Focusing on addressing climate change impacts, biodiversity loss, and promoting sustainable land use through initiatives like wetland rehabilitation, climate-smart agriculture, and community-based resource management
Zawadi Community Program is focused on ensuring sustainable food production systems and implement resilient agricultural practices that increase productivity and production, that help maintain ecosystems, that strengthen capacity for adaptation to climate change, extreme weather, drought, flooding and other disasters and that progressively improve land and soil quality.
Environmental Key Issues and Challenges:
Climate Change Impacts: Nyanza and Western Kenya faces challenges related to climate change, including unpredictable rainfall patterns, droughts, and increased intensity of rainfall, which can lead to soil erosion and water scarcity.
Biodiversity Loss: Habitat destruction, human-wildlife conflicts, invasive species, pollution, and overexploitation threaten biodiversity in the region.
Soil Degradation: Soil erosion and degradation are significant problems, particularly in agricultural areas, hindering sustainable land use.
Water Quality: Water pollution from various sources, including domestic and industrial waste, poses a threat to water quality and human health.
Our Initiatives at Zawadi Community Programme:
Sustainable Agriculture:
Agricultural Projects that aims to improve land productivity and sequester carbon through sustainable agricultural land management (SALM) practices.
Reforestation and Afforestation:
Initiatives that focuses on tree planting to combat deforestation and promote biodiversity.
Biodiversity Conservation:
Projects address biodiversity loss through on-farm biodiversity conservation and protection of fragile ecosystems like wetlands and forests.
Soil Degradation:
Efforts are underway to protect and rehabilitate degraded soils, addressing issues like soil erosion, landslides, and nutrient loss.
Water Resource Management:
Projects focus on efficient water resource management, including rainwater harvesting and the construction of dykes and water pans.
Waste Management:
Sustainable waste management practices are being implemented to minimize pollution.
Climate Change Mitigation:
The adoption of sustainable farming practices and reforestation efforts contribute to mitigating the impacts of climate change.
