Restore the incredible Zambian Miombo forests

This little cutie is one of the new (goat) kids born to the herd belonging to the Kebamba village goat producers. Ten kids have been welcomed by the 48 does and 10 bucks of the species Capra hircus (domestic goat). The project supports Katanino farmers to take up goat production as a forest-friendly alternative livelihood, not only for its income-generating potential but also because the milk and meat improves their own household nutrition and food security. Goat rearing has a significant economic importance in rural areas where climatic conditions are not favorable for cattle-rearing or other farming practices.

Our Katanino project received a very important visit in May! A French Government delegation and staff from the Ministry of Green Economy and Environment visited to find out about local community involvement in sustainable forest management activities. They met the Honorary Forest Officers from the community who are responsible for forest law enforcement, and visited a demo plot belonging to a Lead Farmer in the Conservation Agriculture programme, where minimum tillage and intercropping of maize with agroforestry trees is carried out. 

The visitors were particularly interested in the forest inventories and surveys that we conduct and how this is spearheaded by the community, the mapping of water and forest resources, and community awareness-raising around forest restoration and conservation.

Thank you for helping to make all this possible!