Zimbabwe: Sustainable Grazing Management

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Zimbabwe: Sustainable Grazing Management

	Summary Introduce sustainable grazing management based on indigenous Shona practices prior to introduction of Western ideas in Zimabawe.

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Project Needs and Beneficiaries

At a local level, the project will benefit the fauna & flora, the watershed & the agric. production. It is a first attempt to intensify livestock production systems in semi-arid environments. At a nat'l level, the project will intensify communal, resettlement & commercial production systems of Zimbabwe. At an int'l level, the project will bring a new way of vegetation classification system.

Activities

1) Develop water-harvesting wetland for organic crop production 2) Fence farm to allow for time controlled grazing a total of 14 units are to be created. 3) The development/construction of training centre to create an ecological-village on the farm

Funding Information

This project has been retired and is no longer accepting donations.

Funding Policy: partial (Retired)

Additional Documentation

This project has provided additional documentation in a Microsoft Word file (projdoc.doc).

Why this Project is Important

Potential Long Term Impact

The major goal is that a functional Njeremoto Biodiversity Demonstration & Training Institute is established & sustained in Zimbabwe & is replicated in the Southern African Countries.

Project Message

Growing up in the Shona woodlands, biodiversity was the norm. I am sad to see the demise of the ecosystem due to land degradation. This project sees the blooming savanna grasslands in Zimbabwe.
- Osmond Mugweni, Founder and Executive Director