Gender Equality Zimbabwe Project #38792

Sustainable Health Food Systems Feed 100 Elderly

by Zimbabwe Small Holder Organic Farmers Forum

Summary

The Shashe Agroecology School in Southern Zimbabwe will build on its long history of bringing farmers together, by organizing and training 100 elderly and the disabled women farmers to start a project on sustainable health and nutritious food systems. Women are the main food producers and they normally use traditional crops, market and herbal gardens including small livestock.The project will help the 100 women farmers in food security, health, nutritional diversification and income generation.

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Challenge

The women identified for the project are rural women who have no or little income. This is due to inadequate food systems and agricultural produce is unable to sustain them with household incomes. They are then unable to complete the livelihoods and nutritional cycle. Evidence has shown that women and girls are mostly found in agricultural activities but are not supported enough with their food and nutritional aspects. This also includes access to markets so that they can have more income.

Solution

The project is anticipated to empower 100 elderly and the disabled women in sustainable health, diverse and nutritious food systems and improve their income. This is expected to bring incomes to households such that the households will have food which they produce and also income to purchase other necessities like fees for school going children, access to medical care and medicines from local health providers. This will also help in diversifying food and nutrition requirements of the women.

Long-Term Impact

Initially the project will have a reach of 100 women and their families but it is anticipated that there will be more beneficiaries as we hope to grow the project to cover 200 families within the Shashe Block of Farms. This is an area which is affected by erratic rainfall patterns and it is necessary for farmers to have livestock and not depend on rain fed agricultural crop production alone. This will see about 500 people improving their income, move out of poverty and improve their livelihoods.