People in Traditional Authority (T/A) Kampingo Sibande have embraced interventions under Climate-Smart Enhanced Public Works Programme to improve their crop production. Under the programme, community members implement interventions in catchment areas such as making swales, constructing stone bunds, digging check dams and planting trees in depleted forests to restore degraded landscapes. Mzimba district senior lands resource conservation officer Olive Nyalira urged participants to take the activities seriously. For instance, you create check dams so that they hold water in your farmlands to prevent soil erosion,” she said. The district is implementing the programme with support from the World Bank and the Social Protection Multi-Donor Fund.