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Zimbabwe. ACP MEAs 3 Programme and Farmer Field School (FFS)

The EU-funded ACP MEAs 3 Programme in St. Lucia, implemented through FAO, aims to strengthen environmental governance and sustainable management of natural resources. The program focuses on building capacity, enhancing policy frameworks, and promoting the implementation of Multilateral Environmental Agreements (MEAs) to address environmental challenges and support sustainable development in the region.

Language English

Country Zimbabwe

Duration 7m55s

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Video Type Documentary

Date 04/23/2023

File size 867.24 MB

Unique ID UF16RNJ

Editorial Use Only. No Commercial Use Permitted

Production details and shotlist

Shotlist 1. Aerial shot, of community plots for FFS practices.
2. SOUNDBITE (Kudzai Kudsena)
00:00:34 – 00:00:50
“The ACP MEAs project aims to support mainstreaming of biodiversity into agriculture in Zimbabwe, and the sound use of pesticides.”
3. Wide shot, group of FFS farmers being greeted by local authorities in zimbabwe
4. Wide shot, farmers seated at a local FFS gathering for demonstration practices held in Zimbabwe.
5. SOUNDBITE (Kudzai Kudsena)
00:00:54 – 00:01:05
“The government of Zimbabwe, through the Ministry of Agriculture, recognizes the importance of agrobiodiversity in terms of improving production and productivity.”
6. Aerial panning, farmer’s standing and listening to the FFS activities inauguration from local authorities.
7. Wide shot, of Ms. Mary Mudiwa a local FFS farmer inside her corn fields.
8. Med shot, Ms. Mary Mudiwa looking into camera.
9. SOUNDBITE (Kudzai Kudsena)
00:01:14 – 00:01:39
“The main challenges that we face in agriculture are climate change, high seed input costs, high input costs for fertilizer. And, the high agricultural input costs lead to food insecurity at household level as sometimes we fail to farm.”
10. Med shot, Mary and her family walking out of the maize plot.
11. Close-up, pot being placed on the fire in a family gathering.
12. Close-up, steering of the food in the pot.
13. OTS shot, Family in the background having a conversation while Mary steers the pot with food.
14. SOUNDBITE (Esther Cheshure)
00:02:01 – 00:02:37
“When we farm, we use local traditional methods, for pest control, such as the mukonde tree. We dry the mukonde tree, then we burn it into ashes. We then mix the ash with water and apply it using knapsack sprayers. We have also learnt that, through sound agricultural production you can provide better schooling for your children and become better Zimbabweans.”
15. Med shot, FFS trainers sharing knowledge to local farmers about sustainable practices and local plants.
16. Wide shot, FFS trainer holding a seed from a plant in the FFS plot.
17. Med shot, FFS trainer holding a bottle while explaining procedures to the farmers.
18. Close-up, ashes applied to maize plants to kill pest as part of the biopesticides practices being taught at the FFSs.
19. Wide shot, local farmers walking and checking plant health in the FFS plot.
20. Close-up, farmer checking the yields from the FFS plot.
21. Close-up, farmers discussing the condition of the yields from different control plots.
22. Wide shot, infant walking to join his mother in the FFS practices.
23. Wide shot, FAO staff giving instructions for the FFS activity.
24. Med shot, Mr. Garnett Makoni looking into camera.
25. Close-up, Mr. Garnett Makoni smiling during explanations in the FFS field practices.
26. SOUNDBITE (Garnett Makoni)
00:02:01 – 00:02:37
“When we employ diverse methods, that don’t deal with synthetics, we are not affecting our health but we are actually promoting the growth and retention of biodiversity in terms of the environment.”
27. Med shot, FAO staff and local FFS farmers walking through maize fields during an FFS demonstration.
28. Wide shot, FFS farmers checking and comparing plots and yields in FFS field practices.
29. SOUNDBITE (Mary Mudiwa)
00:03:33 – 00:04:06
“We have seen through scouting that, the use of non-chemical
pest control measures ensures that many beneficial
insects in the area are safeguarded, However, climate change remains a major challenge. This is why, at the FFS we are being taught climate resilient agricultural practices like water harvesting and soil management.”
30. Panning shot, mulching example in a maize field.
31. Wide shot, Mary walking in her sunflower plots.
32. Med shot, Mary and her family attending her sunflower plots.
33. Wide shot, Mary and her husband attending her sunflowers.
34. Med shot, FFS group explaining the practices to local farmers.
35. Close-up, local farmers transferring water to cook.
36. Wide shot, Mary’s family waving into camera inside their home kitchen.
37. SOUNDBITE (Obert Maminimini)
00:04:25 – 00:04:39
“Quite a number of farmers have actually done away with pesticides. Which are hazardous and are very costly. So this has been one major, I would say, product which we are really proud of. You know, the agriculture environment it’s so dynamic, it’s an open factory, there is no roof.”
38. Wide shot, local farmers attending FFS demonstrations for sustainable agricultural practices.
39. Aerial shot, local farmers practicing sustainable agriculture in FFS plots.
40. Close-up, Ms. Agnes Mutsvanga looking into camera.
41. SOUNDBITE (Obert Maminimini)
00:04:57 – 00:05:13
“With this project, we aim to continue generating appropriate technologies, so we can come up with proper solutions and techniques to address production challenges in a sustainable manner.”
42. Med shot, FFS trainer explaining to local farmers about sustainable agricultural practices.
43. Med shot, Professor Arnold Bray Mashingaidze looking into camera.
44. SOUNDBITE (Arnold Bray Mashingaidze)
00:05:22 – 00:05:45
“One of the biggest strategies that can be used to change a system is to actually look at the people that are implementing the extension, the education system in a country. Now, this is important because we generate information that will help policy makers to mainstream biodiversity into these policies.”
45. Wide shot, women farmer from FFS explaining to local farmers their sustainable agricultural practices.
46. OTS shot, women farmers during their explanations to local farmers.
47. Wide shot, FAO staf with FFS and local farmers walking to a demonstration plot.
48. Wide shot, local farmers checking and doing practices in an FFS plot of Maize.
49. SOUNDBITE (Kudzai Kudsena)
00:06:00 – 00:06:16
“The project it’s actually looking at the possibility of Zimbabwe coming with their own organic agriculture standards which are managed and enforced by the government of Zimbabwe, so that the organic produce it’s actually meant for the local people of Zimbabwe.”
50. Close-up, of maize cobs.
51. Wide shot, FFS and local farmers during local authorities welcome speeches.
52. Wide shot, local farmers in a community gathering before going to their FFS practices and demonstrations.
53. SOUNDBITE (Garnett Makoni)
00:06:27 – 00:06:47
“This form of education, remember, it has no cost except a piece of land and our time. Yes, and a little bit of resources thanks to the European Union via FAO, Food and Agriculture Organization, we are getting quite some support there. As well as our own efforts, the two complemented, we are smiling.”
54. Wide shot, local FFS farmers dancing and chanting into camera during a community gathering.

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Videographer Francisco Martinez

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