SECTION A: PROJECT RATIONALE AND APPROACH
1.1Project Summary
The project for ?Promoting Climate Smart Innovative Agro-ecology for biodiversity conservation, climate change mitigation and improved livelihoods? uses the landscape approach and programme will be implemented in nine communities, which are Faquar 1, Faquar 2, Reskelf 1, Reskelf 2, Simbaravanhu and Musavadha in Chitora Ward 1 as well as Ngere and Magumise villages in Nhema ward 14. The project seeks to address the pressing environmental challenges that include climate change, wetlands degradation, land degradation in form of gullies, deforestation, veldt fires, water shortages for domestic purposes, irrigation and livestock and loss of biodiversity. All these pressing challenges have resulted in increasing poverty levels and food insecurity within the target groups.

The project was designed in a holistic approach and integrates climate change, biodiversity, land degradation and chemicals within the landscape to achieve multiple community benefits. The implementation strategy of the project ensures that addressing the root causes of the identified environmental challenges will enable the targeted communities to meet some of the Sustainable Development Goals that include 1) No Poverty, 2) Zero Hunger, 5) Gender Equality, 6) Clean water and Sanitation, 7) Affordable and Clean Energy, 13) Climate Action, 14) Life below water and 15) Life on land. The project was also designed in consideration of the national development strategy, the ZIMASSET with priority on Food Security and Nutrition Cluster as well as Social Services and Poverty Reduction Cluster. The project also seeks to address O.P6 strategic objective of Social Inclusion through targeting participation of women and youths.

The project seeks to scale up work that was done under Operational Phase 5 on wetlands conservation and sustainable use. There will be an addition of 4 more wetlands to be protected covering 45 hectares. The targeted activities will be implemented in the 12 sites as presented on Appendix 1 Map:
- Establishing 4 new sites for wetlands protection and sustainable utilization through climate smart agro ecological practices in Ward 1 Chitora with Reskelf 1 village covering 18 hectares, Musavadha village covering 14 hectares and Ward 14 Nhema with Magumise village covering 18 hectares
- Faquar 1 village project where extending protected wetland area will increase from 18.30 hectares to 28.30 hectares. In addition Promoting Climate Smart Innovative Agro-ecology for biodiversity conservation, climate change mitigation and improved livelihoods, there will be establishment of solar energy kiosk to promote clean energy and reduce the use of fossil fuels and emission of carbon into the atmosphere.
- Establishment of 3 additional solar energy kiosks to promote the use of clean and renewable energy for Simbaravanhu, Reskelf 2 and Musavadha villages where LID Agency is installing solar borehole water pumping systems with funding from Vibrant Village Foundation.
- Rehabilitate 2 borehole at Faquar 2 and Reskelf 1 villages and construction of 2 drinking water troughs for livestock
- Reclamation of 2 gullies in Ngere village and reverse land degradation through afforestation and reduce deforestation through introducing 100 energy saving stoves.
- Establishment of an ICT centre at LID Agency?s central training and marketing centre for easy information dissemination to the landscape.
- Construction of 3 water harvesting weirs in Reskelf 1 and Chiriya villages in Chitora and Mfiri wards to improve water management and security for the community in the face of climate change
- Beekeeping
- Fish farming
- Promote the conservation of 10 hectares natural woodlots in Faquar 1, Magumise, Reskelf 1 and Musavadha villages through reforestation and establishment of 30,000 indigenous fruit tree seedlings from community nurseries. The tree species to be protected for conservation and food include Syzygium Cordatum (Mukute / waterberry), Azanza Garckeana (mutohwe / snot apple), Berchemia discolor (Nyii / birdplum), Uapaca Kirkiana (muzhanje), Sclerocarya caffra Sond (mupfura), Ziziphus abyssinica (musawu)
- Develop an integrated crop and livestock system in the landscape through development of 1 fodder demo plot in Magumise community
- Improve the participation of the community in climate information generation, dissemination and building resilient communities for local communities through climate change Participatory Scenario Planning (PSP) for the Shurugwi landscape at large.

Most of the targeted areas are struggling to cope with changing climatic impacts, land degradation and drying of wetlands, which are taking pace much faster than the rate of their rejuvenation and recharge processes leading to increased poverty in the community.

The following table below presents the demographic information and environmental challenges for target communities

Table 1: Summary of environmental challenges and beneficiaries for each target area
Ward Area Name Target Population Environmental Challenges Interventions
Male Female Total


Ward 1 Chitora Domborambwari 7 15 22 Wetland degradation Wetland protection, climate smart agriculture, beekeeping, woodlots and nurseries
Musavadha 16 25 41 Wetland and forest degradation Wetland protection, climate smart agriculture, solar energy kiosk
Reskelf 1 15 35 50 Loss of biodiversity, drought, grazing area degradation Crop and livestock integration, water harvesting weirs, fish farming, woodlots and tree nurseries
Simbaravanhu 29 16 45 Climate change, loss of biodiversity Solar energy kiosk, woodlots and tree nurseries
Faquar 1 21 14 35 Climate change induced drought, wetland degradation, biodiversity loss Extension of wetland protection, solar energy kiosk, fodder plot, woodlots and tree nurseries
Faquar 2 16 21 37 Grazing area degradation, water challenges Borehole rehabilitation for livestock and domestic water, natural fodder development, woodlots and tree nurseries
Reskelf 2 8 24 32 Drought, forests degradation
Solar energy kiosk, woodlots and tree nurseries, small grain production
Ward 5 Mfiri Chiriya Village 15 20 35 Drought and land degradation Water harvesting weir, woodlots development, Chingwa stoves
Ward 14 Nhema Magumise 14 17 31 Wetlands degradation, climate change, land degradation Wetland protection, climate smart agriculture, solar energy kiosk, fodder demonstration plot
Ngere 18 20 38 Gullies, forests degradation Gully reclamation, Chingwa stoves, woodlots development and tree nurseries.
Total 159 207 366



Table 2: Youth Participation in the Project

Ward Area Name Interventions Youth Participation
Male Female Total
Musavadha Wetland protection, climate smart agriculture, solar energy kiosk 4 6 10
Reskelf 1 Crop and livestock integration, water harvesting weirs, fish farming, woodlots and tree nurseries 2 3 5
Simbaravanhu Solar energy kiosk, woodlots and tree nurseries 6 7 13
Faquar 1 Extension of wetland protection, solar energy kiosk, fodder plot, woodlots and tree nurseries 4 3 7
Faquar 2 Borehole rehabilitation for livestock and domestic water, natural fodder development, woodlots and tree nurseries 6 5 11
Reskelf 2 Solar energy kiosk, woodlots and tree nurseries, small grain production 3 4 7
Ward 5 - Mfiri Chiriya Village Water harvesting weir, woodlots development, Chingwa stoves 7 5 12
Ward 14 - Nhema Magumise Wetland protection, climate smart agriculture, solar energy kiosk, fodder demonstration plot 3 6 9
Ngere Gully reclamation, Chingwa stoves, woodlots development and tree nurseries. 2 3 5
Total 37 42 79



1.2 Organizational Background and Capacity to implement the project
Local Initiatives & Development Agency (LID Agency), formerly known as Shurugwi Partners is a registered national NGO (PVO 15/2015) operating in the Midlands Province of Zimbabwe with active community projects in Shurugwi and Chirumanzu Districts. The organization?s three main areas of interventions are environment, water and agriculture as supported by the following five objectives;
i) To improve agricultural production and rural food security.
ii) To promote child protection and empowerment of women through social and economic empowerment.
iii) To ensure adequate water supply and sanitation services provision for local communities.
iv) To improve environmental conservation through sustainable utilization of natural resources.
v) To enhance skills for community development through training programs.

The organization has to date implemented 13 community projects between 2011 and 2016 across the district of Shurugwi in the areas of Water, Agriculture and Environment. Major support for project funding was received from UNDP-GEF SGP, Netherlands Embassy, Germany Embassy, Vibrant Village Foundation, Japan Embassy, US Embassy, Swiss Agency for Development and Cooperation (SDC), British Embassy, SNV Netherlands and Australian Embassy with a cumulative total of USD775, 000.00. LID Agency has exceeded its funding partners? expectation in terms of results, achieving impacts, efficiency in resource use and community mobilization and maintaining project sustainability after during and after funding period. The major purpose of our work in various communities is to end all forms of poverty and social injustices through environmental conservation, agriculture and water resources development and management. The organization has assisted close to 8,000 households and registering a total voluntary membership of 4705 individuals from within and outside Shurugwi District. The operations of the organization are managed by an elected Executive Committee and the day to day activity implementation of the organization are coordinated by the Director with the support of 8 paid staff with different roles as indicated in the organogram below.

Table 3: Organogram of LID Agency


NB: Appendix 3 attached presents the CVs of the key staff who will manage the project.

Capacity of the community to carry out the project
The local community will contribute with local resources for the implementation of the project. This improves community project ownership and sustainability. Their co-financing in terms of cash and kind will increase the project outreach and value for money. The local leadership will participate with guidance and indigenous knowledge systems which are key to the implementation of landscape projects and reduce climate change related risks across interventions. The community is already participating in small scale wetlands conservation activities. Previous working experience with similar projects in Chitora proves that the community can surpass targets for wetlands protection and agro ecology. The inclusion of women and youth focused projects provides sustainability and empowerment to vulnerable groups.

Table 4: Stakeholders and Partners in the project
Stakeholder / Partners Responsibilities
Tongogara RDC Community mobilization and coordination in project activities
Forestry Commission Training and coordination in forestry, fire prevention and beekeeping activities
Environmental Management Agency Training and coordination in wetlands protection and climate change issues
Agritex Training on crop production and marketing
Department of Livestock Coordination and training for fish farming and livestock integration components
Department of Mechanization Networking and training for water harvesting
Meteorological Services Department Partnership for climate information and climate change PSP training
CARE International Coordination and training in climate change PSP and related advisories
Traditional Leaders Land rights and indigenous knowledge system
Unki Platinum Mine Coordination and provision of waste timber for beekeeping
Midlands State University Monitoring, evaluation and GIS based documentation
True Fresh Market for horticultural fresh produce
Other NGOs working in Landscape Knowledge and expertise transfer and peer learning in the landscape activities
GEF SGP UNDP Funding, coordination and capacity building in grants management


1.3 Project Objectives and Expected Results
Problem statement or challenge the project intends to address
Coping with climate change impacts is a big challenge that the local communities are facing. Located in agro-ecological regions III and IV, the target communities are receiving erratic rainfall induced by El Nino as a result of climate change. This has led to failure of current water resources to meet the basic needs for smallholder farmers in livelihoods and agriculture sector. The incidents of drought and other climate change related disasters are on the increase and negatively affecting sectors like energy, food security, water, health and wildlife . Shurugwi District falls under Runde Catchment Council, which is the country?s most affected region with lowest dam levels at 27.4% capacity as a result of back to back droughts leading to increased water shortage threatening both human and livestock. Ward 1 and 14 of Shurugwi fall in Agro ecological region III while ward 5 falls in Agro ecological region IV. Agro ecological region III receives 500-700 mm of rainfall per annum and is characterized by infrequent heavy rainfall and mid season droughts while Agro ecological region IV receives 450 - 600 mm rainfall per year and is also subject to frequent seasonal droughts.

Land degradation and loss of biodiversity has manifested in various forms including deforestation, uncontrolled deep gullies and siltation of earth dams. In ward 14, there are 3 deep gullies that are threatening roads, bridges arable land, pasture water resources and housing units. The introduction of wood fuel saving stoves and gulley reclamation activities will improve forests regeneration and reversing gullies for the restoration of productive cropping and grazing land. The existence of the armour layer and abundant Lantana Camara are some of the clear evidence of soil erosion and land degradation. Key drivers of land degradation that need to be addressed by the project include overgrazing, poor wetland management and deforestation.

Poor management and conservation of wetlands and natural forests has resulted in diminishing water resources and accelerating poverty and gender inequality within smallholder farming communities. The proposed wetland protection, woodlots development and livestock fodder plots will improve biodiversity conservation, food production and improvement of water and pastures to boost agriculture production and environmental conservation for target groups.

Overall project goal/primary objective
To promote climate smart innovative agro ecology for biodiversity conservation, climate change mitigation and improved rural smallholder livelihoods.

Specific objectives
i. To protect, rehabilitate and conserve 4 wetlands in Musavadha, Faquar 1, Reskelf 1 and Magumise villages covering 61 hectares and implement sustainable livelihoods activities for youth and women empowerment through assisting 142 rural households within the first 6 months of the project.
ii. To improving access to safe and adequate clean water for 205 households through drilling and installation of 2 solar powered boreholes in Musavadha and Magumise villages, construction of 3 weirs for water harvesting in Reskelf 1 and Chiriya villages and rehabilitation of 2 old non-functional boreholes in Faquar 2 and Reskelf villages within the first 8 months of the project.
iii. To strengthen the capacity of 9 rural communities assisting 366 smallholder households in responding to climate change impacts through climate smart agro ecological strategies that include rangelands management, solar energy kiosks, organic farming, polycultures, seed banks for indigenous crops and reduced tillage to increase crop yields within the project?s first 15 months.
iv. To address land degradation through gully reclamation, afforestation activities, woodlots development and introducing fuel saving stoves for Chiriya and Ngere communities, assisting 100 households within the first 12 months of the project.
v. To promote environmental policy dialogues and information dissemination through facilitating climate change Participatory Scenario Planning , Natural Resources Management Leadership Forums and establishment of a pilot ICT centre to facilitate collection and sharing of information within the landscape.

1.4 Rationale/justification of the project
LID project seeks to address the Convention on Biological Diversity (UNCBD) through protection of freshwater ecosystems (wetlands) which are habitats to important bird species. Shurugwi is endowed with wetland areas that have been heavily degraded through unsustainable cropping systems and uncontrolled livestock movement, yet there are the sources of water especially given the incidences of erratic rainfall patterns and drought. Wetlands protection is also an area of high national importance in terms of building resilience through improving access to water in the face of climate change shocks. Under OP6, strides will be made towards starting the process of registering some of these the wetlands as RAMSAR Sites. This initiative on wetlands protection will be scaling up work covered under Operational Phase 5 in Chitora.

Efforts will also be directed towards protection of natural woodlands whose vegetation is largely dry deciduous miombo woodlands dominated by Brachystegia spiciformis and Julbernadia globiflora in the tree layer. Hyparrhenia spp., Eragrostis spp., Heteropogon spp. and Digitaria spp. are the dominant grass species especially in the vleis. These are home to wildlife that include bushpig (Potamochoerus larvatus), eland (Taurotragus oryx), baboons (Papio spp) and velvet monkeys (Chlorocebus pygerythrus), hyena (Crocuta crocuta), bushbuck (Tragelaphus sylvaticus) and klipspringer (Oreotragus oreotragus.) Most of these animals occur in small numbers and are locally rare as a result of disturbance from human settlements.

With reference to UN Convention to Combat Desertification (UNCCD), this project seeks to implement integrated approaches that help in terms of Sustainable Land Management (SLM) through soil fertility and water management, rangeland management, control of veldt fires and removal of lantana camara.

The planned activities will be implemented in an integrated and holistic way and will offer multiple benefits for the community. The landscape project will scale up the best practices learned from the Chitora wetlands conservation project for the benefit of additional communities facing climate change and loss of biological diversity challenges. The planned project will supports key community driven interventions including wetlands protection, afforestation and the integration of crops and livestock to improve community resilience in the face of climate change. Climate change mitigation strategies and agro-ecology principles will be implemented to increase community?s food production, water conservation and increasing biodiversity in the targeted areas.

The project will build the community?s resilience to withstand environmental shocks and stresses through promoting an integrated approach and long term commitment to improving the community?s absorptive, adaptive and transformative capacity against climate change. The project will achieve absorptive capacity for community through planned coping strategies whilst strengthening adaptive and transformative capacities through livelihoods diversification to end poverty and influencing policy frameworks through climate change participatory scenario planning.

Poverty reduction strategies including organic farming, value addition of natural products, market linkages, fish farming and beekeeping will enable local communities to find sustainable pathways for them to move out of poverty. Capacity building and empowerment for local communities through training, linkages creation, exchange visits and infrastructure development will enable the marginalized men, women and youth to develop skills and innovations required for the implementation and sustaining climate smart agro ecology.

Key strategies for ensuring environmental conservation and improving land productivity will be implemented through climate smart agro-ecology. Organic farming and natural fodder / silage will improve food security, income and livestock production for targeted communities. Introduction of locally available tropical natural forage for livestock including Brachiaria brizantha cv marandu , calliandra , accasia and lucerna for both grazers and browsers will create a balance needed for an agro-ecosystem with both productive crop and livestock.

The selected areas are facing extreme water supply challenges as a result of back to back droughts and their associated erratic rainfall that are hitting the community year after year. Different agro ecological practices including conservation tillage, intercropping, polycultures, crop rotation and diversification, agroforestry, mulching, Integrated Pest Management, agro-forestry; natural woodlands management; composting and the integration of crops and livestock will be implemented to restore biodiversity in the farming system and in the landscape. This contributes to ZUNDAF Outcome 3 on ensuring that vulnerable communities are equipped to cope with climate change and build resilience for household food and nutrition security and ZIMASSET strategic cluster on Food Security and Nutrition.

The project will influence local and national policies on mining, forestry, wetlands and water management through the planned natural resources management leadership forums. Disaster risk reduction through climate and weather information dissemination will be supported by climate change participatory scenario planning that builds local community?s response through informed decisions.

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Table 1: Objectives, activities, outputs and outcomes
OBJECTIVE 1: To protect, rehabilitate and conserve 4 wetlands in Musavadha, Faquar 1, Reskelf 1 and Magumise villages covering 61 hectares and implement sustainable livelihoods activities for youth and women empowerment through assisting 142 rural households within the first 6 months of the project
Outputs Activities Outcome
Output 1: 61 hectares of wetlands protected and conserved
Indicators:
? Number of protected wetlands
? Hectares of protected wetlands
? Hectares of natural forests conserved
? Number of species with improved conservation status
? Number of hectares where lantana camara was removed
Baseline:
? 2 wetlands protected (Faquar 1 and Simbaravanhu)
? 33.65 hectares of protected wetlands
?
? 15 hectares of natural forests conserved
? 1 hectare of lantana camara removed
Target:
? 4 wetlands protected
? 61 hectares of protected wetlands
? 118 hectares of natural forests conserved
? 150 species with improved conservation status
? 10 Hectares cleared of lantana camara

- Environmental awareness raising workshops
- Developing land use plans for wetlands
- Fencing of wetlands and establishment of agro-ecology plots
- Soil and Water Conservation training
- Veldt fire prevention and awareness activities
- -Removal of lantana camara



Improved biodiversity status and rural livelihoods and income enhanced
Output 2: Women and youth groups benefit from income generating activities
Indicators:
? Number of income generation activities / options implemented
? Number of youths participating in beekeeping project
? Number of beehives established
? Number of women participating in fish farming
? Number of fishponds set up
? Total income raised
? Number of quality standards/labels achieved
? Hectares of areas reforested with fruit orchards
? Number and types of fruit trees planted
Baseline:
? Zero youth trained and participating in beekeeping
? Zero women involved in fish farming in targets groups
? Zero hectares reforested with fruit orchards
? No income generation activities being implemented
? Zero income raised from beekeeping and fish farming
? No standards or labels on products
Target:
? 15 youths in beekeeping
? 31 women in fish farming in Reskelf 1 village
? 1 hectare reforested with fruit orchard and 200 Fruit trees planted
? 4 income generation activities implemented
? 200 beehives established
? 1 fish ponds established
? 1450 USD raised per season




- Training on Beekeeping for youth group
- Setting up of beehives
- training on fish- Farming for women group
- Setting up of fishponds and stocking
- Establishment of Fruit orchard
- Training on labelling/certification of products
- Training on record keeping and financial management

OBJECTIVE 2: To improving access to safe and adequate clean water for 205 households through drilling and installation of 2 solar powered boreholes in Musavadha and Magumise villages, construction of 3 weirs for water harvesting in Reskelf 1 and Chiriya villages and rehabilitation of 2 old non-functional boreholes in Faquar 2 and Reskelf villages within the first 8 months of the project
Outputs
Activities Outcome
Output 3: Clean water available for irrigation, domestic use and livestock production.
Indicators:
? Number of boreholes drilled and functional
? Number of boreholes rehabilitated
? Average distance walked to nearest safe water
? Number of households with access to clean water (gender segregated)
? Number of women and youth participating in the irrigation projects
? Number of solar water pumps installed and functional
? Hectares of land applying sustainable agro-ecological practices
? Number of water troughs constructed
? Number of livestock drinking from water troughs
? Number of earth dams constructed for water harvesting
Baseline:
? Zero boreholes drilled
? Zero boreholes rehabilitated
? Community walking an average of 1000 metres to nearest clean water point
? 40 households have access to clean water
? 2 solar water pumps installed at Faquar 1 and Reskelf 2
? Zero water troughs constructed
? Zero livestock drinking from water troughs
? Zero earth dams constructed for water harvesting
Target:
? 2 boreholes constructed
? 2 boreholes rehabilitated
? 205 households with access to clean water
? 500 m maximum walking distance to safe water point
? 2 solar water pumps installed
? 2 water troughs constructed in Reskelf 1 and Faquar 2 villages
? 800 livestock drinking from water troughs
? 3 weirs constructed in Reskelf 1 and Chiriya village
- Hydro-geological surveys for borehole sites.
- Drilling of 2 boreholes up to 60 metres each.
- Construction of 2 masonry water storage tanks with a capacity of 70000 Cubic metres each.
- Construction of pump houses.
- Installation of 2 solar pumping systems and installation of pipes
- Rehabilitation of 2 old community boreholes.
- Construction of livestock drinking troughs.
- Construction of 3 water harvesting earth dams.




Community have increased access to safe and adequate sustainable water resources for improved livelihoods and livestock production
Output 4: Community members gain skills and capacity for water infrastructure management
Indicators:
? Number of management committee members trained ( disaggregated by sex)
? Number of water point committees trained
? Amount raised in the revolving fund for maintaining infrastructure
Baseline:
? 7 committee members trained on water infrastructure operation/maintenance
? 1 water point committees trained
? No revolving fund
Target:
? 35 committee members (20 females, 15 males) trained and gain capacity on operation and maintenance
? 5 Committees trained
? 5 groups of revolving funds set up

- Operation and maintenance training of pump minders
- Training water point committees
- Operation and maintenance training for dams
- Setting up of revolving fund for maintaining infrastructure
OBJECTIVE 3: To strengthen the capacity of 9 rural communities assisting 366 smallholder households in responding to climate change impacts through climate smart agro ecological strategies that include rangelands management, solar energy kiosks, organic farming, polycultures, seed banks for indigenous crops and reduced tillage to increase crop yields within the project?s first 15 months
Outputs
Activities Outcome
Output 5: Community members increase agriculture productivity and income through agro-ecology
Indicators:
? Number of crop varieties adopted in farms
? Number of animal species on farm
? Genetic diversity ? number of local crop varieties or animal races
? Number of incidences/outbreaks of pests, diseases)
? % of farm inputs originating from project and outside project
? Number of solar energy kiosks developed
? Number of community members with increased access to clean energy
? Number of drought coping strategies adopted
? Volumes of fresh organic farm produce harvested for all groups
? Income from market linkages
? Volumes of produce processed through value addition
? Number of fodder demonstration plots developed
? Volume of silage harvested for livestock feeding
? Resilience to external shocks (level/capacity to resist/recover from pests and droughts
Baseline:
? 4 crop varieties in farms
? 5 animal species (cattle, goats, sheep, pigs and donkeys)
? Zero solar energy kiosks
? 33 households with clean energy
? 3 drought coping strategies adopted
? 157,880 kilograms of organic produce harvested
? USD18,459.00 income from market linkages
? 8,080 kilograms of processed/value added products from Faquar 1 and Simbaravanhu
? Zero fodder demo plots
? Zero tonnes of silage harvested
Target:
? 18 crop varieties adopted
? 8 animal species raised
? 6 solar energy kiosks established
? 200 households with access to clean energy ?gender segregation
? 8 drought coping strategies adopted
? 293 tonnes of organic produce harvested
? US$30,000 recorded from market linkages
? 20,800 kilograms of value added products
? 1 fodder demo plot developed
? 4 tonnes of silage harvested


- Documentation of climate change IKS forecast
- Rangelands and fodder management for livestock
- Solar energy kiosk establishment
- Operation and maintenance of solar energy kiosks
- training on agro ecology and implementation of practices that include:
- Conservation tillage
- Intercropping and crop diversification
- Crop rotation
- Mulching
- Integrated Pest Management
- Water harvesting and moisture conservation
- Agro-forestry
- natural woodlands Management
- Seed bank development for indigenous crops
- Composting
-Formation of farmer associations
- Market linkages for organic produce
- Value addition for fresh produce and natural products


Community members have increased resilience to climate change impacts through promotion of agro-ecology.
OBJECTIVE 4: To address land degradation through gully reclamation, afforestation activities, woodlots development and introducing fuel saving stoves for Chiriya and Ngere communities, assisting 100 households within the first 12 months of the project
Outputs Activity Outcome
Output 6: Communities initiate sustainable land management (SLM) and conservation activities
Indicators:
? Number of gullies reclaimed
? Hectares of woodlots established
? Number of flora species planted or conserved
? Number of households using wood fuel saving stoves
? Number of wood saving stoves constructed
Baseline:
? Zero gullies reclaimed
? Zero woodlots established
? Zero flora species planted/conserved
? Zero households using wood fuel saving stoves
Target:
? 4 gullies reclaimed
? 4 woodlots and nurseries developed
? 10 hectares of woodlots developed
? 30,000 indigenous fruit trees planted through afforestation and reforestation
? 10 flora species planted/conserved
? 100 households using wood fuel saving stoves
- Land degradation awareness
- Reclamation of 4 gullies
- Woodlots and 4 tree nurseries development
- Establishment of 3 vetiver community grass nurseries
- Afforestation for degraded areas
- Wood fuel savings stoves construction
Reduced land and forests degradation
OBJECTIVE 5: To promote environmental policy dialogues and information dissemination through facilitating climate change Participatory Scenario Planning , Natural Resources Management Leadership Forums and establishment of a pilot ICT centre to facilitate collection and sharing of information within the landscape
Outputs Activities Outcome
Output 7: Community using policy and climate information for environmental conservation and disaster risk reduction
Indicators:
? Number of stakeholders trained on climate change PSP
? Number climate seasonal scenarios and advisories developed and implemented by communities
? Number of climate change PSP champions with field demonstrations supported
? Number of voluntary weather stations established
? Number of ICT centers established and functional
? Number of policies influenced by communities
Baseline:
? No stakeholders trained on PSP
? No scenarios and advisories developed
? No champions and field demos
? No voluntary weather stations established
? No ICT center established
? 1 climate change policy influenced
Target:
? 85 stakeholders and smallholder farmers trained on climate change PSP
? 6 scenarios and advisories developed by communities
? 6 champions (3 females, 3 males) with field demonstrations
? 3 weather stations established in 3 wards
? 1 ICT centre established and functional
? 3 policies influenced - Climate change awareness and documentation of evidence
- Training climate change Participatory Scenario Planning at District level for district team (TOT)
- Developing Scenarios 3 community levels
- Linkages with Met Office agro-met bulletins
- Establishing local voluntary weather stations with Meteorological Office support and training
- Developing seasonal advisories for target communities
- Extension services for 6 Climate Change PSP advisories and champion farmers demo sites
- Natural Resources Management Leadership Forums
- Establishment of 1 ICT centre




Enhanced information flow and dissemination on climate related issues.