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Budget: $30 – $250 USD
What sustainable development goal(s) does your venture contribute to?
The project will focus on responding to the impact of Cyclone Idai on communities currently facing the negative effects of drought and COVID-19. Communities to be assisted reside in ward 33 of Buhera district, according to IPC Acute Food Insecurity Analysis [February - June 2020] are highly food insecure. Buhera district was classified in IPC Phase 4 (Emergency) with 55% of the population falling in phase 3 or higher by December 2019. An estimated 51% of households were engaging in crisis coping strategies such as selling of their productive assets to access food. The use of emergency coping strategies was also prevalent, with 10% of households reporting that they sold the last female animal, 19% were begging for food and 9% sold more of their animals according to the IPC report.
The project will contribute to SDG Goal 2: End hunger, achieve food security and improved nutrition, and promote sustainable agriculture.
How will your venture work towards these goals?
Outcome 1: Disaster affected communities have improved food and nutrition security.
Output 1.1: Disaster affected families are supported with improved small livestock.
The project will support at least 500 HH with a total of 5 bucks for breed improvement in the community. 500HH will be supported with one-month old chicks of improved chicken breeds each. Animal husbandry trainings will be rolled to improve skills in livestock management. The project will also distribute and facilitate planting of fodder crops for livestock supplementary feeding and environmental protection. The project will procure and install an incubator for hatching both indigenous and improved roadrunners breeds for the community. Incubators will be sited at strategic locations such as clinics and roman Catholic churches for easy management and accessibility of service providers and will make use of volunteers who are already experienced in poultry production. The incubators will remain the property of Youth Development Network during the project period whereby the project will be setting up and ensuring that it kicks off smoothly. YDN staff on the ground will be running the project in partnership with site/ Ward level Government stakeholders, the Agritex Offices, Veterinary officers and Village Health Workers. Local leadership, the ward councilor, Chief and village heads will assist during mobilizations to instill a sense of ownership. Members of the community will bring their eggs for hatching for a small fee which can also be paid in form of grain for poultry feed in return for the service but this will be agreed by the community concerned. The project will introduce improved road runner breeds with a high laying percentage such as the Austrops, Boschvelds, Kuroilres and the Sasso together with our traditional roadrunners that we be sourced from the farmers dotted around other Provinces. These breeds will be introduced through distribution of chicks from the Incubators. The project will buy point of lay chickens from breeders doted around the country considering the scarcity of point of lay road runners. Locally available breeds remain key in terms of adaptation to the harsh climatic conditions (Guinea Fowls, Ducks and Turkeys).
The project will focus on responding to the impact of Cyclone Idai on communities currently facing the negative effects of drought and COVID-19. Communities to be assisted reside in ward 33 of Buhera district, according to IPC Acute Food Insecurity Analysis [February - June 2020] are highly food insecure. Buhera district was classified in IPC Phase 4 (Emergency) with 55% of the population falling in phase 3 or higher by December 2019. An estimated 51% of households were engaging in crisis coping strategies such as selling of their productive assets to access food. The use of emergency coping strategies was also prevalent, with 10% of households reporting that they sold the last female animal, 19% were begging for food and 9% sold more of their animals according to the IPC report.
The project will contribute to SDG Goal 2: End hunger, achieve food security and improved nutrition, and promote sustainable agriculture.
How will your venture work towards these goals?
Outcome 1: Disaster affected communities have improved food and nutrition security.
Output 1.1: Disaster affected families are supported with improved small livestock.
The project will support at least 500 HH with a total of 5 bucks for breed improvement in the community. 500HH will be supported with one-month old chicks of improved chicken breeds each. Animal husbandry trainings will be rolled to improve skills in livestock management. The project will also distribute and facilitate planting of fodder crops for livestock supplementary feeding and environmental protection. The project will procure and install an incubator for hatching both indigenous and improved roadrunners breeds for the community. Incubators will be sited at strategic locations such as clinics and roman Catholic churches for easy management and accessibility of service providers and will make use of volunteers who are already experienced in poultry production. The incubators will remain the property of Youth Development Network during the project period whereby the project will be setting up and ensuring that it kicks off smoothly. YDN staff on the ground will be running the project in partnership with site/ Ward level Government stakeholders, the Agritex Offices, Veterinary officers and Village Health Workers. Local leadership, the ward councilor, Chief and village heads will assist during mobilizations to instill a sense of ownership. Members of the community will bring their eggs for hatching for a small fee which can also be paid in form of grain for poultry feed in return for the service but this will be agreed by the community concerned. The project will introduce improved road runner breeds with a high laying percentage such as the Austrops, Boschvelds, Kuroilres and the Sasso together with our traditional roadrunners that we be sourced from the farmers dotted around other Provinces. These breeds will be introduced through distribution of chicks from the Incubators. The project will buy point of lay chickens from breeders doted around the country considering the scarcity of point of lay road runners. Locally available breeds remain key in terms of adaptation to the harsh climatic conditions (Guinea Fowls, Ducks and Turkeys).