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The ENGAGE project aims to improve the livelihood of 5,000 smallholder farmers and entrepreneurs in Zimbabwe. Farmers in Zimbabwe often struggle with very low prices of their produce, which can impact the ability of girls to finish school, mothers to provide good food for their children, and parents to prioritise health and wellbeing. Teaching farmers about value chains, supporting their participation in village savings and loans groups, and helping their development of micro enterprises all leads to a more competitive agricultural sector and inclusion of people with disabilities.
This project is supported by the Australian Government through the Australian NGO Cooperation Program (ANCP).
Increasing Livelihood Opportunities – How is ADRA helping?
Zimbabwe is one of many countries where ADRA is helping to improve income opportunities for families and individuals, helping to lift them out of poverty.
We have ongoing livelihood projects that have been developed in collaboration with trusted partners and communities to build more sustainable lives which in turn creates food security and keeps children in school. Examples of ADRA livelihoods project activities include:
– Training on effective planting and harvesting techniques
– Animal rearing training
– Business opportunities for people with disabilities
– Educating farmers on the safe use of pesticides
– Introducing new seed varieties and climate-resilient crops
– Increased access to markets
– Village savings and loans associations, Women’s Self-Help group
– Improved diet and nutrition from new crops
Stories
Ranganai’s Story
Ranganai is a farmer in Zimbabwe. She was widowed in 2004 and at one point, Ranganai was raising and caring for nine children: one of her own, seven from late siblings, and one from her brother who was not doing well.
“It was difficult raising children of a similar age, because all their school fees came at the same time,” Ranganai says. “My produce was never up to standard. I could never get the same price for my crops as other farmers, and sometimes nobody would buy my produce.”
Through ADRA’s ENGAGE project, Ranganai learned best farming and marketing practices. She received seeds for new crops, learned how to best utilise her land and fertilisers, and learned how to diversify her crops so she always has something to harvest and sell at the market. “Now, I can make four times what I was able to earn before,” Ranganai says. “This has made a big change in my life.”
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