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INCOME AND DIETS OF HOUSEHOLDS HAVE IMPROVED<\/strong><\/p>\n

Household incomes of villagers working with a Self Help Africa project in Northern Zambia have increased by twice as much as those of families not involved in the project, according to a recent review.<\/p>\n

The project, which aims to improve the lives of 80,000 people in the country\u2019s Northern Province and is funded by Irish Aid is now two years into its five-year timeframe.<\/p>\n

The recent review found that the number of families with an \u2018adequate\u2019 household income increased by 9% in the past two years, from a level of 56% when the project was started to a level of 67% today. Both the quantity and the quality of food available to these families had also improved over this time.<\/p>\n

Self Help Africa\u2019s promotion of improved farming methods and provision of better quality seed resulted in an increase of over 70% in groundnut (peanut) yields and an increase of 66% in harvests of soya bean.<\/p>\n

The study also reported that 1,800 households – 24% of the target population – are now accessing locally-run savings and credit services. At the start of the project, just 1.7% of target households had any access to financial services.<\/p>\n

The project is funded by Irish Aid, and the recent review sampled 422 households in Liwingu and Mbala Districts, where development activities have been focussed.<\/p>\n[youtube https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=n7Chy6p_Iko&w=640&h=500]\n
\n* For the five year duration of IALDP Self Help Africa is undertaking a film project that is seeking to capture the story of 24 people living in two villages in the project area. <\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Incomes of households in Self Help Africa’s project in Zambia’s Northern Province have improved during the first two years of work in the region.<\/p>\n Read More<\/a>","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":3233,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[700,637,679],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-3231","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-featured","category-news","category-zambia"],"yoast_head":"\nIncomes success of Zambian project - Self Help Africa UK<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Zambian study shows improvement in incomes and access to food.\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/selfhelpafrica.org\/uk\/familyincomes\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_GB\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Incomes success of Zambian project\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Zambian study shows improvement in incomes and access to food.\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/selfhelpafrica.org\/uk\/familyincomes\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Self Help Africa UK\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:publisher\" content=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/SelfHelpAfrica\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2015-12-03T16:00:41+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2016-12-21T16:21:37+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/selfhelpafrica.org\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2015\/12\/IrishAid_850.jpg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"850\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"562\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/jpeg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"Self Help Africa\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:creator\" content=\"@comms\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:site\" content=\"@selfhelpafrica\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"Self Help Africa\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Estimated reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"1 minute\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/selfhelpafrica.org\/uk\/familyincomes\/#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/selfhelpafrica.org\/uk\/familyincomes\/\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"Self Help Africa\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/selfhelpafrica.org\/uk\/#\/schema\/person\/ef27df5dc9e961797418d7a8bf315404\"},\"headline\":\"Incomes success of Zambian project\",\"datePublished\":\"2015-12-03T16:00:41+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2016-12-21T16:21:37+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/selfhelpafrica.org\/uk\/familyincomes\/\"},\"wordCount\":270,\"publisher\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/selfhelpafrica.org\/uk\/#organization\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/selfhelpafrica.org\/uk\/familyincomes\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\/\/selfhelpafrica.org\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2015\/12\/IrishAid_850.jpg\",\"articleSection\":[\"featured\",\"News\",\"Zambia\"],\"inLanguage\":\"en-GB\"},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/selfhelpafrica.org\/uk\/familyincomes\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/selfhelpafrica.org\/uk\/familyincomes\/\",\"name\":\"Incomes success of Zambian project - 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