title: Ministry of Agriculture (Zambia)
text: # Ministry of Agriculture (Zambia)
  
  The Ministry of Agriculture is a government ministry in Zambia. It is headed by the Minister of Agriculture and is mandated to design, implement and manage the government's activities in the agricultural sector.
  
  The ministry managed agricultural, fisheries and livestock activities until 2015, when the departments of fisheries and livestock were merged to form the Ministry of Fisheries and Livestock.
  
  ## List of ministers
  
  | Minister | Party | Term start | Term end |
  | - | - | - | - |
  | Member for Agriculture and Natural Resources ||||
  | Geoffrey Beckett | | | 1953 |
  | William Harris Wroth | Federal Party | 1954 | 1957 |
  | Harold Watmore | Federal Party | 1957 | 1958 |
  | Ebden Carlisle | United Federal Party | 1958 | |
  | Minister of African Agriculture ||||
  | Edson Mwamba | | 1959 | 1962 |
  | Simon Kapwepwe | United National Independence Party | 1962 | 1964 |
  | Minister of Agriculture ||||
  | Elijah Mudenda | United National Independence Party | 1964 | |
  | Minister of Agriculture, Food and Fisheries ||||
  | Guy Scott | Movement for Multi-Party Democracy | 1991 | 1993 |
  | Suresh Desai | Movement for Multi-Party Democracy | | |
  | Edith Nawakwi | Movement for Multi-Party Democracy | | 1998 |
  | Amusaa Mwanamwambwa | Movement for Multi-Party Democracy | 1998 | 1998 |
  | Mundia Sikatana | Movement for Multi-Party Democracy | 2002 | 2006 |
  | Minister of Agriculture and Cooperatives ||||
  | Peter Daka | Movement for Multi-Party Democracy | 2009 | 2010 |
  | Minister of Agriculture and Livestock ||||
  | Emmanuel Chenda | Patriotic Front | 2011 | 2013 |
  | Bob Sichinga | Patriotic Front | 2013 | 2014 |
  | Wylbur Simuusa | Patriotic Front | 2014 | |
  | Given Lubinda | Patriotic Front | 2015 | 2015 |
  | Minister of Agriculture ||||
  | Dora Siliya | Patriotic Front | 2016 | 2018 |
  | Micheal Zondani Katambo | Patriotic Front | 2018 | |
  
  ## Zambia Agricultural Research Institute
  
  The Zambia Agricultural Research Institute (ZARI), which falls under the Ministry of Agriculture, is Zambia's largest agriculture research institute. It is mandated is to provide specialized research and advice to farmers and the government. ZARI is one of the principal research organizations studying grains in Zambia.
  
  