Project Detail

Rehabilitation and Protection of part of Save

The save catchment area covers 8,455 millionha .Most of the catchmentarea falls within agroecological regions which are characterised by unreliable rainfall and sandy granite derived soils of poor qualty. Human populations in the area have tended to exceed the carrying capacity at current technology levels and the future of the population living in the Save catchment area is threatened by soil loss and siltation.
The proposed intervention will directly contribute towards the mitigation and reduction of siltation into the save river and the protection and maintenance of biodiversity.Some of the key activities underpining this project such as gully reclamation, afroforesrty and vertiver grass plantations will significantly contribute to reduction of widespread land degradation thai is evident in the save catchment area.The reduction of runoff containing fertilizers will also be curtailed and this will reduce colonisation of water bodies by noxious aquatic weeds like water hyacinth,water lettuce and salvinia molesta.

project goal
is to contribute to improved local atchment management and rehabilitation of the save river basin for sustainable livelihoods

project activities
-faciitating relevant exposur and training for key institutions
-reasing awareness through public education material development and practical demonstrations
-facilitating community to community information sharing and education.
-building strategic partenerships with relevant support rganisations such as GTZ, forestry commission.
-rehabilitate the Dziwande ,Nyarewani and KMakangani gulleys
-protect stream bank cultivated areas.
-strengthening soil and water conservation measures.
-training communities on principles of sustainable agriculture.

project outputs
-local community institutions playing anactive role in managing their resources.
-improved community dialogue and action on protection and management of the save catchment area
-alternative options that include energy efficient stoves , biogas ,soil stabilized bricks are developed ,demonstreated and disseminated
-community based rehabilitation and protection methods demonstrated in the save catchmet area
-lessons on environment protection and management captured ,shared and disseminated
-sustainable agriculture practised in the save catchment area.

participants and beneficiaries
-the primary beneficiaries are the dry land farmers in ward 8 CRDCand the plot holders in the nyanyadzi irrigation scheme.the local comunity will greately benefit from the protection of the sve river by carrying out income generating projects like the nyanyadzi irrigation scheme which is already functional.

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Project Snapshot

Grantee:

Intermediate Technology Development Group

Country:

Zimbabwe

Area Of Work:

International Waters

Operational Phase:

Phase 2

Grant Amount:

US$ 34,077.27

Co-Financing Cash:

US$ 10,000.12

Co-Financing in-Kind:

US$ 2,727.65

Project Number:

ZIM/01/05

Start Date:

8/2001

End Date:

9/2003

Status:

Satisfactorily Completed

Project Characteristics and Results

Gender Focus

75% of project membership are women who have been actively involved in problem identification and proposal development. The women also constitute the majority of the membership in the irrigation scheme and are prepared to engage in activities which rehabilitate Save since this has a bearing on the sustainability of their irrigation scheme.

Significant Participation of Indigenous Peoples

Nyanyadzi community lies in the Save Catchment area and this project will enable the indigenous people int he area to make a contribution on the nationwide programme of rehabilitating Save River which is now under serious threat. Their project will be a demonstration of how communities in their locality can make an impact in the Save Catchment.

Promoting Public Awareness of Global Environment

One of the key components of the project is to raise awareness on the siltation of Save River to the direct beneficiaries but this activity will be widened by covering other areas which are also int he catchment by disseminating information through electronic and print media. The group envisages to have live documentation of their innovative approaches on catchment protection which will be useful for sharing with other groups to raise awareness.

Capacity - Building Component

Project entails strengthening the Nyanyadzi community on environmental protection of Save River through training. Exchange or exposure visits to other projects will consolidate their knowledge and improve their capacity as they learn from other groups. The group is also involved in irrigation practices and they will be trained on ecologically sustainable methods of food production to reduce massive soil loss and deposition of fertilisers and chemicals into Save River.

Emphasis on Sustainable Livelihoods

There are strong connections between protection of Save River and the livelihood aspect. The Nyanyadzi community is a farming community involved in irrigation and their source of water is a dam downstream whose volume of water was decreasing due to siltation. As a result, protection of Save River will enable the group to have a continuous supply of water both for their irrigation project and for livestock watering. Produce from the irrigation scheme will both be for household consumption and for sale.

Notable Community Participation

Ward 8 community of Nyanyadzi where the project is under implementation has been actively involved in the conceptualisation of the project and proposal development and identified protection of Save River as their strategic priority. The group will be actively involved in the implementation process and the organisation assisting the community will conduct participatory monitoring and evaluation to ensure that their views on the assessments are captured. Group will also contribute labour and local materials to the project.

Project Results

The project was completed and some project objectives were fairly attained.

The extent to which objectives were met

1. a constitution was developed to strengthen the capacity of the NDC in coordinating project activities
2.networks were developed at ward and district levels
3.agro forerstry plantation was established in Dziwande village
4. stream bank cultivation was reduced along the nyanyadzi river through establishment of an off stream community garden.
4. farming system in the save catchment was reviewed and characterized.

The project area is a confluence of quite a number of river systems. As a result there is extensive gully formation. Some of the gullies have been rehabilitated though there is still a lot of work to be done. Given the extensive gully formation and land degradation, the project is in the process of documenting for the medium size fund so that they can adequately cover all the activities.Reclamation of gullies needs to be scaled up and replicated in the whole ward.

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