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Consolidation of food security among small holder farmers through rehabilitationof Faru furrow at Kilema Kusini Ward.

The Faru Irrigation canal was rehabilitated in the year 2003 but it still have few problems . Faru canal has been affected by siltation and over flows from Masaera irrigational canal . Water from Masaera Canal from time to time cause damage to Faru irrigational canal. Farmers of the Faru canal have been working on this problem but their efforts will only be temporary. This proposal intents to solve this problem parmanently.
After the rehabilitation of the Faru canal in the year 2003, farmers were able to obtain a lot of crops but the farmers were not organized to access good market for their products and also the farmers had lack of marketing skills for their crops.
This project is expected to bring permanent solution to likages adn sedmentation problems in the furrow as well as to improve marketing skills of the farmers.

Project Snapshot

Grantee:

Faru Irrigation Improvement Group

Country:

Tanzania

Area Of Work:

Land Degradation

Operational Phase:

Phase 3

Grant Amount:

US$ 15,985.00

Co-Financing Cash:

Co-Financing in-Kind:

US$ 4,766.00

Project Number:

TAN/COMPACT/GEF/06/10

Start Date:

6/2006

End Date:

12/2007

Status:

Satisfactorily Completed

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Project Characteristics and Results

Inovative Financial Mechanisms

1. Project beneficiaries will have aquired skills on the income generation through marketing of agricultural products.

Gender Focus

1. The project aims at involving both men and women in agricultural development.

Capacity - Building Component

1. The project intends to train farmers on marketing of their agricultural products, train them on water manargement on farms.

Policy Impact

1. The project is expected to influence local policy on small scale irrigation activities.

Promoting Public Awareness of Global Environment

1. The project promoted conservation of land and water recources througth environmental conservation activities.

Notable Community Participation

1. The project will involve farmers in water management and maintanance of the canal.

Significant Participation of Indigenous Peoples

1.The natives in the project area will be involved.

Emphasis on Sustainable Livelihoods

1.The project will support increase in agricultural production and therefore increase in household.

Project sustainability

About 30 farmers will be trained on marketing skills and agro-enterprise development ensuring that 70% of the total population will access a profitable market.

Planning gef grant

N-A

Planning non gef grant

N-A

Policy Influence

The project has influence on the policy on small scale irrigatiocn activities as a means of food poverty reduction in rural areas.

Linkages gef projects

This project has a linkage with a lager GEF project on conservation of Pangani river basin

Replication of project activities

This project has been replicated by other farmers

Project Results

(1) Farmers who were trained on marketing skills were able to access good market for tomatoes which was flooding the market and was fetchnig low price. The farmers under the project are now selling tomatoes in other regions within the country.The farmers were also trained on basic book keeping to be able to realize the profit made from their irrigation work.

(2) The project managed to rehabilitate the canal parmanently and there is no water likages and soil siltation in the canal.the project has constructed a road which will ferry farm products from the farms to the major road which will allow transportation of the crops in other regions so that it can fetch good price.

(3) The project has trained farmers on water management thus reduce water stagnant points and thus reduces water related diseases such as malaria.

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Empowerment

Number of women participated / involved in SGP project 2040

Biophysical

Hectares of land sustainably managed by project 410

Livehood

Number of households who have benefited* from SGP project 800

Livehood

Number of individuals (gender diaggregated) who have benefited* from SGP project 4000

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