The District Development Fund, or DDF, is a Zimbabwe government agency within the Ministry of Rural Resources and Water Development that is charged with the responsibility of providing and maintaining rural infrastructure within the Communal, Resettlement and Small Scale Commercial Farming areas of Zimbabwe.
Its programmes are funded by the government, donors and the private sector.
Responsible for construction and maintenance of rural water and sanitation infrastructure; small dams, irrigation schemes, piped water, deep wells and boreholes.
[1] Since 1980, the District Development Fund (DDF) has been responsible for establishing all-weather road access throughout the rural areas of Zimbabwe.
DDF has implemented the planning, selection; construction and/or re-construction and the establishment of proper periodic and routine maintenance for an estimated 25,000 km of rural roads throughout Zimbabwe.