Establishing markets contracts, and maintenance of linkages. This will be central to the sustenance and sustainability of the intervention. There is huge potential to create these market linkages for the farmers, creating downstream opportunities and employment for other community members. The beneficiaries will get an opportunity to sell their produce and retail to places like Hwedza Growth Point, Marondera, Rusape, and Mbare Musika, Makoni town centre including the nearby four boarding schools and a hospital. The project has identified three distinct market segments, restaurants and hotels, retailers, and schools and hospitals. Hwedza is strategically positioned in terms of proximity to Harare, Marondera, Chitungwiza, Buhera and Rusape, and the public transport network system servicing these areas is well developed and networked, ensuring that losses due to transport inefficiencies are reduced to a minimum. Linkages will be established with Hwedza Inn and retail markets such as Fruit and Vegs, TM, Spar, FAVCO and Selby to supply the garden and orchard produces. Downstream benefits will also accrue to vendors (who in most cases are women and girls) who come to buy the garden produce for re-sell to other places. It is anticipated that at least 30 such vendors will descent on the projects from places such as Seke, Marondera, Hwedza, Sadza Growth Points and Rusape to buy vegetables for re-sell, thereby also improving their socio-economic well-being of their individual households. Farmers will be assisted to set up a revolving fund that the farmers themselves and other community members can borrow from for their own investments and repay later. This will be critical for the sustainability of the project and will cushion farmers in times of adversity. The project is going to set aside $200 to be used as an initial revolving fund. An account will be opened with one of the banks at Hwedza Growth point and the funds will also be used for maintenance of the equipment and paid back after sales. Project members will agree on a joining fee and other contribution after sales to be used for marketing, repairs, expansion and upgrading purposes for the project. These contributions will be kept in the above mentioned bank account. Social obligations such as contributions to burial societies are likely to be improved, with the added benefit of strengthening community social networks and improving social capital.

Not at the moment.

The benefiaries will earn some extra revenue through the selling of their produce and this will help the sustainability of the project.The project will also set up a revolving fund as a way of providing financial loans to the Mawire community

The beneficiaries will be trained in natural resources conservation, environment related international protocols and conventions, good farming practice, the importance of indigenous knowledge and drought management, how to manage and repair solar powered irrigation, and construction of chingwa stove. For the drip irrigation, the project will work with other technical partners that include The Department of Irrigation and Engineering. This department will be responsible for helping the community to maintain irrigation equipment and also train them on proper care and maintenance of all the irrigation equipment that includes the drip irrigation infrastructure. BTZ will train them on managing their revolving fund that will ensure that the equipment is sustained. Agritex will play a pivotal role in training the farmers on sustainable farming techniques in the garden and will also help in monitoring project activities. Several stakeholders will take a part in the project to strengthen the capacity of communities as well as ensuring success of the project. Beneficiaries will be trained in various areas that will assist in the improvement of their standard of living some of these activities will include the likes of bread making through the use of chingwastoves; benefiaries will also generate revenue through the sale of their farm produce to other community members and nearby stores.

The project depends immensely on communities? knowledge on basic agricultural practices for its success. Therefore, as what has happened in the past projects, communities will take a leading role in the implementation of the project. A project sub-committee will be established which will comprised of local people and their traditional leaders.A constitution will be drafted prior to the commencement of the project as this will provide guidelines to be followed by all the beneficiaries. The garden committee will be responsible for ensuring constant repair of the fence, irrigation equipment. All the committeeswill be assisted by relevant government agency such as ZRP, DDF, AGRITEX etc. BTZ shall hold quarterly meetings with project beneficiaries. In addition participatory methods shall be employed by the organization during monitoring and evaluation of the project.

The project will increase livelihood of the community of Mawire East resettlement in ward 4 and other surrounding villages. The chingwa stove will go a long way in providing income to the benefiaries even long after the end of the project. It is in line with this project that the community will also benefits through increase in revenues bases through the sell. Profits generated from the sales of the garden produce will be used to send their children to school, medical bills and also cover other household expenses

There are o indigenous people

This is a pilot project, with the success of this project, BTZ will continue to work with all stakeholders and replicate the project to other ward and district.

This is a pilot project, with the success of this project, BTZ will continue to work with all stakeholders and replicate the project to other ward and district.

This project will play a pivotal role in influencing the Environmental Management Agency (EMA), to encourage people in rural areas to adopt the Chigwa stove in an attempt to reduce deforestation in many rural areas and other surrounding areas

This project will play a pivotal role in influencing the Environmental Management Agency (EMA), to encourage people in rural areas to adopt the Chigwa stove in an attempt to reduce deforestation in many rural areas and other surrounding areas.

Women are more vulnerable to the effects of climate change than men?primarily as they constitute the majority of the world?s poor and are more dependent for their livelihood on natural resources that are threatened by climate change. In an effort to promote gender equality, BTZ will use the law of proportional representative.Two thirdsof the benefiaries are going to be women since are the most vulnerable members in the society. There are more women than men in Zimbabwe, women will be given the first priority in terms of post and benefits. Women will be given supervisorial positions since we believe that they are the one who spend most the time doing field work. An even proportion will be responsible in sourcing out markets, negotiating prices with different companies; they will be training workshops on business management focusing mainly on women since society has let them down for many years. During the project, participants from both sexes will be trained in gender equality and the benefits of peace between partners