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Promoting Natural Resource Management & Environmental
Stewardship in Ugenya District Project
Implemented by: TEMBEA ( www.tembea.org )
By Ajode Zephaniah Migeni-NRM Project Officer-TEMBEA
Project Area/Background
• River Nzoia Basin
originates from the
Cheranganyi hills, with
the catchment covering
upto Mt Elgon
• The project spatially
covers Mid-Lower Nzoia
River Basin (EL1, C2)
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| 30 – 31 July 2015
What was the Risk?
 High vulnerability and low community
capacity on tackling environmental and
climate change challenges
 Poor enforcement of environmental rules and
regulations i.e. wetlands management,
riparian protection
 Population pressure – encroachment and
clearing of wetlands and riverine for
agriculture and settlement,
 Unsustainable utilization/extraction of natural
resources i.e. riverine rock/sand/papyrus
harvesting – driven by lack of employment
Project objectives
Capacity building
Education and Awareness
Ecosystem rehabilitation
Tree planting and tree nursery extension
Eco-Enterprise Livelihood promotion – bee
keeping, local poultry etc
What EBA Techniques were used?
 Maintaining ecosystem services and rehabilitation
of the degraded sites
 Participatory community driven environmental
governance and decision making – CEAPs, VECs
etc
 Incorporation of indigenous knowledge and skills
with scientific information for project delivery
 Target groups: Communities around River Nzoia,
Policy makers, media, local authority
 Stakeholders: Community groups, line ministries,
smallholder farmers, schools
 Replicability: Scale up replicability-act as catalyst
and transferability of whole project structure to
another catchment for implementation
How did this approach addressed &
enhanced food & nutrition security
Indigenous Poultry in
schools; contributed to
balanced diet as eggs used by
the schools for lunch program
for the pupils. 1300 pupils
directly reached in two primary
schools
Honey from Bees; highly
nutritious especially good for
kids. 375 sand harvesters
reached through the initiative
Moringa Oleifera; highly
nutritional and medicinal
How did this approach addressed & enhanced
climate adaptation/resilience building
Capacity building: Smallholder
farmers in Ugenya on building
resilience for climate change
through adoption of climate
smart agriculture practices.
• Over 70,000 farmers
reached
• 3 Farmer groups adopting
the initiatives e.g. Kagonya
Value Chain Group
Indigenous Trees: Planted
along the degraded river
banks for stabilization
How did this approach addressed & enhanced
ecosystem productivity
Bee
Keeping:
Enhanced
pollination
amongst various plants
Bee Hives strategically installed to
revitalize the rehabilitated sites
Tree Nurseries: over 42,000 Indigenous
trees planted within the project area for
rehabilitation of degraded sites
Trees: for Rain catchments /rain catchers
Poultries: Chicken waste used as organic
manure for organic farming in schools
Capacity building
How did this approach enhance incomes and
created jobs
15 Village Environmental Committee scouts
directly employed in the project with
monthly stipends
Over 900 people employed in the tree
nurseries both in schools and groups.
Surplus sale of tree seedlings enhanced
incomes amongst the participants
Direct job to 75 Bee Keeping SACCO
members as an alternative to sand
harvesting. Sales of Honey increased
incomes amongst members
How did this approach addressed & enhanced
Value chains and access to Markets
Over 200 indigenous chicken/birds
contribute to Siaya County's prioritized
value chain for enhanced food security
Linkage to service providers e.g. Agrodealers
Capacity building for target groups on
business skills, market identification and
value addition e.g. Bee Keepers, Nursery
attendants
Creation of a common collection centers
for seedlings for transportation to
identified clients e.g. KFS, NEMA
The big Picture- Impacts
 Over 76,000 people reached within the first year
of the project
 High upscaling potential and replication e. g 16
households already practicing deep litter system
of poultry in keeping
 Ensured environmental and economic
sustainability e.g. through Income Generation
and sites rehabilitations
 Incorporated women and men, children and
vulnerable groups
 Issues for consideration in upscaling: Financing,
Lobbying, advocacy for County Govt, on-farm
demos, farmer exchanges and manuals
How can the ecosystem based Adaptation approach help
change the current agriculture paradigm in Africa
Capacity building of African farmers on
EBA approaches
Lobby Governments support for funding
EBA approaches
Diversification
Secure land rights and support from
policymakers
How can the EBA approach feed Africa
 Job opportunities e.g. direct jobs created to over
1,000 people in the project
 Improved diet through production of eggs,
honey.
 Improved agricultural production through soil
regeneration and organic farming techniques
adoption
 Social Inclusion e.g. 80% of nursery attendants
were women and vulnerable persons
 Improved health standards through improved
income and diet
 Information sharing
How Can EBA create opportunities in the entire
agricultural value chain?
 Adoption of EBA practices like indigenous poultry
enhances agricultural production through organic
farming hence improves agricultural production in
the Value chain
 EBA practices contributes to job creation in the
agricultural value chain.
 Habitat restoration and increase in wildlife spp
i.e. cows used to revive infertile and derelict
lands for farming
 Disaster Risk Reduction
 Knowledge sharing/ technology transfer
 Development and Enhancement of cross-sectoral
partnerships
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| 30 – 31 July 2015
How can current trends in ‘Green Revolution’ technologies to
Africa (e.g. G7 New Alliance, Grow Africa, etc.) be made EBAfriendly?
Customizing the technologies for
implementation at the small scale levels
especially for small scale producers
Review existing Green Revolution projects
and policy reform indicators
Lobbying for funding support for
implementation of EBA practices
Support adoption of agro-ecological
indicators by small scale farmers
2nd Africa EbA for food security conference 2015 | Nairobi - Kenya
| 30 – 31 July 2015
Barriers
 What were the major barriers faced and
also the major policy barriers to
upscaling:
 Land ownership systems
 Cultural perspectives
 Policies and existing structures
What are the suggested actions to influence policy to adopt
EBA approaches for Food security and climate resilience
Development of Community Environmental
Action Plans
Capacity building
Development and timely dissemination of
Climate Related advisories for farmers
Research on EBA adoption at various levels
e.g. grassroots, regionals and national
Lobbying for funding support for
implementation of EBA practices
Incorporation of EBA in school curriculums
What are the suggested actions to enhance replication and
create jobs for the youths
Capacity building for youths on adoption
of EBA approaches e.g. Bee keeping,
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Jobs for
youths
indigenous
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and
others
enhanced job
creation
Exchange visits, on-farm demos and
community resource centres/incubation
centres
Streamlining the EBA practices in the
school curriculums to enhance early
adoption
2nd Africa EbA for food security conference 2015 | Nairobi - Kenya
| 30 – 31 July 2015
Suggestions for future research
Robustness of applying EBA approaches in
multi-scales and making comparison to
the local and regionals scales.
Land tenures systems and gender
perspectives with regards to
implementation of EBA approaches
especially in Africa.
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Website; www.Tembea.org