Africa Center For Holistic Management
The Africa Centre for Holistic Management (ACHM)is governed by a board that comprises the 5 local tribal Chiefs, and other influential people drawn from the Zimbabweans society which enhances food and water security and human livelihoods through training that utilizes livestock to restore degraded watersheds and croplands to health. ACHM is headquartered near Victoria Falls, Zimbabwe on an 8,500-acre (3,400-hectare) property known as Dimbangombe Ranch. The ranch serves as a learning site for those assisting pastoralists and agro-pastoralists, demonstrating:
- How to restore water catchments and river flow through holistic planned grazing
- How to increase forage, wildlife, and livestock production through holistic planned grazing
- Predator-friendly livestock production, utilizing herding teams and lion-proof night enclosures
- The use of concentrated animal impact to increase crop yields and restore degraded pieces of land
- Low-stress animal handling and herding techniques
Read more about Africa Center For Holistic Management: ACHM History, Allan Savory, Research, Awards and Recognition
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