GROUP 21 MEMBERS

SIMON MWANZA ANDREW

JEDIDIAH MATIMBA
JEMIMAH BANDA NAMWIINGA
NANCY NANGANA SISHEKANO
DAVID KAWISHA
JUSTUS KOTELA
DANNY MWATE
MWAPE MUSONDA
TAONGA ZULU
 QUESTION

HOW DOES THE LEGAL

ENVIRONMENT AFFECT SMALL-
HOLDER FARMERS IN ZAMBIA?
INTRODUCTION

LEGAL: It refers to something that is prescribed by

law.
ENVIRONMENT: Refers to a setting or condition were
business activities take place.
LEGAL ENVIRONMENT: connotes the rules and
regulations existing in a place within which business
activities are conducted.
SMALL-HOLDER FARMER: A farmer who produces in
small quantities mainly for consumption and the
surplus for sale.
LAWS IN THE ZAMBIAN
LEGAL SYSTEM THAT
AFFECTS SMALL-HOLDER
FARMERS.
Agricultural lands Acts of 1994
Agricultural Credit Act of 2003
Agricultural fertilizers and feeds
Act of 1994.
HOW THE LEGAL
ENVIRONMENT AFFECTS
SMALL-HOLDER FARMERS IN
RELATION TO THE
 POSITIVE: Reduction in the cost of production
PROCUREMENT OF
through the distribution of freeFARMING
farming inputs
INPUTS?
e.g farmer input support program(FISP)
 POSITIVE: High-quality inputs are distributed
 NEGATIVE: High levels of misallocation of
resources e.g. the sinazongwe saga of 2010
 NEGATIVE: Delay in the planting period due to
long procedures in the procurement process.
EFFECTS ON THE OPERATIONS
AT THE MARKET PLACE.
 NEGATIVE: THEY ARE CHARGED
EXORBITANT OR HIGH RATES FOR
ACQUISITION AND RENEWAL OF A
SELLING SLOT.
 POSITIVE:THERE IS UNIFORMITY IN THE
SELLING PRICE OF THE COMMODITIES
REGARDLESS OF THE COST OF
PRODUCTION
ADVERTISING ON THE LEGAL
ENVIRONMENT WITH RESPECT
TO S.H.F
MERIT: COMPETITION AND FAIR
TRADING ACT OF 1976
IMPLEMENTED FAVOURABLE LAWS
WITH REGARDS TO ADVERTISING.
DEMERIT: ANTI-COMPETITORS
CAUSE CONSUMER
DISSATISFACTION
TRANSPORT SECTOR IN THE
LEGAL ENVIRONMENT WRT
SMALL HOLDER FARMERS
 WHAT IS TRANSPORT?
 MODES OF TRANSPORT USED BY SMALL
HOLDER FARMERS IN ZAMBIA.
 THE GOVERNMENT INSTITUTION MANDETED
TO REGULATE THE TRANSPORT SECTOR. ( THE
ENERGY REGULATION BOARD).
 ANIMAL TRANSPORTATION.
E- VOUCHER AND TAX
INCENTIVE’S EFFECT ON
SMALL
 70% ofSCALE FARMERS.
Zambia’s population depend on
small-size farms as a means of livelihood
either directly or indirectly.
 Government introduces FSP in 2002
 FSP improved to FISP in 2004
 Effects
of FISP/ FSP on small scale
farmers.
POSITIVE SIDE OF THE LEGAL
ENVIRONMENT
 30% of government budget allocated to
small-holder farmers(FISP). Subsidized input
prices
 Subsidized inputs prices
 Competition and fair trading act of 1976.
 Good transport systems.
 Uniformity in the selling prices
 ZRA-reduced income tax by 10%.
Negative side of the legal
environment
 Agricultural lands act of 1994
 Agricultural credits act of 2003
 Long and unnecessary procedures in acquiring inputs
 Corruption
 Hiking of fuel prices by ERB cause a responsive
increase in the cost of transportation
 Small holder farmers are charged exorbitant amounts
of money for acquiring a selling spot as well as
renewal of the selling spot
 Anti-competitors bring consumer dissatisfaction
ENDOF
PRESENTATION