Feature: Women bear the burnt of climate change

BY EVANS MATHANDA
Mxotshwa market gardens under Chief Mdubiwa in Lower Gweru, Midlands province, used to be the breadbasket of the village. Several women eked out a living through selling vegetables.

The purple patch they were enjoying was courtesy of efforts of the United States Agency for International Development (USAid) through its Restoring Livelihoods Programme in partnership with Care International, which established a nutrition garden project in 2001.

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