Masvingo, Rushinga to benefit from US$10m climate fund

Lands, Agriculture, Water, Climate and Rural Resettlement minister Perrance Shiri has announced the approval of a US$10 million Green Climate Fund (GCF), which is set to benefit 50 000 people in Masvingo and Rushinga districts through projects dealing with the effects of climate change and mitigation.

Shiri made the announcement at a Press conference in Mutare on Monday soon after the signing of Buzi Trans-Boundary River Basin Bilateral Agreement with Mozambique.

The project dubbed, Integrated Climate Risk Management for Food Security and Livelihoods, was jointly developed by the ministry and the World Food Programme
(WFP).

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