Drought Resilience Stories

The 2023/2024 El Nino-induced drought wreaked havoc across southern Africa, particularly in Zambia and Zimbabwe, leading to severe crop failures and escalating food insecurity in the region. In April 2024, the Seed and Knowledge Initiative held an informal dialogue with its 15 partners to share information on the impact of the drought on the farmers SKI partners work with. The severe impact on food security and seed stocks and the resultant hardship was catastrophic but there was hope amongst farmers working with SKI partners, in the form of Agroecology practices demonstrating resilience even in the face of such a catastrophe.