Zambia Project
Timeframe
October 2021 to December 2024
Context
Zambia’s agriculture sector is the main source of income for 60% of the rural population.
93% of total national emissions come from agriculture, forestry and other land use emissions. Zambia’s first Nationally Determined Contribution (NDC) in 2016 made a conditional commitment to reduce GHGs by 25% or 47% with external funding by 2030 compared to 2010.
The focus is on mitigation, sustainable forest management, sustainable agriculture, renewable energy and energy efficiency. Action on livestock emissions requires that Zambia uses a more advanced and accurate method to quantify GHG emissions.
Zambia has been a member of GRA since 2020. NZ’s 2016-2021 development project- Zambia Dairy Transformation Programme supported commercialisation of smallholder-based Zambian dairy.
Impact
The CSA Initiative has built capacity for Zambia to develop a Tier 2 inventory of greenhouse gas emissions for all ruminants. The Tier 2 inventory will strengthen Zambia’s ability to measure, report and verify emissions and emissions reductions from the livestock sector.
Reports
Project Information
Implementation Partners
In-country partners
The Ministry of Fisheries and Livestock (MFL), Zambia
Zambia Environmental Management Agency (ZEMA)
University of Zambia
Other contributors
University of Zambia, School of Agricultural Sciences (UNZA)
ZAMBEEF
SOLIDARIDAD
Nation Livestock Epidemiological Information Centre (NALEIC)
National Institute for Scientific and Industrial research (NISIR)
Zambia Dairy Transformation Programme (ZDTP)
National Inventories require coordination between many stakeholders. These are the Zambian Institutional Arrangements for the CSA GHG Tier II Project (Apr 2022)
One of the outputs of the project, showing that most of cattle methane emissions are from beef or dual-purpose cattle rather than dairy.