Rangelands
Management planned 
grazing and
combined herding
Livestock
Management improved
productivity and
bull schemes
Community
Development empowerment,
capacity building,
support for organizational
and management structures
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Methodology
Use of a research and development action model. Its participatory approach and skills transfer on managing arid and semi-arid rangelands. Activities are based on the Major Programme Components
Results
Intensification of community empowerment on the use of grazing plans by herding clusters in the ward was enforced.
Achievements
NBI achieved much in line with implementation of planned project Outputs on Land Management, Livestock Management and Community empowerment.
Programme Components:
Rangelands Management Component
Foster grazing planning and forage assessment;
Develop reliable and clean water sources for livestock;
Instil Fire prevention & response;
Stop Deforestation; `
Foster Land use planning;
Resuscitate herding and any other best rangelands and livestock management practices in communities;
Instil sustainable natural resource usage and management;
Monitor rangeland health;
Accelerate over-seeding (Planting grass through animal dung/ grazing and overnighting animals in spots where the grass is to be dropped)
Livestock Management Component
- Train on Bull/cow ratio; Herd structure; Vaccination and health programme; Animal safety; Mortality management;
- Implement Trials on strategic nutrients supplementation (sampling, analyse and apply);
- Assist farmers identify marketable livestock for various sectors of the market (formal and informal);
- Coordinate with project committees and buyers about availability of marketable livestock from the farmers;
- Share marketing related information with farmers & advise them correctly; Improve quality livestock formarketing;
- Resource mobilize and construct Community Abattoirs and Milk Processing Parlours
Community Development Component
Involves Ward and Village Level Grazing Governance
- Support for organizational and management structures;
- Building trust and credibility;
- Liaise with all stakeholders;
- Assist community to explore issues; train on organizational development (enhance visioning, planning, monitoring and feedback skills)
- Develop capacity on group rights to address and control grass and water poaching;
- Enhance decision making, joint budgeting, implementation and capacity building skills;
- Develop business ethics, co-operative and social entrepreneurship organizations in communities
- Develop and establish sustainable partnerships for scale-up and replication and share experiences.
Community mobilization is something done by community rather than for the community.
LAND MANAGEMENT
Restoration of healthy grasslands was achieved to a greater extend
Rehabilitation degraded rangelands was demonstrated and achieved
Restoration of natural water sources was being continually achieved
Also, being achieved was recharging of underground water
There was marked improvement in reversing desertificatio
RESULTS
Intensification of community empowerment on the use of grazing plans by herding clusters in the ward was enforced.
The water point coupled with improved grass saved the community cattle from dying in the severe drought that was experienced during the period.
Other areas without the programme lost cattle from the drought. Also, the cattle produced more milk and manure. The manure was then used to fertilize the vegetable garden at the water point. Thanks to Tudor Grants the Mufiri community cattle were saved from the devastating drought.
Locally, NBI received an award entitled Communicator of the year 2013 from the Banga Chieftainship in Shurugwi District, Zimbabwe. The citation is, “For his efforts to communicate directly from Ward Level to Village Level on the Holistic Land and Livestock Management Program in Ward 5 Shurugwi District, Zimbabwe. He is a real Community Empower and Capacity Builder”.
Internationally, in 2014 NBI received Teach A Man to Fish Pan-African Award Winners. NBI was Country Winner for ZIMBABWE. The citation of the award is, “Njeremoto Biodiversity Institute (NBI) integrates land and livestock management in its teaching.
ACHIEVEMENTS
NBI achieved much in line with implementation of planned project Outputs
on Land Management, Livestock Management and Community
empowerment
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