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CategoriesSuccess StoriesWhen Peter Elusa first heard about the Youth Empowerment through Commercial Farming project, he was excited. He looked forward to attending training sessions and being paid for it. But he was mistaken and disappointed at first. “I had been used to getting handouts whenever I attended workshops and trainings, but what I learned in the…
CategoriesClean Water Support to SMEs WaterThe extreme weather events that result from climate change can be devastating and often exacerbate the already severe climate in arid and semi-arid parts of the world. Climate change is stretching the livelihoods of households in such areas to the limit, particularly those who wholly depend on livestock and livestock products. In this context, the…
CategoriesClean Water Support to SMEs WaterBy the time CTA’s regional flagship project for Southern Africa comes to an end in 2020, around 140,000 small-scale farmers in Zambia, Zimbabwe and Malawi will have adopted a range of climate-smart strategies to help them cope with drought and erratic weather patterns. About 75,000 farmers are benefiting from the bundle of climate-smart agricultural solutions…
CategoriesSupport to SMEsAn increase in the frequency and severity of droughts, coupled with unpredictable weather patterns, is threatening the survival of some 20 million livestock keepers in Eastern Africa. Recent droughts have eroded pastoralists, adaptive capacity to such an extent that almost every one results in a humanitarian crisis. Traditionally, when there are serious droughts, governments and…