Kuru Kururu farmers adopting climate resilient practices

UNDP Resident Representative (ag), Ms. Chisa Mikami (centre) and Chairperson of the Kuru Kururu Farmers Crops and Livestock Association (KKFCLA), Denise Thomas (second from left) at the signing of the grant with the UNDP/GEF Small Grants Programme. Also in photograph are some of the executive members of KKFCLA.

The Kuru Kururu Farmers Crops and Livestock Association (KKFCLA) is implementing a project to address the impacts of climate change which will see rooftop and ground catchment facilities for rainwater among other initiatives.

It is doing this with funding from the Small Grants Programme funded by the Global Environment Facility (GEF), implemented by the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP), and executed by the United Nations Office for Project Services (UNOPS).

A release on Monday from the UNDP/GEF Small Grants Programme noted that agriculture is the main economic activity of the