FN ISI Export Format VR 1.0 PT J TI Improving market linkages for small-scale-farmers in western province Zambia AF Zöphel, Matthias AU Zöphel, M AB More than two thirds of Sub-Saharan African people live in rural areas and 90 percent of these people depend on agriculture as their main source of income. At the same time rural poverty accounts for 90 percent of total poverty. With the great area of arable and nutritional land and number of people engaged in agriculture, the potential of agricultural growth to reduce poverty in Sub-Saharan Africa is four times greater than the potential of growth from any other economic sector. However, Sub-Saharan agriculture lags far behind its potential with productivity levels being 10 times lower compared to their South American counterparts. The thesis concentrates its analysis on Mongu District, an area in the Western Province of Zambia, and illustrates the model by using this geographical sample. Despite this, the model developed is generalizable to other areas. The model is based on four preconditions that determine agricultural production and marketing productivity of small-scale farmers. ER