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Climate Smart Agriculture for Improved Rural Livelihoods

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Combination

Agriculture/fishery

Call 4

Kenya

Time consumed

Start: 06-Feb-15 End: 06-Jan-18

Lead Nordic partner

The Foundation Vi Planterar Träd (Vi-skogen / Vi Agroforestry)

Country of Lead Nordic partner

Sweden

Local partner(s)

Dairy Goats Association of Kenya (DGAK) , Miriu Integrated , Western Kenya Tree Planters Association (WETPA) , Kimaeti Farmers CBO , Kenya Rural SACCOs societies Union Ltd (KERUSSU LTD)

NCF grant size

300,000

Total project cost

505,154

Methods

Agroforestry, Sustainable agricultural practices

Country of implementation:

Kenya

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Description

The project has supported farmers to implement Climate Smart Agriculture and establish sustainable farmer enterprises for the adaptation to and mitigation of climate change.

The project was undertaken in the Bungoma and Kisumu Counties in Kenya where the population depend on carrying out mixed farming systems for their livelihoods. However, the prevailing farming systems and degraded land are not productive enough to provide food security for...

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Objective

The overall objective of the Climate Smart Agriculture for Improved Rural Livelihood project was to contribute to improved living conditions for farmer households and mitigate climate change through Climate Smart Agriculture (CSA) and in particular Sustainable Agriculture Land Use Management (SALM).

Results

The project has increased altogether 5,300 farmers’ resilience to climate change through improved and less variable crop yields and helped the farmers to move from subsistence agriculture to market-oriented agroforestry. Four farmer organisations have established business enterprises in four value chains: dairy goats, bananas, commercial tree nurseries and bee keeping. The farmer enterprises have also been supported to access savings and loaning products to farmers....