A resilient strategy called Pfumvudza shows its effectiveness against drought impacts in rural communities in Zimbabwe

Conservation agriculture is a concept that allows farmers to use an efficient amount of resources to optimise management on a small area of land. This study is also a descriptive study method which showed the amount of people who practiced Pfumvudza was 96 households whilst 18 households were not interested in Pfumvudza. The article mentions that “climate change induced drought impacts greatly affected communal farmers who depended on rain fed agriculture. This led to food insecurity which attracted donor aid year after year. Further, through research it is proven that Pfumvudza reduced donor aid and improved yield in the area. Moreover, there is a difference in the Pfumvudza scheme before and after the yields of crops that is supported by Mann–Whitney. Those who practiced Pfumvudza showed a different result from those who did not. The conclusions of the article stated that Pfumvudza increased resilience against climate change induced drought impacts. The research stated recommendations for farmers to nourish Pfumvudza strategy to improve food security and high yields.

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