Govt, UNDP in climate drive

Ashley Mujoma

THE Government, in partnership with the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP), is implementing a climate resilience programme.

It is aimed at strengthening the livelihoods of vulnerable communities in the face of climate risks.

The seven-year programme, titled “Building The Climate Resilience For Agricultural Livelihoods In Southern Africa,” is working towards the implementation of the National Framework for Weather, Water and Climate Services of Zimbabwe (NFWWCS).

UNDP residence coordinator, Madelena Monoja, said the UN agency is happy to support the Government in its efforts to strengthen weather information infrastructure.

This is meant to, among other things, provide credible information to farmers in the country.

The end goal is to generate and analyse data in an efficient manner that is understood by stakeholders and farmers.

“UNDP is happy to support the Zimbabwean Government to strengthen its portfolio and infrastructure on weather information. 

“I think the Government, as a lead institution, has done well to put in place key infrastructure to make sure that we get credible information.

“This engagement should also be an opportunity for stakeholders to assess gaps and other key infrastructure needed to present credible weather information. 

“This also looks at generation of data and data analysis so that it is also disseminated in an efficient manner that would be well understood by farmers out there.”