Food system governance

Lusaka, Zambia

Project description: Located in Lusaka, its main purpose is to institutionalize food systems work at the local level to enhance project coordination, stakeholder collaboration, reduce duplication and mainstream food systems into city planning. Primary stakeholders are the general citizenry, government, donors, local non-governmental organisations, researchers, and entrepreneurs from data-driven work informed by the office.

Main achievements so far: 

Since its launch, it has received recognition from the Vice-President’s office as a critical entry point for new stakeholders and there has been interest in developing reporting mechanisms that will allow information flow from national to local level. Also, a governance multi-stakeholder platform was re-constituted and re-launched.