promotes integrated agrobiodiversity management, environmental
management, food and seed security, water
and sanitation and policy and advocacy
programmes with the objective to promote
sustainable livelihoods. The organization
aims to contribute to increased household
food production and food security through
gender sensitive and social inclusion of
household marginality emanating from HIV
and AIDS, disability and climate change
induced shocks
CTDO strongly believes that sustainable
management and use of agro-biodiversity and
increased agricultural productivity require an
integrated approach, and to this end focuses on
bringing farmers and their representative
unions, researchers and agricultural
extensionists, consumers, policy makers and all
other relevant stakeholders together for an
integrated approach to its work programmes.
We reach out to over 500 000 people in Zimbabwe annually, particularly the most vulnerable in the target communities.
Provides a multi-dimensional programme addressing areas in food security, nutrition security and WASH. CTDO utilizes the sustainable food systems framework approach addressing activities related to production, processing, distribution, preparation, and consumption of diverse nutritious foods
Supports smallholder farmers and communities in the conservation, management, and promotion of crop genetic diversity at local levels to ensure human well-being.
CTDO fosters community resilience and adaptive capacity to the effects of climate change through capacity building for sustainable natural resource conservation. The interventions aim to reduce reliance on forests through production of adaptable crops.
The aim is to influence policy on biodiversity and trade in Zimbabwe, Southern Africa and beyond through policy engagement, formulation, implementation and capacity building of relevant stakeholders.
We implement various projects through our four programme pillars – Food Security and Livelihoods, Agricultural Biodiversity, Environmental Management and Climate Change and Policy and Advocacy.
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