Zambiaâ € ™s Ministry of Agriculture Leads to Economic Empowerment of Men and Women

Sum up the initiatives and processes undertaken in developing and/or updating the Gender Policy and/or Action Plan in your ministry â € “ how far has it come, how far has it progressed, what evidence is there of change. If possible begin with an anecdote that demonstrates these change.-500 words

Ministry of Agricultures National Headquarters is in Lusaka at Mulungush House. The next level is the provincial Head quarters which are 10 thus Lusaka, Central, Copper belt, Luapula, Northern, Muchinga, Southern, North-Western, Western and Eastern provinces. The other levels are the District and Camps.

Planning, Service Delivery and monitoring and evaluation are done following the Structure and it also provides for feedback.
This presentation is focused on initiatives and processes undertaken in Katete District.
This ministry has potential to change the economic status of women and men in Katete and the Nation at Large.

The Background of Katete Ministry of Agriculture is that women were associated with low paying crops and livestock. Even when a family grows a cash crop the earnings were all for the man who is the head of the house. The contribution of the woman and the children were left to the mercy of the man to appreciate.

Women in the rural areas were generally perceived to be dependent on the men and so the benefits of the sector revolved around men. This scenario was the same even in employment of the Staff. Women did not very much take up Agricultural courses as they were believed to be menâ € ™sâ € ™ jobs. This is evident by the variance.
The only women who have managed to excel in this sector were either single or widowed. The married women remained in the shadow of their husbands. Programs that were planned deliberately to target women still did not have good results from the married women because their husbands disturbed the implementation.

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