Nyagasenyi Remnant Forest Landscape Restoration for Improved Livelihoods and Resilience to Climate Change
Description
Kirehe District is classified as an area prone to rain shortage, late rainfall onsets, early rainfall cessations, a significant number of dry spells and is susceptible to drought. Since most people depend on rain fed agriculture for their livelihoods, there is a need to support communities to adapt to these impacts and therefore, contribute to the landscape management.
Nyagasenyi Remnant Forest and its surrounding watershed catchment cover an area of 2,842 ha and it is associated with a wetland which is connected to Cyunuzi wetland in East and Rwagitugusa wetland in the North which in turn is connected to Akagera wetland in the extreme South. The landscape is marked by overharvesting of forest resources, continued fragmentation of arable land and lack of skills on eco-agricultural practices for land restoration and livelihood improvement.
The overall objective is to enhance the conservation of Nyagasenyi natural remnant forest and its water catchment, and sustain surrounding community livelihoods through landscape restoration, integrated watershed management and eco-agricultural value chains development.
Overview
- Status: Ongoing
- Project Timeline: October 2021- September 2024
- Project Intervention Area: Kirehe
The Adaptation at Altitude programme seeks to increase the resilience and adaptive capacity of mountain communities and ecosystems to climate change.
Conduct a capacity needs assessment for local identified community groups in institutional development, natural resources management and participatory management process.
Conduct the Training of Trainers for identified community groups in institutional management, leadership, and transparency.
Conduct a training of trainers (Model Farmers) in land restoration, natural resource management and water resource management.
Create, operationalise, and empower Kayanza Catchment Local Mobilization Committee for integrated Kayanza
Catchment Restoration and Management.
Develop an Integrated Landscape Restoration Management Plan & Monitoring plan.
Establish & maintain community managed tree nurseries in Nyagasenyi Remnant Forest Landscape.
Establish and maintain organic composting structures and anti-erosive trenches as model SALM practices.
Conduct a participatory value chains analysis in agricultural and agroforestry products in project area, on which community participants would like to develop skills and venture into.
Conduct training for communities in business development and management (ToT in agricultural products, forestry, beekeeping).
Establish small green business incubators and support the development of potential nature-based value chains.
Establish, in each Nature Based Village, a revolving fund (Nature Based Community Fund (NBCF) for sustainability and ease the access to finance for small holder farmers.
A project-based competition for youth and women (Fresh graduate in Agronomy and agribusiness) to engage them in developing agriculture in the project area.
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