western kenya integrated ecosystem management project
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Western Kenya Integrated Ecosystem Management Project
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Project objectives
• To improve the productivity and sustainability of land use systems in the Nyando, Yala, and Nzoia river basins through adoption of an integrated ecosystem management approach
i) Support on- and off-farm conservation strategies
ii) improve the capacity of local communities and institutions to identify, formulate and implement integrated management activities
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Project sites
• The project is implemented in 10 blocks - measuring 10 km x 10 km
• Activities are on-going in 2 blocks, Lower Nyando and Lower Yala.
• Sensitization has been completed for the remaining blocks
• Baseline information has been collected for Yala and Nzoia basins and Lower and Middle Nyando.
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Current activities
• Community mobilization and empowering (KARI)• Tree nurseries on-farm & in the communities (10
nurseries in Lower Nyando & Yala – KARI & ICRAF )• Survey on biophysical parameters (On-going in
Middle Nyando - ICRAF)• Survey on socio-economic issues (On-going in
Upper Nyando - ICRAF)• Tree-screening trials (45 trials in Lower Nyando
and 110 in Lower Yala- ICRAF)• Woodlots• Rehabilitation of degraded areas (Lower Nyando:
Kowala 1 & 2, Kalacha, Kokoto - ICRAF)• Rehabilitation of ponds & dams (KARI)
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Kowala Environmental Rehabilitation group
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Current activities - Kowala
• Rehabilitation of a degraded area – this site was launched late 2006
• 10,000 tree seedlings have been planted this year
• Various activities for restoration of nutrient depleted soils
• Supporting nursery establishment & management
• Second group has been formed and an second degraded area identified
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Kokoto Rehabilitation site
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Kokoto Rehabilitation site
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Current activities - Kokoto
• Rehabilitation of a degraded area – this site was launched late 2006
• 8,000 tree seedlings have been planted this year –
• Individual nursery with a farmer – promotion of indigenous species: Croton spp., Acacia spp., Grevillea spp. etc
• FOKO received funding for nursery establishment & de-silting of the dam
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Current activities - Kalacha
• Rehabilitation of a degraded area – this is the oldest rehabilitation site of the project
• 10,000 tree seedlings have been planted this year
• Soil cover has increased from less than 20% to more than 80%
• Harvesting grass for livestock
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Results so far
• In-depth baseline survey completed – biophysical and socio economic
• Rehabilitation of severely degraded areas
• Establishment of screening trials for indigenous trees on farmers’ fields
• Engagement of the local communities in these activities
• Promotion of indigenous trees for rehabilitation – more than 30,000 tree seedlings planted this year
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• Very high survival rate of tree seedlings planted (more than 80%)
• Soil cover has increased from less than 20% to more than 80% for the degraded areas