A GROUND-BREAKING 5 million euro project aimed at promoting increased adoption of climate-smart innovations in livestock production systems was launched in Buhera last week.

The project is being implemented by the Government and is supported by a consortium of local and international agricultural specialists.

lt is being funded by the European Union.

A new European Union-funded ‘Livestock Production Systems in Zimbabwe’ (LIPS-Zim) project is working to increase agricultural productivity in the country’s agro-ecological Zones IV and V. It is promoting the adoption of climate-relevant innovations in livestock production systems and improving surveillance and control of livestock diseases.