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Improvement of household livelihood for Mabungo Village through rehabilitation of Mabungo Furrow

Mabungo village is situated in a semi arid areain the lowland of Mt. kilimanjaro, this area receives very low rainfall whereby only irrigation can assure reliable crop production. A total of 250 families depend on Mabungo furrow as the source of water for domestic use, livestock as well as for irrigation. The furrow has a long history way back 1940. It was constructed by the villagers under the Chief leadership.

The furrow was not in use after the intake was washed away by floods in 2004 rendered abstraction of water from the river to be difficult. This project intends to help the community to rehabilitate this farrow to be able to revive the irrigation system. The project also intend to enhance the community with proper water management in order to improve agricultural production.

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Project Snapshot

Grantee:

Mabungo Village Council

Country:

Tanzania

Area Of Work:

Land Degradation

Operational Phase:

Phase 3

Grant Amount:

US$ 12,668.00

Co-Financing Cash:

Co-Financing in-Kind:

US$ 5,190.00

Project Number:

TAN/COMPACT/GEF/05/06

Start Date:

10/2005

End Date:

12/2007

Status:

Satisfactorily Completed

Project Characteristics and Results

Emphasis on Sustainable Livelihoods

Adoption of irrigation technology and training in soil and water conservation will increase crop production that will lead to improved livelihoods on sustainable basis.

Notable Community Participation

Local communities will participate in the rehabilitation of the canal by providing labor. the community will aslo participate in training on soil and water conservation.

Planning gef grant

N-A

Planning non gef grant

N-A

Inovative Financial Mechanisms

Project financing was shared between the COMPACT Project and local communities in Mabungo village..

Policy Influence

The implementation of this project will provide positive feedback on the irrigation policy for food security in rural areas.

Linkages gef projects

The project has a linkage with a large GEF project on conservation of Panga river basin.

Significant Participation of Indigenous Peoples

The project involves local communities, most of who are natives from area.

Promoting Public Awareness of Global Environment

The project is implemented with the COMPACT objective of conserving and protecting Mt. Kilimanjaro as world heritage site.

Policy Impact

The project will provide policy feedback on the effectiveness of small scale irrigation farming.

Gender Focus

The project will simplify agricultural practises, which will reduce workload on women who make a larger parcenatege of farmers.

Capacity - Building Component

The project will train local communities on proper operation and management of irrigation scheme. Further training will be provided on soil and water conservation techniques.

Project sustainability

Training emphasis on sustainable agricultural prodution which adress issues of proper water management,crop prodction,operation and management thus sustaining the project.

Replication of project activities

the project has been replicated by other farmers.

Project Results

The use of lining of the irrigation scheme will increase the availability of water in the canal which reach the farms form 20% to 35% . The increased water availability will improve food and cash crop prodution. The increased food production has raised from 323 tones to 568 tones per year.
The incresae of food producyion will imrprove income hence eradication of food povery for a population of 1250 in Mabungo area.

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Indicators

Biophysical

Number of local policies informed in biodiversity focal area 2

Empowerment

Number of women participated / involved in SGP project 834

Biophysical

Hectares of degraded land rest 120

Livehood

Increase in household income by increased income or reduced costs due to SGP project 343

Livehood

Number of households who have benefited* from SGP project 250

Livehood

Number of individuals (gender diaggregated) who have benefited* from SGP project 1250

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