Green Hut Trust
Bulawayo, Zimbabwe · Operator: Green Hut Trust
Overview
An organization advancing urban farming and greening in Zimbabwe's second city Bulawayo, fostering community nurseries and farmer cooperatives
Citizen participation
Residents grow fruit trees and vegetables through community nurseries and farmer cooperatives
Operating model
Run as a trust, organizing nurseries and cooperatives to spread urban farming
Impact
Plans to plant 20,000 fruit trees and set up community nurseries over two years
Crops
- fruit trees
- vegetables
Scale
2年で果樹2万本の植栽計画 / plan to plant 20,000 fruit trees over two years
Sources(1)
This entry is compiled from the public sources, official sites and research below.
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