Zambia for agroforestry, biodiversity and climate (Z4ABC)

BASIC INFORMATION

Overall objective:
To contribute to the development of climate-relevant, productive, & sustainable transformation of agriculture, forestry, & food systems in Zambia to help achieve Nationally Determined Contributions (NDC).

Action area and beneficaries:
Lower Zambezi – Luangwa – Nyika (ZLN) corridor, stretching across central & eastern Zambia

Final beneficiaries: Local communities involved in the agricultural, forestry, agroforestry and wildlife value chains living in the ZLN corridor, conservation areas & their buffer-zones

Focus on the most vulnerable groups, women, & youth

Collaboration with other relevant VC actors: local businesses & organisations, civil society more widely,  as well as government actors at local & national levels. Interventions are designed to inform relevant strategies & policy making

Duration 4 years (48 months) April 2022-March 2026

The project is led by the Centre for International Forestry Research – CIFOR in partnership with 3 Finnish & 2 Zambian academic institutions, plus local private sector:

• Natural Resources Institute Finland (LUKE)
• Viikki Tropical Resources Institute (VITRI), Department of Forestry, University of Helsinki (UH)
• Häme University of Applied Sciences (HAMK)
• University of Zambia (UNZA)
• Mulungushi University (MU)

Project is funded by EU: GCCA+/DeSIRA joint initiative on climate change & sustainable food systems