[The Conversation Africa] Over half of Zambia's population lived below the national poverty line in 2015. In rural areas, where 89% of households are engaged in agriculture, the poverty rate was even higher, at 77% of the population.
Direct Support to Small Scale Farmers Reduces Poverty – What Zambia Is Doing Right
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