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Agriculture
AGRICULTURAL AND COMMERCIAL SOCIETY
OF ZAMBIA/
ZAMBIA AGRICULTURAL AND COMMERCIAL
SHOW
Cosmas Michello
Managing Director
Great East Rd., Show Grounds
PO Box 30333, Lusaka
Tel: +260-211-253415 / 26
Fax: +260-211-254898
acsz@zamnet.zm
www.acsz.co.zm
The Agricultural and Commercial Society of Zambia
(ACSZ) annually organizes the Zambia Agricultural
and Commercial Show held in the capital city, Lu-
saka, at the beginning of August each year.
Since 1919 the show has been held annually with
the exception of 1921, 1941, 1946 and 1966. During
this period the venue has changed 3 times; from the
Kafue River bank site in Lusaka where the National
Institute of Public Administration stands today and
since 1951 to its permanent home at the Lusaka
Showground.
The show involves all sectors of the economy, pri-
marily: livestock, agricultural machinery and imple-
ments, poultry and its associated products, horti-
culture, manufacturing, industrial equipment, motor
vehicles, plastic products, trading, financial services,
forestry and associated products, and fishing along
with many others. The environmental impact of
such sectors on the communities where such activi-
ties are undertaken is also taken into consideration
at the show.
The predominant objectives of the ACSZ and the
Agricultural and Commercial Show are to improve
agricultural standards and the standard of living for
all within Zambia, while also encouraging the public
to learn about new approaches to farming, business
and entrepreneurialism.
The show is the culmination of district and provincial
agricultural shows, which are held in the preceding
eight weeks, leaving only the best of the agriculture
products grown by small-scale farmers to be exhib-
ited at the show.
Exhibitors at the show have over the years included
companies from Botswana, Burundi, Zimbabwe,
Tanzania, Malawi, Kenya, South Africa, Namibia,
Sweden, Holland, Norway, Egypt, England, Paki-
stan, India, China, France and Germany.
The Zambia Agricultural and Commercial Show has
truly become a leading event in the Southern African
region for investors and business people looking for
opportunities and development.
COFFEE BOARD OF ZAMBIA
Benny Zimba
Director General
Plot E 4B Showgrounds,
PO Box 30348, Lusaka
Tel: +260-211-252170
Fax: +260-211-252850
coffee@zamnet.zm
coffee@iwayafrica.com
The Coffee Board of Zambia (CBZ) was established
in 1989 to regulate the promotion, growing and
marketing of Zambian coffee. The Coffee Board of
Zambia’s main role is to finance coffee producers’
projects and undertake the marketing of Zambian
coffee; this is mostly done at specialized coffee fairs
and very specific road shows in places such as the
US, Japan or Scandinavian countries.
Another role of the CBZ is experimenting, investigat-
ing and conducting research in areas relating to cof-
fee. The coffee inspector ensures strict compliance
with relevant provisions of the Coffee Act by monitor-
ing all coffee growers in Zambia.
The CBZ is highly involved in the Copperbelt Eco-
nomic Diversification Programme, which is a project
of the Global Development Alliance implemented in
support of economic diversification in the Copper-
belt. It is a US $2.6 million public-private partnership
with an initial project framework of three years. The
alliance partners include Development Alternatives
Inc. (DAI), Zambia Coffee Growers Association
(ZCGA), Cheetah Zambia Ltd, Stravendale Farm
Ltd, Konkola Copper Mines (KCM), Amiran Ltd, and
the Zambia Agribusiness Technical Assistance Cen-
tre (ZATAC). The overall objective is to expand and
strengthen private, market-oriented agro-enterprises
(producer-group enterprises) and commercial out-
grower production schemes. The project empha-
sizes activities that unlock and add value at the
small-scale production level in order to increase the
volume of high-value agro-products sold domestical-
ly, regionally and internationally so that the income,
and subsequent wealth of small-scale producers is
increased.
The Arabica coffee produced in Zambia is of high
quality and unique taste. Zambia is a member of