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Zero Tillage Farming,
Zambia
Provides funding to farmers utilising zero tillage principles to grow food for their families and as a source of income. When starting a zero tillage project in a new community or village, a sample plot is planted with maize so that the community can see the process in action and be taught how to manage the plots. Typically this farming results in the maize being more dense and much taller than communities are used to seeing. The yields at harvest are higher so everyone is more than happy to follow this method. Find out more...

Limulunga Pig Farming Project, Zambia
Provides subsistence farmers in Zambia a start-up self-sufficiency project so that they develop a method of piggy bank saving and providing an income for their family.
Two pigs are reared. One provides income; the other provides food and each year the number of pigs can grow. Find out more...