Mizu Eco-Care has embarked on a Hunger and Poverty Reduction project in Kakumbi Chiefdom in South Luangwa, Mfuwe. It commenced with the support of the High Five Club and the Rotary Club of Canterbury in the United Kingdom. It now continues with the support of the Egmont Trust from the United Kingdom.
As Mizu Eco-Care we promote Agroecology as the number one vehicle for Climate Action in Africa and as a vital intervention and alternative green livelihood for small-scale farmers in areas where human-wildlife conflict, poaching, and deforestation are prevalent. Both co-founders of Mizu Eco-Care, Timothy Kamuzu Phiri and Innocent Kamuzu Phiri are Agroecologists trained at the Kasisi Agricultural Training Institute.
Our agroecology base is in Thom village where we have also established a seedbank to help small-scale farmers use indigenous seeds to reduce their production costs and broaden their nutritional base. Our agroecology training covered keyhole gardens and minimal tillage land preparation for dry-season resilience, making of Bocashi fermented manure and leaf tea manures, beehives for pollination and income, chicken management for nutrition and sale, and demo plots for community learning.
Our work requires scaling up to reach more small-scale farmers. We also need to install water tanks and irrigation systems, to enable us to be able to conduct our farming activities even in the dry season when there is zero rainfall.
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