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Table 6.7: Farm Block Development in Zambia
|
Province |
Name of block |
Total area for ________________(ha) |
Area |
Farms created (#) |
|
Central | ||||
|
Copperbelt |
Kantolo-Luankuni |
4,050 |
NA' |
21 |
|
Luansobe |
12,000 |
NA |
36 | |
|
Eastern |
Mwasemphangwe |
9,340 |
NA |
NA |
|
Luapula |
Muchimadzi Chitondo |
4,000 |
4,000 |
66 |
|
Mansa |
NA |
NA |
22 | |
|
Lusaka |
Shikabeta |
2,900 |
2,600 |
69 |
|
Northern |
Longwe |
4,428 9,500 |
4,428 - |
9b1 |
|
North-Westem |
Mikilingi |
18,526 |
7,474 |
12 |
|
Southern |
NA but in most areas |
Varied |
Varied |
644 |
|
Western |
Kalumwange Lombe Lombe |
21,000 |
6,000 |
69 |
a. NA = not available.
b. This block is now part of the resettlement program.
Source: National Commission for Development Planning, Economic Report, 1990.
(e) Farm Block Development Program. This program was started in the mid-1980s to make
additional land available for commercial agriculture. Each province identified the location and
hectareage of land for inclusion in the program, and, with assistance from the government
through the resettlement program, farmers were settled. By the end of 1990, farm blocks had
been developed in each of the provinces except the Central province. Table 6.7, above, gives
details of the development program up to 1990.
(0 Settlement schemes. A program launched in 1986 called for the development of new areas in
each district for settling people that wanted to develop agricultural plots smaller than those
settlements provided for commercial farmers. By 1990, ten schemes had been developed, with
at least one in each of the nine provinces. A list of the schemes and their location is presented
in table 6.8.
(g) Settlement schemes for the handicapped. Fourteen settlement farms with a total of 318
hectares and a settler population of approximately 600 had been established by 1985
throughout the country.