In addition, both projects are contributing immensely to the development of smallholder agriculture in Zimbabwe. Participatory methods are being used to assist the smallholder farmers to identify methods to improve the sustainable utilisation of their natural resources. Several smallholder communities are already implementing their communal resource management projects. The communities are enthusiastic about these projects and are willing to contribute in cash or in kind towards the successful implementation of their projects. The objective of the programme is to increase income and food security of irrigating households.
Support is provided at both sector and scheme level.
The programme has made tremendous progress since it started. The recruitment of all the project staff was done and successfully completed. A total of 24 schemes, three in each of the selected 2 districts per province were selected to participate in the first phase of the programme. The programme is now in the process of assessing the type of assistance required by each of the selected schemes. More schemes will be include din the programme depending on the progress, which will have been made in the first selected schemes.