UNDP Zimbabwe

More than 300 families are now being fed and economically empowered through the Pikinini Jawanda Irrigation Scheme, a once-barren stretch of bushland that in just one year has become a beacon of sustainable, climate-resilient agriculture in Zimbabwe. Just a year ago, the land was a dense thicket where the community hunted rabbits and birds to…

by UNDP Zimbabwe Southern Zimbabwe has long been a frontline region in the battle against climate change. Prolonged droughts, erratic rainfall patterns, and rising temperatures have left smallholder farmers, who form the backbone of the rural economy, vulnerable. In response, the Government of Zimbabwe, supported by the Green Climate Fund (GCF) and United Nations Development…