LEARNING ROUTES PROGRAM NEPAL SEP 2013UTaNRMP INNOVATION PLAN

REPUBLIC OF KENYA

UPPER TANA NATURAL RESOURCES MANAGEMENT PROJECT (UTaNRMP)

IFADINTERNATIONAL FUND FOR AGRICULTURAL DEVELOPMENT

IMPROVED RURAL LIVELIHOODS AND POVERTY REDUCTION THROUGH POULTRY FARMING

BY F.M. LIVINGSTONE

P. M. NJUGUNA

LUMBINI, NEPAL SEP 2013

Project area in Kenya

Vision

To be the best sustainable livelihood improvement and poverty reduction women group through NRM in Embu County by year 2015

General Objective

Improve Rural Livelihood and Reduce Poverty through Poultry Farming for Wamiti Women Group in Embu County, Kenya

Specific Objectives

i. Improve rural livelihoods and reduce poverty for rural women

ii. Improve household nutrition

iii. Improve soil fertility using the chicken manure

Beneficiaries/Target group

i. 25 Wamiti Women Group members of Embu County

ii. They are rural women located 30KM from Embu Town

Background/justification

i. Rural women have limited income generating economic activities due to the patriarchal system

ii. Chicken rearing is an accepted women activity in the geographical area and they have control of incomes and benefits from the same

Background/justification Cont.

iii Women are currently practising subsistence farming from an irrigation scheme built under MKEPP support

Iv The proposed project will assist the household in terms of income from egg sales, improve household nutrition by eating some eggs while the waste (manure) improves soil fertility for better crop productivity.

Key Lessons Learnt from LR-Nepali. IGA’s may be done individually, cooperative

or a combination of both, Marketing is done individually or collective marketing through cooperatives-Marketing Collectively brings more returns

ii. Support to livelihood IGA’s enhances sustainable NRM

iii. Gender mainstreaming (Active participation of men, women and youth) is prerequisite to sustainable poverty reduction and NRM

Opportunities

i. Women groups already mobilized in the area

ii. Infrastructure in place- Motorable roads, mobile phones, electricity, water, Access to markets- Hotels, Universities, Schools

iii. High literacy levels (Approx 80% with Secondary School education)

iv. Banking Institutions

v. On-going livelihood improvement IGA activities through Upper Tana NRM project

Opportunities cont.

Vi Agricultural Market Information- Daily through Mobile Phones, Newspapers and Radio

Vii Source of Inputs- Chicks from Hatcheries,Poultry feed and vaccines from local Agro-Vet shops

Partners

i. Ministries of Agriculture, Livestock, Veterinary, Social Development Services

ii. County Government of Embu

iii. Upper Tana NRM project

iv. Beneficiaries

Resources

i. Technical Advice- from relevant Govt Ministries

ii. Unskilled labour- from the beneficiaries

iii. Finances- UTaNRMP –pay for mobilization, capacity

building, supervision costs PROCASUR- procurement of chicks and

starter feeds,vaccines Beneficiaries- Construct chicken houses,

feed the chicken

Main activities

i. Community sensitization- 2 weeks

ii. Market Analysis and business planning-1week

iii. Capacity building (poultry rearing, records keeping, coop-mgt,group dynamics)-4 weeks

iv. Construction of chicken houses- 1 month

v. Procurement of chicks and distribution- 1 month (Concurrent with chicken houses construction)

vi. Egg Production- 6 months ( optimally produces eggs for 12-18 months)

Activity Plan and Budget (9mths)

Activity Est Cost (USD) Time frame

Responsibility

Comm Sensitization 200 (fuel) 2 wks UTaNRMP

Mkt Analysis/Bus Plan 1250 (Lunches for staff and Community + fuel)

1 wk UTaNRMP

Capacity Building 400 (fuel) 4 wks UTaNRMP

Shed Construction 1500 (costed at USD 60)

1 mth Beneficiaries

Procurement of chicks/initial feeds/vaccines

2,000 1 mth PROCASUR

Egg production, Mkting/technical support

1200 (6 months feeds and vaccines)

6 mths Beneficiaries

TOTAL 6550

Budget breakdown

Organization Budget (USD)

%

UTaNRMP 1850 28Beneficiaries 2700 41PROCASUR 2000 31TOTAL 6550 100

Operation mechanism

i. Each of the 25 group members/farmers will rear 50 chicken within her home

ii. The Group members will market as a group in order to benefit from market price determination,s economies of scale from input supplies as well as access to technical services

NB: The above arrangement is a new approach

Sustainability

i. The women group will be able to sustain themselves from the income and subsequent restocking

ii. Each member will be capacity built on good record keeping

iii. The group will be assisted to develop a strategic and business plan

iv. Adherence to group constitution and by-laws

v. Each household MUST plant trees/crops using the manure

vi. Continuous Technical support from relevant Govt departments