COMACO model, process, organization

Kalupya Zimba, WCC, October 2008

Lundazi

Chama

Feira

Nyimba

• Zambian-based value chain

• Focus on poor and gender-fair trade

• Commitment to conservation and human well-being

• All organic, food-based commodities (g-nuts, rice, soybeans, etc.)

Target area:

Greater Luangwa

Valley Ecosystem

Approach:

• 20,712 registered Producer group members

• Over 40,000 adults trained sustainable farming (CF, compost, mulching, crop rotation

• Over 1,900 registered producer groups with by-laws, learning new skills

• 12 Producer Group Cooperatives registered

• 417 ex-poachers among producer group members, over 30% once poached elephants

• Over 70% complying w/ sustainable agriculture

• 25% higher maize yield, greatly diversified food crop (>> 8 million cassava cuttings planted, 3-fold increase in rice farming

• Over 40,000 snares and 1000 firearms surrendered

• over 4,000 beehives, over 32,000 poultry vaccinated per yr, farming w/ electric fence, fish ponds, etc.

• ~6,000 wild animals saved per year

Results Impact

Securing Livelihoods

Saving Wildlife

We would like to acknowledge the gracious support of the following

• Royal Norwegian Embassy• Howard Buffett Foundation• UN World Food Program• William Lloyd and Harvey Bookman • CARE International• Wallace Foundation• Japanese Embassy• USAID SANREM• Mulago Foundation• Wildlife Conservation Society