Catholic Relief Services

Farmers harvest mangoes in Mongu, Zambia

Photo: Sean Sprague

Catholic Relief Services runs the Livelihood Initiative in Support of Agricultural Rehabilitation (LISAR) project to provide assistance to poor farmers in the Mongu and Sesheke districts.

Farmers from both districts have been devastated by recurrent droughts and floods and as a result suffer from chronic poverty.

LISAR will increase productivity and business services for harvesting cassava and sweet-potatoes in Sesheke and rice and wheat in Mongu. This will be done through strengthening the farmers’ capacity to manage their farm land more effectively and allow them access to a larger range of seeds including drought resistant varieties.

SCIAF

Scottish Catholic International Aid Fund

Catholic Relief Services