“Seeds for the future - sustainable agriculture for the resilience of rural communities "
Zimbabwe
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FinalisationAid type
Project-type interventionsZimbabwe
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€ 3,585,864
Committed
Committed
€ 3,585,864
Used
Used
Description
The project intends to increase the resilience of rural communities in Masvingo Province, Zimbabwe, to prevent the health emergency caused by COVID 19 from turning into structural food insecurity by developing a local and differentiated food system, based on gender equity, in three districts (Chiredzi, Mwenezi and Masvingo) of Masvingo province based on sustainable agriculture techniques. The project works in a context characterized by low agricultural productivity and lack of market access, unsustainable environmental and agricultural degradation, climatic stress and a patriarchal system that limits and hinders a true and real participation of women in the socio-economic development of communities, the project supports small farmers of 25 wards from three districts (Chiredzi, Mwenezi and Masvingo) in the adoption of sustainable agriculture models. These models allow the construction of local and differentiated food systems, socially and economically fair and environmentally sustainable which by increasing resilience factors prevent the health emergency caused by COVID-19 and other similar events worsen levels of food insecurity and turn into hunger and widespread poverty. The intervention has a duration of 36 months and is developed on four complementary axes articulated in as many results: - improvement of food and nutritional security for women and children (TdH Italia): it is intended to produce a change for rural families in the target districts, so that they reach food and nutritional security, with a diversified diet, and acquire greater capacity to adapt to the effects of climate change, through the installation and management of integrated community gardens, school gardens and nutritional circles, accompanied by the improvement of the management of the hydrographic basins adjacent to the barriers that collect water for the gardens themselves; - promotion of sustainable agriculture in seed systems and stages of agricultural production so that farmers adopt a local seed system adaptable to climate change: it is intended to operate in compliance with and within the framework of art. 6 and 9 of the FAO “International Treaty on Plant Genetic Resources for Food and Agriculture”, through the professional competence of RSR and CTDO, improving the productivity and production of climate-resilient crops in both irrigated and dry conditions. Farmers will be involved in the installation of "Seed Houses' and a local seed system, leading to the diversification of crops and the adoption of improved varieties, through a participatory process of decentralized breeding. - creation of value chains oriented towards gender equity, which transform and market agricultural production, also thanks to the organizational development of the micro-enterprise. This axis of work therefore aims to give support to a peasant organization in the district of Mwenezi, Mwenezi Development Trust, in the start-up and operation of a multiservice and transformation center, also in agreement with some local private companies: the strategy is to aggregate value and commercialize sustainable agricultural production, and at the same time promote the production of concentrated feed for cattle and chickens; - strengthening the role and protagonist of women, so that, in an organized way, they influence public policy and investments that limit the development of a local and differentiated food system based on sustainable agriculture techniques.
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Year | Committed | Used |
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2024 | € 0 | € 1,434,345 |
2022 | € 3,585,864 | € 2,151,518 |
Agency
Type | Name | Channel code |
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Government | AICS - Italian Agency for Cooperation and Development | 11000 |
Channel reported
Type | Name | Channel code |
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National NGO | COSPE - COOPERAZIONE PAESI EMERGENTI ONLUS | 22000 |
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