Beating Hunger, the Chivi Experience: A Community-Based Approach to Food Security in Zimbabwe - Couverture souple

Murwira, Kuda

 
9781853395246: Beating Hunger, the Chivi Experience: A Community-Based Approach to Food Security in Zimbabwe
Couverture souple
ISBN 10 : 1853395242 ISBN 13 : 9781853395246
Editeur : Practical Action Publishing, 2000

Synopsis


This book describes a project among small-scale farmers in the drought-prone and arid communal lands of Zimbabwe which, within the broad remit of promoting food security, helped the farmers identify their problems and choose their own solutions to them. Central to the project was the attention paid to strengthening existing institutions - the local farmers' clubs and women's garden groups - to ensure the continuity of activities after the departure of the project. Also of critical importance was the involvement of Agritex (the government agricultural extension service) from the start of the project, which has meant that the process approach that was demonstrated in Chivi District, is now being taught to extension workers and adopted throughout the service. The project also attempted to strengthen women's position in the local community without confrontation and is also being replicated elsewhere in Zimbabwe, adapting the ten-year experience in Chivi. This project has been unique internationally in its combination of the participation of local community institutions and the government's commitment to the reorganization of its agricultural development services. The range of the successful institutionalization of these methods has lessons about sustainability for us all.

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À propos de l?auteur

Kuda Murwira has worked with NGOs and other organisations involved in agriculture and rural development providing expertise in participatory development approaches, extension and training, and organizational development processes.

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Éditeur
Practical Action Publishing
Date d'édition
2000
Langue
anglais
ISBN 10 
1853395242
ISBN 13 
9781853395246
Reliure
Broché
Nombre de pages
160
Coordonnées du fabricant
non disponible
Personne responsable
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