Pekben Environment Institute

Greetings environment keepers hopefully l found you well.In response to this overwhelming infamous virus we as Pekben Environment have thought it incumbent upon ourselves to exhort you to avoid gatherings, keep a social distance prescribed by your national and international health counsellors make it a virtue to always wash your hands let's exercise the most stringent clinical measures to avoid the spread of the virus.

𝗣𝗹𝗲𝗮𝘀𝗲 𝘄𝗮𝘀𝗵 𝘆𝗼𝘂𝗿 𝗵𝗮𝗻𝗱𝘀 𝗿𝗲𝗴𝘂𝗹𝗮𝗿𝗹𝘆 🧴🧼

𝑊𝑖𝑡ℎ 𝑙𝑜𝑣𝑒 ❤️ 𝑃𝑒𝑘𝑏𝑒𝑛 𝐸𝑛𝑣𝑖𝑟𝑜𝑛𝑚𝑒𝑛𝑡 𝐼𝑛𝑠𝑡𝑖𝑡𝑢𝑡𝑒 𝑍𝑖𝑚𝑏𝑎𝑏𝑤𝑒 🇿🇼

𝑠𝑎𝑣𝑒 𝑜𝑢𝑟 𝑝𝑙𝑎𝑛𝑒𝑡 🌍
𝑠𝑎𝑣𝑒 𝑜𝑢𝑟 𝑓𝑢𝑡𝑢𝑟𝑒 ♻️
ℎ𝑒𝑙𝑝 𝑜𝑢𝑟 𝑐𝑜𝑢𝑛𝑡𝑟𝑦🇿🇼

𝗜𝗠𝗣𝗘𝗡𝗗𝗜𝗡𝗚 𝗗𝗜𝗦𝗔𝗦𝗧𝗘𝗥𝗦 𝗧𝗛𝗔𝗧 𝗠𝗜𝗚𝗛𝗧 𝗘𝗠𝗔𝗡𝗔𝗧𝗘 𝗙𝗥𝗢𝗠 𝗚𝗟𝗢𝗕𝗔𝗟 𝗪𝗔𝗥𝗠𝗜𝗡𝗚

𝗙𝗮𝗹𝗹 𝗶𝗻 𝗔𝗴𝗿𝗶𝗰𝘂𝗹𝘁𝘂𝗿𝗮𝗹 𝘆𝗶𝗲𝗹𝗱𝘀🌽🥜🧅🧄

The geographical location of Zimbabwe in the tropics makes it vulnerable to climate change through shifting rainfall and agricultural patterns,rising temperatures and frequent heat waves, drought and floods will destabilise agricultural production ,exacerbating the situation is our heavy dependence on rain-fed agriculture, this will have adverse effects not only on humans, but also on livestock, which are a strategic investment to rural and farming communities; And also maize planted late will not give good yields,thus making maize production a less valiable activity under climate change conditions.The stimulated changes in crop yields are driven by two factors that is carbon dioxide enrichment and changes in climate.In the low-lying areas of Southern Zimbabwe for example it is probable that climate change will turn the region into a non-maize producing area as exemplified by reduced maize production in Masvingo.If global warning becomes a reality,this area which represents 42% of the communal area will become even more marginal for maize production.

𝗔𝗴𝗿𝗶𝗰𝘂𝗹𝘁𝘂𝗿𝗲: is the backbone of Zimbabwe’s economy as Zimbabweans remain largely a rural people who derive their livelihood from agriculture and other related rural economic activities. Agricultural activities provide employment and income for 60-70 percent of the population, supplies 60 percent of the raw materials required by the industrial sector and contributes 40 percent of total export earnings.

𝗔𝗴𝗿𝗶𝗰𝘂𝗹𝘁𝘂𝗿𝗲 : contributes approximately 17 percent to Zimbabwe’s GDP. As the main source of livelihood for the majority of the population, the performance of agriculture is a key determinant of rural livelihood resilience and poverty levels. General challenges facing smallholder farmers (SHF’s) include low and erratic rainfall, low and declining soil fertility, low investment, shortages of farm power - labour and draft animals, poor physical and institutional infrastructure, poverty and recurring food insecurity.

𝗔𝗴𝗿𝗶𝗰𝘂𝗹𝘁𝘂𝗿𝗲: production is also vulnerable to periodic droughts. The peasant sector, which produces 70 per cent of staple foods (maize, millets, and groundnuts), is particularly vulnerable as it has access to less than 5 per cent of national irrigation facilities.

𝑊𝑖𝑡ℎ 𝑙𝑜𝑣𝑒 ❤ 𝑃𝑒𝑘𝑏𝑒𝑛 𝐸𝑛𝑣𝑖𝑟𝑜𝑛𝑚𝑒𝑛𝑡 𝐼𝑛𝑠𝑡𝑖𝑡𝑢𝑡𝑒 𝑍𝑖𝑚𝑏𝑎𝑏𝑤𝑒 🇿🇼

𝑠𝑎𝑣𝑒 𝑜𝑢𝑟 𝑝𝑙𝑎𝑛𝑒𝑡 🌍
𝑠𝑎𝑣𝑒 𝑜𝑢𝑟 𝑓𝑢𝑡𝑢𝑟𝑒 ♻️
ℎ𝑒𝑙𝑝 𝑜𝑢𝑟 𝑐𝑜𝑢𝑛𝑡𝑟𝑦 🇿🇼

𝗪𝗵𝗮𝘁 𝗶𝘀 𝗴𝗹𝗼𝗯𝗮𝗹 𝘄𝗮𝗿𝗺𝗶𝗻𝗴 ?

It is the long-term rise in the average temperature of the earth’s climate system. It is a major aspect of climate change. Gradual increase in the overall temperature of the earth's atmosphere generally attributed to the greenhouse effect caused by increased levels of carbon dioxide, CFCs, and other pollutants.

𝗪𝗵𝗮𝘁 𝗮𝗿𝗲 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗺𝗮𝗶𝗻 𝗰𝗮𝘂𝘀𝗲𝘀 𝗼𝗳 𝗴𝗹𝗼𝗯𝗮𝗹 𝘄𝗮𝗿𝗺𝗶𝗻𝗴?

The 𝗺𝗮𝗶𝗻 𝗰𝗮𝘂𝘀𝗲𝘀 are: deforestation through permanent land use change for agricultural products such as beef and palm oil (27%), forestry/forest products (26%), short term agricultural cultivation (24%), and wildfires (23%). Current patterns of land use affect 𝗴𝗹𝗼𝗯𝗮𝗹 𝘄𝗮𝗿𝗺𝗶𝗻𝗴 in a variety of ways.

𝑊𝑖𝑡ℎ 𝑙𝑜𝑣𝑒 ❤️ 𝑃𝑒𝑘𝑏𝑒𝑛 𝐸𝑛𝑣𝑖𝑟𝑜𝑛𝑚𝑒𝑛𝑡 𝐼𝑛𝑠𝑡𝑖𝑡𝑢𝑡𝑒 𝑍𝑖𝑚𝑏𝑎𝑏𝑤𝑒 🇿🇼

𝑠𝑎𝑣𝑒 𝑜𝑢𝑟 𝑝𝑙𝑎𝑛𝑒𝑡 🌍
𝑠𝑎𝑣𝑒 𝑜𝑢𝑟 𝑓𝑢𝑡𝑢𝑟𝑒 ♻️
ℎ𝑒𝑙𝑝 𝑜𝑢𝑟 𝑐𝑜𝑢𝑛𝑡𝑟𝑦🇿🇼