Building capacity of youth and women smallholder farmers to build their resilience to climate change through protection of wetlands, utilization of clean energy, climate smart agro-forestry techniques and community fisheries.
1. Project Summary
Please provide a brief summary of the project in one paragraph, including rationale and context, project objective and key expected results, include the target site and community(ies) involved. (Max 600 words)
Rationale
Murewa Rural District 90km from northeast of Harare is a climate-sensitive agrarian community with a population of 94 269 males and 105 338 females. It has a youthful population most of whom are unemployed and there are high rates of poverty within the communities. The community largely depend on unsustainable climate-sensitive agriculture and food production systems. It is predominantly a smallholder farming area. Women contribute more than 60% of the farm labour force based on the finding from the focus group discussions and interviews we conducted in the targeted three villages. Despite efforts to produce food for consumption and selling, the smallholder farmers are largely food insecure owing to lack of adopting entrepreneurial and climate-
Please provide a brief summary of the project in one paragraph, including rationale and context, project objective and key expected results, include the target site and community(ies) involved. (Max 600 words)
Rationale
Murewa Rural District 90km from northeast of Harare is a climate-sensitive agrarian community with a population of 94 269 males and 105 338 females. It has a youthful population most of whom are unemployed and there are high rates of poverty within the communities. The community largely depend on unsustainable climate-sensitive agriculture and food production systems. It is predominantly a smallholder farming area. Women contribute more than 60% of the farm labour force based on the finding from the focus group discussions and interviews we conducted in the targeted three villages. Despite efforts to produce food for consumption and selling, the smallholder farmers are largely food insecure owing to lack of adopting entrepreneurial and climate-
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Project Snapshot
Grantee:
Centre for Agro-entrepreneurship and Sustainable Livelihoods Trust
Country:
Zimbabwe
Area Of Work:
Land Degradation
Grant Amount:
US$ 38,137.53
Co-Financing Cash:
US$ 17,600.00
Co-Financing in-Kind:
US$ 22,400.00
Project Number:
ZIM/SGP/OP7/Y4/STAR/LD/2023/09
Status:
Currently under execution
Project Characteristics and Results
Promoting Public Awareness of Global Environment
- Innovation
We are planning to operating the project as a Community Climate-smart Agribusiness Innovation and Incubation Hub centre, which is a practical training and resource centre. Through project management trainings all the beneficiaries will be capacitated to sustain operations of the project. We are going to receive trainings on conflict management to ensure smooth operations. We will incorporate commercial and business models that will ensure cost recovery and revenue streams to sustain operations. All the project activities will be run under a practical training programme on Climate-smart Agricultural Entrepreneurship, Agro-ecology and Natural Resources Management. Every beneficiary will be a trainee for 9 months which is phase 1, learning various aspects of the project like climate smart technologies, agro-ecology, horticulture, entrepreneurship, climate change, agro-forestry, agribusiness and wetland management. The beneficiaries will be learning whilst doing serious commercial production. Every beneficiary will have registered a company, opened a corporate bank account, and obtained a tax clearance certificate from ZIMRA. ???
We are going to establish a Private-Public and Community partnership with other value chain actors in the smallholder and family farming sector that include Murewa Rural District Council, Food Lovers Market, Udugu Institute, Empower Bank, Women Bank and Zimbabwe Farmers Union. . The project will facilitate creation of collaborative, efficient and commercially viable agricultural ventures that will develop and sustain the agricultural and food production value chain system.
Inovative Financial Mechanisms
- Knowledge Management
Knowledge Product Quantity (where applicable)
Manuals All our trainings will have a manual in both copy and softcopy prepared by Africa Farm Startup Academy
Documentary video/DVD - 2
- We are going to produce two videos, one at the end of first year and at the end of second year
Newsletters - 240 copies
- Every 3 months will produce a newsletter communication project results and lessons learnt
A website with information from the project. - 1 website
- Will publish and constantly update project website
A Facebook Page with information from the project. - 1 platform
- We will have a project Facebook page
Twitter 1 page
WhatsApp group 1 group
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SGP Country office contact
Ms. Tsitsi Wutawunashe
Phone:
263-4-338846/44
Fax:
(263) 700946
Email:
Luckson Chapungu
Email:
Address
P.O. Box 4775
Harare, AFRICAN REGION, 264-4-
Harare, AFRICAN REGION, 264-4-
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