Editing Economy of Zambia (section)

=== Agriculture ===
The [[agriculture]] sector represented 2.7% [[Gross domestic product|GDP]] in 2019.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (% of GDP) {{!}} Data|url=https://data.worldbank.org/indicator/NV.AGR.TOTL.ZS?view=chart|access-date=2021-10-20|website=data.worldbank.org}}</ref> Agriculture accounted for 85% of total [[employment]] (formal and informal) for 2000. [[Maize]] (corn) is the principal [[cash crop]] as well as the [[staple food]]. Other important crops include [[soybean]], [[cotton]], [[sugar]], [[sunflower seed]]s, [[wheat]], [[sorghum]], [[pearl millet]], [[cassava]], [[tobacco]] and various [[vegetable]] and [[fruit]] crops. [[Floriculture]] is a growth sector, and agricultural non-traditional [[exports]] now rival the mining industry in foreign exchange receipts. Zambia has the potential for significantly increasing its agricultural output; currently, less than 20% of its [[arable land]] is cultivated. In the past, the agriculture sector suffered from low producer prices, difficulties in availability and distribution of credit and inputs, and the shortage of foreign exchange.
{| class="wikitable sortable"
|+Major Crop Production Statistics and Growth<ref name=":2" /><ref name=":3" /><ref name=":29">{{Cite web |last=FAO |date=23 April 2022 |title=Zambia Crop Production |url=https://www.fao.org/faostat/en/#data/QCL |access-date=23 April 2022 |website=fao.org}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=nationmaster |date=23 April 2022 |title=Zambia's unmanufactured tobacco net production |url=https://www.nationmaster.com/nmx/timeseries/zambia-unmanufactured-tobacco-net-production |access-date=23 April 2022 |website=nationmaster.com}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=oec |date=23 April 2022 |title=Zambia's Raw Tobacco Exports |url=https://oec.world/en/profile/bilateral-product/raw-tobacco/reporter/zmb?compareExports0=comparisonOption5 |access-date=23 April 2022 |website=oec.world}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=opendataforafrica |date=25 April 2022 |title=Agriculture Statistics 2017 |url=https://zambia.opendataforafrica.org/etqmqgf/agriculture-statistics-2017 |access-date=25 April 2022 |website=zambia.opendataforafrica.org}}</ref><ref name="ZA" />
!Year
![[Maize]] (MT)
![[Cassava]] (MT)
![[Sugarcane]] (MT)
![[Wheat]] (MT)
![[Soybean|Soya Beans]] (MT)
![[Sweet potato|Sweet Potato]](MT)
![[Cotton]] (MT)
![[Peanut|Groundnuts]] (MT)
![[Millet]](MT)
![[Vegetable]]s (MT)
![[Tobacco]](US$)
|-
|2010
|{{Increase}}2,800,000
|{{Increase}}1,151,000
|{{Increase}}3,700,000
|{{Decrease}}172,256
|{{Decrease}}111,887
|{{Increase}}252,867
|{{Increase}}107,000
|{{Increase}}164,602
|{{Increase}}47,997
|{{Increase}}364,326
|{{Increase}}147,201,182
|-
|2011
|{{Increase}}3,020,000
|{{Decrease}}1,132,150
|{{Increase}}4,200,000
|{{Increase}}237,332
|{{Increase}}116,539
|{{Decrease}}146,614
|{{Increase}}131,298
|{{Increase}}279,000
|{{Decrease}}41,602
|{{Decrease}}335,000
|{{Increase}}153,242,976
|-
|2012
|{{Decrease}}2,850,000
|{{Decrease}}1,107,954
|{{Increase}}4,300,000
|{{Increase}}253,522
|{{Increase}}203,038
|{{Increase}}163,484
|{{Increase}}269,501
|{{Decrease}}113,026
|{{Decrease}}28,445
|{{Increase}}350,000
|{{Increase}}163,890,992
|-
|2013
|{{Decrease}}2,533,000
|{{Increase}}1,114,583
|{{Increase}}4,600,000
|{{Increase}}273,584
|{{Increase}}262,063
|{{Increase}}187,774
|{{Increase}}139,583
|{{Decrease}}106,792
|{{Decrease}}23,942
|{{Steady}}350,000
|{{Increase}}169,418,496
|-
|2014
|{{Increase}}3,351,000
|{{Decrease}}   919,497
|{{Steady}}4,600,000
|{{Decrease}}201,504
|{{Decrease}}214,179
|{{Decrease}}149,355
|{{Increase}}120,314
|{{Increase}}143,591
|{{Increase}}30,504
|{{Increase}}353,586
|{{Increase}}179,120,836
|-
|2015
|{{Decrease}}2,618,000
|{{Increase}}   952,770
|{{Decrease}}4,155,000
|{{Increase}}309,100
|{{Increase}}226,323
|{{Decrease}}117,215
|{{Decrease}}103,889
|{{Decrease}}111,429
|{{Increase}}31,967
|{{Increase}}374,208
|{{Increase}}188,823,176
|-
|2016
|{{Increase}}2,873,000
|{{Increase}}2,222,844
|{{Decrease}}4,083,000
|{{Decrease}}221,644
|{{Increase}}267,490
|{{Increase}}230,248
|{{Increase}}111,902
|{{Increase}}131,562
|{{Decrease}}29,972
|{{Decrease}}369,542
|{{Increase}}198,525,516
|-
|2017
|{{Increase}}3,607,000
|{{Increase}}3,695,182
|{{Increase}}4,365,965
|{{Increase}}279,329
|{{Increase}}351,416
|{{Decrease}}205,834
|{{Decrease}}  89,293
|{{Increase}}168,699
|{{Increase}}32,566
|{{Decrease}}365,779
|{{Increase}}205,936,998
|-
|2018
|{{Decrease}}2,395,000
|{{Increase}}4,102,300
|{{Increase}}4,630,000
|{{Decrease}}171,424
|{{Decrease}}302,720
|{{Decrease}}183,280
|{{Decrease}}  88,219
|{{Increase}}181,772
|{{Decrease}}32,278
|{{Increase}}369,843
|{{Increase}}213,838,216
|-
|2019
|{{Decrease}}2,004,389
|{{Decrease}}4,036,584
|{{Increase}}4,682,000
|{{Decrease}}151,850
|{{Decrease}}281,389
|{{Decrease}}109,336
|{{Decrease}}  66,315
|{{Decrease}}130,825
|{{Decrease}}24,843
|{{Decrease}}368,338
|{{Increase}}221,581,410
|-
|2020
|{{Increase}}3,387,469
|{{Decrease}}3,931,915
|{{Decrease}}4,827,104
|{{Increase}}191,620
|{{Increase}}296,866
|{{Increase}}144,706
|{{Decrease}}  41.441
|{{Decrease}}127,172
|{{Increase}}45,005
|{{Decrease}}368,003
|{{Decrease}}185,000,000
|-
|2021
|{{Increase}}3,620,244
|{{Decrease}}3,800,153
|{{Increase}}5,102,118
|{{Increase}}205,881
|{{Increase}}411,115
|{{Increase}}213,566
|{{Decrease}}  31,859
|{{Increase}}175,329
|{{Decrease}}34,702
|{{Increase}}445,625
|{{Decrease}}114,184,304
|-
|2022
|{{Decrease}}2,653,805
|{{Decrease}}3,315,611
|
|{{Increase}}277,586
|{{Increase}}438,679
|{{Decrease}}162,614
|{{Decrease}} 19,375
|{{Increase}}180,256
|{{Decrease}}24,224
|
|N/A
|-
|2023
|{{Increase}}3,261,686
|{{Increase}}4,450,019
|
|{{Decrease}}277,492
|{{Increase}}760,067
|{{Increase}}234,631
|{{Increase}}55,971
|{{Increase}}235,446
|{{Increase}}46,753
|
|
|}

{| class="wikitable sortable"
|+Cut flowers and flower buds<ref>{{Cite web |last=trendeconomy |date=14 November 2021 |title=Zambia's Cut flowers and buds Production |url=https://trendeconomy.com/data/h2/Zambia/0603 |access-date=24 April 2022 |website=trendeconomy.com}}</ref>
'''suitable for bouquets or for ornamental purposes, fresh,'''
'''dried, dyed, bleached, impregnated or otherwise prepared'''
!Year
!'''Exports (US$)'''
!Export Growth%
!'''Imports (US$)'''
|-
|2010
|{{Decrease}}     333,520
|{{Decrease}} -62.05%
|{{DecreasePositive}}7,140
|-
|2011
|{{Increase}}17,364,392
|{{Increase}} 5,106.40%
|{{DecreasePositive}}4,574
|-
|2012
|{{Increase}}23,820,333
|{{Increase}} 37.17%
|{{DecreasePositive}}3,369
|-
|2013
|{{Increase}}32,150,400
|{{Increase}} 34.97%
|{{IncreaseNegative}}12,039
|-
|2014
|{{Decrease}}13,623,771
|{{Decrease}} -57.64%
|{{DecreasePositive}}6,645
|-
|2015
|{{Decrease}}12,326,666
|{{Decrease}} -9.52%
|{{IncreaseNegative}}20,330
|-
|2016
|{{Decrease}}10,371,243
|{{Decrease}} -15.86%
|{{IncreaseNegative}}31,849
|-
|2017
|{{Increase}}10,531,349
|{{Increase}} 1.54%
|{{DecreasePositive}}3,065
|-
|2018
|{{Decrease}}  9,371,243
|{{Decrease}} -6.99%
|{{IncreaseNegative}}15,623
|-
|2019
|{{Decrease}}  8,068,641
|{{Decrease}} -17.61%
|{{IncreaseNegative}}17,302
|-
|2020
|{{Decrease}}  7,051,388
|{{Decrease}} -12.60%
|{{IncreaseNegative}}32,755
|}
In 2019 Zambia produced:<ref name="FAO">{{cite web |last=Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations |date=16 July 2021 |title=Zambia production in 2019 |url=http://www.fao.org/faostat/en/#data/QC/ |website=fao.org |publisher=Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations |access-date=16 July 2021}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=researchgate |date=22 December 2019 |title=2019 Zambia Agriculture Status Report |url=https://www.researchgate.net/publication/338404073 |access-date=22 April 2022 |website=researchgate.net}}</ref>{{Verify source|date=July 2021}}
* 4.7 million tons of [[sugarcane]];
* 4 million tons of [[cassava]] (18th largest producer in the world);
* 2 million tons of [[maize]];
* 281 thousand tons of [[soy]];
* 153 thousand tons of [[tobacco]] (6th largest producer in the world);
* 151 thousand tons of [[wheat]];
* 130 thousand tons of [[peanut]];
* 109 thousand tons of [[sweet potato]];
* 72 thousand tons of [[cotton]];
* 6,900 tons of [[coffee]];

In addition to other productions of other agricultural products.<ref name=FAO/>

Due to high demand for flour in neighboring [[Democratic Republic of the Congo]] DRC, Zambia increased [[Wheat]] production from 205,000 tonnes in 2020 to 400,000 tonnes 2021.<ref>{{Cite web |last=daily-mail |date=19 April 2022 |title=Wheat Production Doubles |url=http://www.daily-mail.co.zm/wheat-production-doubles/ |access-date=22 April 2022 |website=daily-mail.co.zm}}</ref>

In July 2022, Zambia and [[China]] sealed a [[memorandum of understanding]] on [[Soybean|soya bean]] meal and [[stevia]] export from Zambia to China.<ref>{{Cite web |last=chinadaily |date=22 July 2022 |title=China, Zambia seal memorandum of understanding on soya bean meal, stevia export |url=https://www.chinadaily.com.cn/a/202207/22/WS62da6000a310fd2b29e6de7b.html |access-date=31 July 2022 |website=chinadaily.com.cn}}</ref>