ICRISAT - International Crops Research Institute for the Semi-Arid Tropics (Zimbabwe)

ICRISAT and partners are working on strengthening the livelihoods of farmers who combine agriculture and livestock rearing in the semi-arid regions of the country, particularly in Nhwali and Gwanda. Improving and establishing new markets for farmers to sell their goats, has generated both the incentives for farmers to invest in their care and the much-needed cash for them to do so. Farmers who participate in goat markets are reinvesting the income generated into broader agriculture production – to purchase food when their own harvest falls short, educate their children, for health care, hire labor and to purchase inputs for both crops and livestock.