COMACO model, process, organization Kalupya Zimba, WCC, October 2008
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COMACO model, process, organization
Kalupya Zimba, WCC, October 2008
Lundazi
Chama
Feira
Nyimba
• Zambian-based value chain
• Focus on poor and gender-fair trade
• Commitment to conservation and human well-being
• All organic, food-based commodities (g-nuts, rice, soybeans, etc.)
Target area:
Greater Luangwa
Valley Ecosystem
Approach:
• 20,712 registered Producer group members
• Over 40,000 adults trained sustainable farming (CF, compost, mulching, crop rotation
• Over 1,900 registered producer groups with by-laws, learning new skills
• 12 Producer Group Cooperatives registered
• 417 ex-poachers among producer group members, over 30% once poached elephants
• Over 70% complying w/ sustainable agriculture
• 25% higher maize yield, greatly diversified food crop (>> 8 million cassava cuttings planted, 3-fold increase in rice farming
• Over 40,000 snares and 1000 firearms surrendered
• over 4,000 beehives, over 32,000 poultry vaccinated per yr, farming w/ electric fence, fish ponds, etc.
• ~6,000 wild animals saved per year
Results Impact
Securing Livelihoods
Saving Wildlife
We would like to acknowledge the gracious support of the following
• Royal Norwegian Embassy• Howard Buffett Foundation• UN World Food Program• William Lloyd and Harvey Bookman • CARE International• Wallace Foundation• Japanese Embassy• USAID SANREM• Mulago Foundation• Wildlife Conservation Society