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Since 1991, radical changes have taken
place in the policy and institutional environment governing
the agriculture sector in Zambia. Policies of liberalization
and privatization have entailed the replacement of
previously state-supplied agricultural services (notably
credit, inputs supply and agricultural marketing) by private
sector provision. The Agricultural Sector Investment Program
(ASIP), assisted by the World Bank, provides the context for
continuing agricultural policy development, as well as for
the integration of previously fragmented projects and
programs in the sector. ASIP is predicated upon
participation in program design and implementation by the
full range of stakeholders in the public, private and
non-governmental sectors. As a means both of improving
program implementation and of promoting the active
participation of beneficiaries and other actors, ASIP has
established systematic and regular feedback between policy
makers and service providers, and those affected by
programs, using methods such as Participatory Rural Appraisal.
