United National Independence Party 1964
Minister of Agriculture, Food and Fisheries
Guy Scott Movement for Multi-Party Democracy 1991 1993
Suresh Desai Movement for Multi-Party Democracy
Edith Nawakwi Movement for Multi-Party Democracy 1998
Amusaa Mwanamwambwa Movement for Multi-Party Democracy 1998 1998
Mundia Sikatana Movement for Multi-Party Democracy 2002 2006
Minister of Agriculture and Cooperatives
Peter Daka Movement for Multi-Party Democracy 2009 2010
Minister of Agriculture and Livestock
Emmanuel Chenda Patriotic Front 2011 2013
Bob Sichinga Patriotic Front 2013 2014
Wylbur Simuusa Patriotic Front 2014
Given Lubinda Patriotic Front 2015 2015
Minister of Agriculture
Dora Siliya Patriotic Front 2016 2018
Micheal Zondani Katambo Patriotic Front 2018

Zambia Agricultural Research Institute

The Zambia Agricultural Research Institute (ZARI), which falls under the Ministry of Agriculture, is Zambia's largest agriculture research institute.[2] 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.[3]

References

  1. ^ Vets welcome split of Ministry of Agriculture Daily Mail, 2 October 2015
  2. ^ "The Ministry of Agriculture-Zambia Agricultural Research Institute". The Ministry of Agriculture-Zambia Agricultural Research Institute. 25 May 2020.
  3. ^ Wrigley, Colin W.; Corke, Harold; Seetharaman, Koushik; Faubion, Jonathan (2015-12-17). Encyclopedia of Food Grains. Academic Press. p. 449. ISBN 978-0-12-394786-4.
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