Within two weeks of the Covid-19 national lockdown, one of Siyazisiza’s beneficiaries, Mr. Zitha from ZM Nursery, reported an increased local demand for seedlings around Ulundi and Nongoma regions. His nursery had been wiped clean from local demand of seedlings from various communities, and this demand was especially noted with households (as none of Siyazisiza’s beneficiaries contributed to the spike at the time).
In response, Siyazisiza recognized the need to work on upgrading current community nursery production capacities including an increased focus on seed production, seed propagation, harvesting, storage and local and centralised seed banks. This, to meet demand and further facilitate #FoodInTheGround and food security in the web of communities where we support nurseries.