Improved Livelihoods through Enhanced Access to Forest products, services, finances and value chains (LEAF)

About this project

Contract related to: Improved Livelihoods through Enhanced Access to Forest products, services, finances and value chains (LEAF) - The action intends to promote and invest in the green recovery and sustainable growth along the Zambian part of the Greater Kavango Zambezi (KAZA) Trans-Frontier Conservation Area (TFCA). Its geographic focus will stretch from the Greater Kafue ecosystem south-west through the Luangwa ¿ Nyika corridors of Central and Eastern Zambia (thereafter the Landscape). The action will: 1) Enhance resilience of ecosystems and improve people¿s livelihoods based on landscape approaches along the agriculture-forestry-biodiversity-water and climate nexus; 2) Increase participation of smallholder farmers, including women and youth farmers, in market-integrated environmentally sustainable, resilient, low carbon, circular and nutrition sensitive value chains; 3) Increase income opportunities through applied sustainable resource management practices by local communities.The action will promote community-based management of natural resources and support benefit sharing mechanisms for local communities, in particular for women and youth. It will further contribute to Zambia¿s climate change adaptation and mitigation targets, enshrined in the country¿s National Determined Contribution (ND), in particular in terms of sustainable agriculture and sustainable forest management. In addition, the action will will contribute to the protection of water catchment areas and the…

Goals

Sustainable Development Goals this project works towards

• 1No Poverty
• 2Zero Hunger
• 5Gender Equality
• 6Clean Water and Sanitation
• 8Decent Work and Economic Growth
• 10Reduced Inequalities
• 12Responsible Consumption and Production
• 13Climate Action
• 15Life on Land
• 17Partnerships for the Goals

Published by

European Commission - Directorate-General for International Partnerships · Other public sector

Countries

Zambia

Sectors

BiodiversityForestry developmentWater resources conservation (including data collection)

Focus

Good governance · Also contributesBiodiversity · Main focusClimate mitigation · Also contributesClimate adaptation · Main focusDesertification · Also contributesDisaster risk reduction · Also contributesDisability inclusion · Also contributesEnvironment · Main focusGender equality · Also contributes

Funded by

European Commission

Implemented by

AGENZIA ITALIANA PER LA COOPERAZION E ALLO SVILUPPO

Accountable

Donor country-based NGO

Passes funds through

Directorate-General for International Partnerships

Published by European Commission - Directorate-General for International Partnerships to the International Aid Transparency Initiative (IATI), last updated 29 Sept 2026 and imported automatically. IATI identifier: XI-IATI-EC_INTPA-2026-PC-37059.

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