Programs.
Promoting Climate Smart Innovative Agroecology
The project promotes climate-smart agroecology in Magoba and Chanyanya, enhancing biodiversity, mitigating climate change, and improving smallholder livelihoods through forest regeneration, water conservation, and sustainable agriculture.
About the program
What is it
The project aims to promote climate-smart agroecology for biodiversity conservation, climate change mitigation, and improved rural smallholder livelihoods in the Magoba and Chanyanya communities of Chikupi and Magoba ward of Kafue District. The project seeks to improve forest regeneration to restore productive cropping, grazing land, and wetland protection. Woodlot development will enhance forest regeneration, while livestock fodder plots will contribute to biodiversity conservation and food production. The project also aims to improve water and pastures to boost agriculture production and environmental conservation.
Project Targets
Why Climate Smart Innovative Agroecology?
Earning a decent income while dealing with the impacts of climate change is a big challenge the local communities in Kafue Flats face. Located in agroecological regions I and IIa, the target communities receive erratic rainfall induced by El Nino due to climate change. This has led to the failure of current water resources to meet the basic needs of smallholder farmers in livelihoods and the agriculture sector. Drought and other climate change-related disasters are increasing and negatively affecting energy, food security, water, health, and wildlife sectors. Magoba and Chanyanya communities fall under Kafue Flats, the country’s most affected region with low water levels at 27.4% capacity due to back-to-back droughts leading to increased water shortages threatening both humans and livestock.
Logical Framework
Understanding the Program
Activity
Training in agroecology, fish farming, tree planting, value addition and establishment of ICT Center to collect climate information (IKS).
Output
Target groups acquire knowledge on agroecology, fish farming & have weather information available.
Outcome
Target groups engage in sustainable farming methods, have various sources of IGAs and are informed.
Impact
Target groups acquire increased income & are climate secure.