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ACHM Base

Zimbabwe

90%9%1%

Need

No-one else should live like this

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Fire

Fires destroy soil-covering litter

Note same tree-point

• Hwange district – about 180,000 people

• Living on over 500,000 hectares of land

• Poverty & running out of water

• Every year a “drought” regardless of

rainfall

• Becoming beggars losing pride & dignity

Hwange Communal Lands

Addressing Social Issues

Community Action Cycle

Act TogetherEvaluate Together

Explore Land & Water

Restoration Issues & Set

Priorities

Plan TogetherPrepare to Mobilize

Prepare to Scale Up

Organize the Community for Action

Programme Team Community

Leadership - important

OUR IMPACT

• Hwange Communal Lands

– 72000 Hectares of land

– 19 222 individuals

– 20 communities

• WORKING WITH OTHER PARTNERS

– 92 Facilitators, from 15 organisations- 68 communities

– 109 308 individuals

– About 2 million Hectares

Regional Impact

Madagascar Namibia

South Africa

Kenya

Burkina

Faso

Niger

Ethiopia

Somalia

Nigeria

Uganda

Zambia

Botswana

Zimbabwe

Mozambique

Swaziland

Lion-proof kraal (boma)

Over 25 cm soil loss

2006

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High Animal impact- Kraal

Animal Impact

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Elbow

2009

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Very hard to recognise!

Grazing planning

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Neighboring community river- same day

Sizinda River

Before and After – Communal Lands-Sianyanga

2005: 40% bare land

2007: 8% bare land

Area not under Holistic Grazing Planning- Sizinda

Area under Holistic Grazing Planning at community- Sizinda

2006 2011

Sianyanga Community: Paddock 3

Decrease in bare ground

52

31

53

26

4

11

34

23

12 11

0

10

20

30

40

50

60

2001 2002 2004 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013

%

Year

Animal Days per Hectare (ADH)

Training and knowledge sharing

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Communities are masters of their own land

Balbina Nyoni – Chairperson of Grazing Committee Sianyanga

The New Soil Heroes!

Rhoda Marowa- Chisuko Grazing Scheme

Bulk watering facilities

Income Generation

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High Animal Impact-Enclosure

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Cropfield in Chikomba District

Crop fields moreproductive (2-4 times more))

2

4.4

2.6

5.5

0.1

1.8

0.680.4

0

1

2

3

4

5

6

Monde Sizinda Dibutibu Ndajila/Masikili

Yield (t/ha)

Community

Average yields (t/ha) of A.T plots vs Control plots

Animal treated

Control

Training and Outreach

• Partnership Agreement

• Training

• Implementation

• Program Monitoring and Mentoring (Follow up)

• Networks /alumni

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Trainings have been delivered to diverse

groups

Land Monitoring Training

Herder Training Session-South

Africa

Land Monitoring Training

Recognitions

• 1. Buckminster Fuller Challenge Award-Washington DC- 2010

• 2. Water and Food Award (WAF)- London-2014

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Restoring Grasslands Using Livestock- Enhances

Livelihoods and Addresses Desertification

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