Lusaka Social Protection Colloquium-Tuesday, January 17, 2017 — Southern Sun Hotel Ridgeway

  By Dr. Solomon Asfaw-Economist at Food and Agricultural Organization of the United Nations (Rome) Italy Exploring the linkages: Strengthening coordination between Social Protection and Agriculture   The Southern African Social Protection Experts Network (SASPEN), the Platform for Social Protection Zambia (PSP) and Friedrich-Ebert-Stiftung Zambia (FES) have the pleasure to invite you to the 1st Quarter 2017 Lusaka Social Protection Colloquium. Social protection policies aim at reducing socio-economic risks, vulnerability, extreme poverty and deprivation, while agricultural policies for “small holder farmer” focus on improving productivity in crops, fisheries, livestock and improving access to markets. Therefore, both social protection and agricultural...