ZIFLP supports Farmer Led Irrigation Schemes (FLIS), amidst a challenging 2023/24 farming season.

The 2023/24 agriculture farming season is under heavy threat as the country faces a crisis exacerbated by climate change and the El Nino weather phenomenon, which is threatening national and household food security with about 45% of planted staple crops being destroyed. The risks and impacts of climate change and variability have become more evident and, on the increase, given the more frequent flash floods, droughts and increasing temperatures that have been affecting agricultural productivity negatively. Such scenarios call for change in approaches from the business as usual to more proactive interventions that aim at addressing some of these climate challenges being experienced.

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