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
MAIN ACTIVITIES
The overall intervention logic of the action
Outputs & activities
Action area and main 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
- Dr Eija Laitinen
- Principal Research Scientist, HAMK
- Puh. +358 50 585 3933