As per the detail capacity gap analysis with the CBO, the following capacity building requirements were identified.
Project monitoring and evaluating, Knowledge on traditional or modern practices to adapt CC impacts,
Knowledge on mitigating actions, Knowledge on current program, plans and polices at country level and understanding on international framework, policies and practices.
Both men and women participate in the project planning process. Both equally benefit from home gardening, awareness workshops etc. And both are able to gain from these benefits. For example; Extra income generation from the project activities since the establishment of 120 forest home gardens.
Emphasis on Sustainable Livelihoods
Many alternative livelihoods will be introduced after the completion of this project.
For an example; rather than selling corn, villagers will have the option of selling mangoes, mandarins, wild olives etc.
Linkages gef projects
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Planning gef grant
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Planning non gef grant
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Policy Influence
N/A
Replication of project activities
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Significant Participation of Indigenous Peoples
Participatory development methods like PRA/RRA, participatory progress and monitoring reviews, feedback session will be used in planning, implementing and monitoring stages. Local knowledge will be used for rehabilitating small tanks and farming techniques in home forest gardening. Participatory baseline photo story is to be conducted.
Notable Community Participation
The youth community supports the Kadapalla Forest and Home gardening project. More than 40 percent of youth engaged in project activities like alternative livelihoods, forest conservation activities (forest survey and demarcation, establishing fire belt), nursery management etc.
Policy Impact
This project does not plan to produce any policy impacts.
However, the project aims to draft a series of ?code of ethics? regarding the forest customs.
Project sustainability
the encroachment by the adjacent villagers has been reduced to zero percent during the project period.
The income of 100 families has increased by 50 % by converting their land in to systematic forest home gardens with mixed cropping.
The project promoted linking with relevant ongoing projects of government and other institutions working in the area to support the sustainability of the interventions. Special attention was given to sensitize, educate and convince the village youth on the urgent need to stop forest degradation and deforestation, as a way of ensuring the sustainability.
Project Results
The 7.5km length of forest boundary was demarcated with the assistance of the forest department and the community. A friable of 7.5 km in length with a 10m width was establish to discontinue the spreading of wild fires nine thousand and eight hundreds fire resistant agave (Hana) plants were planted within fire bed.
71 model home gardens were established
Ten run off rain water harvesting tanks were constructed to collect the rain water for agricultural purposes
The bund of the village tank was renovated
The above mentioned project interventions have been able to reduce forest fires within the 800 ha forest extent. Also the encroachment by the adjacent villagers has been reduced to zero percent during the project period. The income of 100 families has increased by 50 % by converting their land in to systematic forest home gardens with mixed cropping. The project promoted linking with relevant ongoing projects of government and other institutions working in the area to support the sustainability of the interventions. Special attention was given to sensitize, educate and convince the village youth on the urgent need to stop forest degradation and deforestation, as a way of ensuring the sustainability. The Forest Department was a key stakeholder of the project and the necessary steps have been taken to handover the respective project initiatives such as the management of the fire belt and forest boundary demarcation to the department.
