Do no harm….SECAP begins SECAP Training
The Smallholder Agriculture Cluster Project held a five day training workshop on the Social, Environmental and Climate Assessment Procedures. The training, held in Lupane in December, was attended by extension officers from Lupane, Nkayi, Hwange, Binga and Kwekwe.
The procedures, which are adopted from the International Fund for Agricultural Development (IFAD),provide guidance on how to identify potential risks and impacts, how to avoid, minimize, reduce or mitigate them. SECAP ensures that appropriate preventative actions are incorporated into project design and implementation, and provides guidance on procurement implications.
The training will enable the officers to train communities that have benefitted under the project on the importance of safeguarding the environment during implementation of the project. The project is rehabilitating irrigations schemes, last mile feeder roads as well as establishing village business units.
