WFD Project

Project Manager

Shupai Steven Majee

WFD

The project “Bringing back biodiversity and groundwater: scaling agro-ecological practices for food and nutrition security, resilience, and environmental protection” is a 55 months project (1June 2024- 31 Dec2028) which is supported by Weltfriedensdienst e.V (WFD) on behalf of the German Federal Ministry for Economic Cooperation and Development (BMZ). Its goal is to “Improve the resilience of landscapes in Zimbabwe to create sustainable and resilient livelihoods for smallholder farming communities while enhancing ecosystem services, thereby contributing to achieving Sustainable Development Goals: 1, 2, 6, 13, 15, and 17.” The project goal is to improve biodiversity and stabilising the groundwater table in 15 selected districts of the Chimanimani district through effective management of water resources and livestock and the application of agroecological practices. Improved access to water and regenerated pastures as well as improved market access increase the resilience of farmers. The successes achieved will influence political decision-makers at district, provincial and national level to promote uptake of agroecology. The project is being implemented through a strategic and complimentary partnerships between Participatory Ecological Land Use Management Zimbabwe (PELUM Zimbabwe), Participatory Organic Research Extension and Training (PORET), and Towards Sustainable Use of Resources Organisation (TSURO) Trust. However, under this arrangement, each partner will be allocated at least one specific sub-objective/thematic area to support the attainment of the over project goal based on the partner’s institutional strength.   The project has 4 sub-objectives/ thematic areas.