IFOAM in collaboration with Knowledge Hub For Organic Agriculture and Agroecology in Africa(KHSA) and PELUM Zambia has conducted the refresher training for teams of trainers in Zambia. The training brings together master trainers trained by IFOAM and other master trainers to harness a sense of community and belonging. It also aims at making effective the training methodologies to make future…
PELUM under the Knowledge Hub For Organic Agriculture and Agroecology in Southern Africa in collaboration with IFOAM has provided training to a total of 45 multipliers in Eastern, Northern and Southern provinces of Zambia. The training aimed at enhancing multiplier skills in agroecology, organic agriculture and facilitation. The multipliers as expected to train a minimum of 10 follower farmers in…
PELUM Zambia has donated a water tank to Tuswayane women’s club in Chief Nyampande’s chiefdom in Choma District to support their organic gardening. Officiating at the handover ceremony, Choma District Commissioner Sikaleya Gamela called on the members of the group to utilize the opportunity for food, nutrition and income security. He urged the community to safeguard the donation as it…
PELUM in collaboration with Knowledge Hub for Organic Agriculture in Southern Africa and in partnership with Zambia Alliance for Agroecology and Biodiversity(ZAAB) and Markets and Seeds Access Projects and FiBl is The workshop aims to bring together organic and agroecology stakeholders in Zambia to share and engage on research and policy evidence, gaps, potential opportunities related to on-farm and on…
The 6th Zambian traditional seed and food festival, an annual event organized by a consortium of civil society organizations and meant to promote local seeds for seed sovereignty, local foods for nutrition and income generation PELUM Zambia under the Knowledge Hub for Organic Agriculture in Southern Africa (KHSA) and in collaboration with a 15-member consortium of civil society organizations advocating…
Kachere Development Programme in collaboration with PELUM Zambia under Markets And Seeds Access Projects (MASAP) with support from FiBL and Swedish Development Foundation is hosting the first ever Chipata District Traditional Seed and Food Festival. The festival brings together farmers from chipata district to celebrate traditional seeds and foods for food and nutrition security and health . A display of…
PELUM Zambia in collaboration with Green Living Movement (GLM) and Zambia Climate Change Network facilitated an exposure visit for Members of Parliament from the Committee on Agriculture and Natural Resources and the media to small holder Organic farmers in Sinazongwe District of Southern Province. The visit is meant to expose the parliamentarians and the media to evidence of Organic Agriculture…
PELUM was today among four other civil society organisations that attended the seed fair and the promotion of the district “My Food is African Campign” organised by Community Technology Development Trust/Organisation in Rufunsa District. On display were assorted local seeds and traditional food varieties. Among the CSOs in attendance is Zambia Alliance for Agroecology and Biodiversity, SCOPE Zambia, Kasisi Agricultural…
PELUM Zambia joined other civil society organisations and the rest of the world in commemorating the Year of the millets under the theme: Unleashing the Potential of Millets for the Well-Being of People and the Environment.” FIAN Zambia, Zambia Alliance for Agroecology and Biodiversity (ZAAB), Center for Technology Development Trust (CTDT), and The Consumer Unity Trust Society (CUTS) collaborated in …