DARLINGTON MWENDABAI, Shangombo
SHANGOMBO fish farm project, funded at a cost of K1.5 million, is helping to reduce the impact of climate change in drought-prone communities. Pilot Programme for Climate Resilience (PPCR) funded the project as part of the World Bank’s strengthening climate resilience in the Barotse sub-basin. This is under the Zambia Strengthening Climate Resilience Project phase II, which is supporting 1,659 sub-projects in 17 districts of Western Province. PPCR is an eight-year project which started in 2014 and will end in 2022. In Shangombo, PPCR is implementing 124 sub-projects. Shangombo district and fisheries coordinator Charles Zulu said in an interview recently that the fish project is creating stable income for communities. “The project is an integrated one where gardening is CLICK TO READ MORE