Community based Climate
Change Adaptation
Ned and Nchodu villages
Betty Maimela, Mazwi Dlamini & Siphumelelo Mbhele
In these areas the aim was
to introduce CRA
practices to assist with
building resilience in
sustainable agriculture
and resource
management.
CRA learning groups were
established to implement
CbCCa practices.
CRA emphasis on
household level aiming to
improve aspects of crop
production, livestock
management, soil and
water management, social
agency.
Homestead production
•Intensive homestead
production includes
vegetables,fruitand
livestock production.
•CRA practices includes;
mixed cropping, crop
rotation,mulching, deep
and shallow trench beds,
pests and disease control,
grey water and water
management
Market and enterprise development
•Ned learning group had their first
market day in town.
•Matatiele town had a lot of
competition and time of arrival to the
stall is important as cooking mamas
and fresh produce markets source
vegetables earlyin the morning.
•Fruits and vegetable shop in town
also buy fresh produce in the
morning everyday.
•Farmgate (selling with the village) are
more functional.
•Enterprise development: On 0-1ha of
land they plant cabbages, spinach,
green peppers turnip, sugar beans
and potatoes to sell locally.
•They plant yellow maize, soyabeans,
sugar beans and sunflower for their
small livestock and cattle.
•Mrs. Skhosana handcraft mats, hats.
Making traditional beats and brooms
to sell locally.
Microclimate management and greywater
management
•Irrigation practices; bucket drip
irrigation.
•Bucket drip irrigation allows
farmerstousegreywaterfor
irrigation.
•Microclimate management;
shade cloth tunnels .
•A total of 40 participants
rewardedwithshadecloth
tunnels both in Ned and
Nchodu.
•Skills transfer of constructing
shade cloth tunnels and making
drips using old pipes and
bucket/drums were transferred
to the learning group.
Conservation agriculture
•Minimal soil disturbance
•Diversified cropping
-intercropping
-mixed cropping
-mixed cropping
•Keepinglivingrootsinthesoil
-late season cover crops
•Organic soil cover
-cover crops
-crop residues and mulching
•Integrating livestock
Small stock production
•Learning workshops
and experimentation:
Fodderproduction
forsmallstock,
nutrition, disease
prevention and
health.
•Poultrymanagement
workshops;
introducing new
breeds Boschvelds
forbothmeatand
egg production.
•40 participants
startedboschveld
production, for both
eggs and meat
production.
Crop diversity & seed saving
•Increasing crop
diversity; herbs like
coriander, parsley,
basil, fennel and
new vegetables;
broccoli, cauliflower,
butternut, brinjal,
squash, cucumber,
green pepper,
Chinese cabbage,
mustard spinach.
•Seed saving
workshop,harvest
and storage of
seeds.
Nutrition and value adding
•Theory and practical
workshops on
nutritional value of
crops planted by
farmers.
•Practicalworkshops;
creating a healthy plate
from the garden.
•Adding value to crops
harvested from their
garden.
•Medicinal value of herb
teas and nutritional
value of herbs
introduced.
Active participants: Ned & Nchodu
Micro-finance support (VSLA)
•Village savings and loan
associations (VSLA) aim to
provide farmers with cash flow
to contribute to their way of
living, buying agricultural
inputs, assist in establishing
small business.
•VSLAgroupsareestablished
to create a pool of money
locally which participants can
borrow and repay at a 10%
interest rate.
•Money is contributed and
managed by participants.
•The groups meet once a month
to save and borrow, share-out is
done once a year at the finish of
their saving cycle.
•Nchodu started their first group
called Thuthukani savings group
with 19 members, which
startedonthe2nd of July 2024
and have FNB stokvel account.
Wateraccessandresourceconservation
•Implementation of
sustainable water
management engagement
with Ned learning group.
•Identifying water resources
forprotection.
•Ned water scheme was
startedwith both the
learning group and villagers
as beneficiaries.
•Waterschemeselected
water committee and
involved Nkosana Tribal
Authority.
•Boreholes or protecting a
close by natural spring are
their options.
Thank you!