A Programme supporting increased Food Security and income by promoting "Farming as a Business" concept in Central, Eastern, Northern and Southern Provinces of Zambia, through a process of facilitation, training, infrastructure improvement, capacity building among support entities and linkages to relevant service providers.
 
The ASP Policies
(All policies are in Acrobat Reader format)
Exciting reading material aimed at enhancing the understanding of ASPs' principles. The documents include;
Environment Policy..
  • The Agriculture Support Programme strives to create environmental awareness and action among its target groups and its own staff by mainstreaming environmental considerations in all ASP activities Environmental Policy.pdf [38.7KBytes]
Gender Policy..
  • Certain issues on Gender have come to light due to findings from different Studies which have been conducted. These Studies in most cases show that women are far behind in development.
    Gender Policy & Guidelines.pdf [139KBytes]
HIV/AIDS Policy..
  • Mainstreaming HIV/AIDS into ASP project operations means to look at the agricultural world from an HIV/AIDS perspective and act accordingly. 
    HIV/AIDS Policy.pdf     [300KBytes] 
Infrastructure Policy..
  • Projects are normally identified by communities within the camp areas. The physical state of an individual piece of infrastructure is first recognised as being a major constraint to local economic development.
    Infrastructure Policy.pdf [1.5MBytes]
Phase Out Policy..
  • Mainstreaming
Seed Policy
  • To contribute to a more vibrant private sector driven seed industry and create greater capacity in the informal seed sub-sector, thereby increasing the timely availability and accessibility of good quality seeds for a wide range of crops which also assures  better seed security. Seed Policy.pdf [37.9KBytes]
Walk Away Policy
  • Programme interventions will not be forced upon the target group! The main character of the programme is that the farmers are in the ‘drivers’ seats’ and that the ASP programme is only facilitating the development of farmers as businessmen and their businesses. 
    Walk Away Policy.pdf [19.7KBytes]