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Enhanced communities awareness & technology transfer for sustainable land management in Laikipia West sub-county

Project aims at enhancing community capacity on improved and sustained livelihoods within Laikipia West. This will be achieved through promotion of high value and multipurpose tree species, promotion of low-carbon technologies, formation of a charcoal producers association amongst other activities.
The overall objective of the project is to enhance communities? capacities within Laikipia West sub-County for improved and sustainable land and other natural resources management.
The project also has specific objectives to obtain the main objective:
To improve local communities? livelihoods through promotion of 1,500 high value and multipurpose tree species, 10,000 units of cover crops and marketing of sunflower
To enhance community capacity to benefit from Kenya Forest (Charcoal) Rules of 2009 through formation and operationalization of 3 charcoal producing associations and airing of 1 radio program
To build capacities of 500 community members through training of trainers on conservation agriculture, establishment of 15 demonstration gardens, conducting 2 field days and production of 2000 copies of awareness pamphlet
To promote low-carbon technologies at community level through construction of 15 small (6m3) biogas units for demonstration purposes

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Project Snapshot

Grantee:

Tree is Life Trust

Country:

Kenya

Area Of Work:

Land Degradation

Operational Phase:

OP5-Y3 (Jul 13 - Jun 14)

Grant Amount:

US$ 42,500.00

Co-Financing Cash:

Co-Financing in-Kind:

US$ 42,500.00

Project Number:

KEN/SGP/OP5/FSP/LD/13/016

Start Date:

10/2012

End Date:

4/2015

Status:

Satisfactorily Completed

Project Characteristics and Results

Promoting Public Awareness of Global Environment

Production of 2000 copies of an awareness pamphlet to enhance publicity. Two field days to enhance public awareness. Airing of one radio program targeting enhanced public awareness of commuinites' contributions towards addressing environment and natural resources degradation in an FM Radio station. During field days, women will participate in both learning and exhibitions of best practices. The promotion of biogas an alternative source of renewable energy will not only be economical for the affected household but it will also allow for more time by women to engage in other productive activities.

Notable Community Participation

Specific sites where the biogas units will be installed will be established jointly with community members. There will be continuous interaction with the communities in the project target area. The project scales up some of community initiated activities thus creating a sense of ownership and responsibility on the side of the community.

Gender Focus

The project will ensure adequate gender representation n the implementation of all project activities. Women become more vulnerable to effects of environment and natural resources degradation than men so the project will ensure adequate representation of women in the training and other capacity building activities.

Inovative Financial Mechanisms

The promotion of multipurpose and cover trees will boost the land productivity and improve household income.

Emphasis on Sustainable Livelihoods

The reduction in over-dependency on wood fuel through adoption of renewable energies will ensure sustainability. This will indirectly affect other sustainability ensuring measures such as less erosion possibilities, better water conservation, improvement in air quality due to less emission being produced, and a chance for larger on farm biodiversity. community capacity building leading to behavior and attitude change which is more sustainability minded. The appropriate technology transfer will ensure a boost in the production systems of the affected communities hence improved household incomes and disposable incomes part of which will be ploughed back to project activities either for replication or extension of the project activities

Capacity - Building Component

Training will target 500 community members. This will create awareness among community groups about the Kenya Forest (Charcoal) Rules of 2009 through formation and operationalization of 3 charcoal producing associations which will result in reduced and efficient charcoal production within the target area. Enhanced information, know-how on adoption of modern biogas installations and other renewable energy technologies will help in upscaling and replication of the technologies.

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