Youth-sensitive analysis and strategy design for the soybean value chain in Zambia Integrated Country Approach for boosting decent jobs for youth in the agrifood system, Phase IV (ICA-4)
2026
This publication presents the results of a youth-sensitive analysis of the soybean value chain in Zambia conducted under the ICA-4 project. It identifies key constraints, youth employment opportunities, and priority intervention areas, and offers recommendations.
Countries: Zambia
Commodities: Soybean, Soybean (oil)
Topics: Analysis in general, Food value chain selection, End-market analysis, Value chain mapping in general, Production, Post-harvest handling and aggregation, Processing, Wholesale and retail distribution, Reverse channels, Value Chain Governance in general, Market power, Risk management (Analysis), Information-sharing - trust and transparency, Transaction costs and benefits, Associations of value chain actors, Contract mechanisms, Business models and entrepreneurship, Agro-based concentrations, Public-private partnerships (Analysis), Input and service support provision in general, Physical inputs provision, Financial services, Non-financial services, Business-enabling environment in general, Infrastructural elements, Institutional elements, Organizational elements, Socio-cultural elements (Analysis), Natural environment, Design and implementation in general, Vision and Strategy development, Value chain upgrading in general, Farm/firm-level upgrading, Governance (linkage) upgrading, Inputs and services support upgrading, Business enabling environment upgrading, Achieving impact at scale, Planning and Implementation, Monitoring and Evaluation
Personal author: Grandelis, I., Rankin, M., Duong, G., Ho, H., Barwitzki, S.
Authoring organization: FAO
Publisher: FAO
Type: Case study
Format: Document
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