The local farmers in Mutoko, Zimbabwe, face constant food insecurity due to a number of factors which include the loss of biodiversity and traditional food crops. One of the traditional crops that has dwindled in production over the years is the Bambara nut. In the resettlement sector in Mutoko, Bambara nut production covered over 2,000 hectares (ha) in 2011-2012, but this declined to only 26 ha in the following season. According to the Department of Agricultural, Technical and Extension Services (AGRITEX), the average yield has now dropped to below 0.5 tons/ha. Contributing factors for the decline include socio-economic, agronomic, and environmental issues. This loss is complicated by the loss from community memory of traditional names and characteristics of the local landraces. In October 2013, a project was implemented to address the problem of food and nutrition insecurity due to the loss of biodiversity and cultural knowledge on traditional foods. It sought to characterise landraces and prevent the further loss of the Bambara nut. The project focused on the Bambara nut because of its traditional role in food and nutrition security in the area and the fact that the crop had been largely abandoned. Bambara is rich in nutrients. According to Heller et al. (1997), the nut contains 63% carbohydrates, 19% protein and 6.5% oil on average. The project was located in the Mutoko District in Mashonal and East Province, a semi-arid region of Zimbabwe where the production of traditional crops was common at one time. The project lasted from 15 October 2013 to 15 February 2014. The total budget was USD 5,000 which was provided by Practical Action Consulting U.K. A multi-disciplinary team of scientists participated in the project: one agronomist, three research officers from the Department of Research and Specialist Services (DR&SS) which houses the National Genetic Resource Bank and the Plant Protection Research Institute (PPRI), and one District extension officer and five field extension officers from AGRITEX. The extension workers each worked with 2-5 farmers from a total of 17 from the three farming sectors in Mutoko.