Mutare City Council
Fact File
Country Zimbabwe
Value Chain Horticulture
Joined Centres of Excellence Programme on gender mainstreaming 2013
Joined LED Programme 2023
Number of female participants 23
Number of male participants 4
Number of youth participants 22 (18 Females, 4 Males)
Average income at baseline
Average income at endline
Summit 2024
Mutare City Council is implementing the Promoting Gender Inclusive Local Economic Development in Zimbabwe programme in partnership with Gender Links. The project is pursuing mushroom farming as a value chain to promote Local Economic Development. City of Mutare is the provincial capital of Manicaland province. It is located about 265km from Harare and 300km from the port of Beira in Mozambique. This makes it Zimbabwe’s gateway to the sea.  The council is a hub council for Manicaland province urban councils in the Hub and Spoke programme for gender mainstreaming.
                  
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