LOCAL. FOOD SYSTEMS KEY TO BUILDING RESILIENCE IN THIS CLIMATE CRISIS- CTDT

LOCAL. FOOD SYSTEMS KEY TO BUILDING RESILIENCE IN THIS CLIMATE CRISIS- CTDT


By Alfonso Kasongo

The Community Technology Development Trust (CTDT) Zambia has called for urgent support and promotion of local food production systems wherever possible, to build resilience in the face of the current climate crisis and those to come.

With the prolonged drought, rainfall variability and extreme weather conditions being experienced, the
 Trust emphasises the need for food systems that will build and promote resilience, adaptation and diversity,as they are essential.

It adds that urgent efforts are required to promote and support farmers to conserve and develop their drought-resistant crops and seeds including cowpea, bambara nuts and millet.
Community Technology Development Trust (CTDT) is a non profit making NGO registered in 2009 with the objective of contributing to the livelihoods of rural communities through interventions aimed at promoting biodiversity conservation and natural resources management in food production practices. 

CTDT also notes,"the current climate crisis is bringing prolonged drought, rainfall variability, and more frequent extreme weather events which cause huge impacts and result in loss of agrobiodiversity."

Late last year, the Femine Early Warning System Network (FEWS NET) issued an Alert for Southern Africa where the El Niño is expected to drive below-average rainfall and negatively impact harvests across much of the region, driving high humanitarian food assistance needs into early 2025.

The alert issued in November, 2023, FEWS NET reported that more than 20 million people across Southern Africa are expected to face the climate crisis or worse food security outcomes in early 2024, with Zimbabwe, Malawi, Mozambique, and Madagascar likely to bear the brunt of El Niño’s adverse effects.

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