Kenya Project Notice - WEI-WEI CATCHMENT RESTORATION PROJECT IN CHERANGANI WATER TOWER - WEST POKOT (WCRP)


Project Notice

PNR 46277
Project Name WEI-WEI CATCHMENT RESTORATION PROJECT IN CHERANGANI WATER TOWER - WEST POKOT (WCRP)
Project Detail THE PROJECT WILL CONTRIBUTE TO THE RESTORATION OF THE HYDROGRAPHIC BASIN THAT CONCERNS THE SIGOR PLAN AND THE WEIWEI IRRIGATION SCHEME. THE AREA WAS THE SUBJECT OF A WIDE DEFORESTATION AND DEGRADATION OF THE SOILS, ESPECIALLY IN THE SLOPING AREAS, DUE TO THE CULTIVATION METHODS USED OFTEN UNSUSTAINABLE, THE EXCESSIVE EXPLOITATION OF PASTURE AND DEFORESTATION. CONSEQUENTLY, THE FLOODS AND EROSIVE PHENOMENA ARE INCREASINGLY FREQUENT AND RISK THE SUSTAINABILITY OF THE WEIWEI IRRIGATION SITE AND THE VILLAGE OF SIGOR. THE OBJECTIVE OF THE ME PROJECT IS TO START THE RESTORATION OF THE AREAS INTRODUCTION OF SOIL CONSERVATION AND WATER REGIMATION TECHNIQUES. ALSO THE INITIATIVE WILL PROMOTE THE ADOPTION OF REGENERATIVE AGRICULTURE PRACTICES TO IMPROVE SOIL PRODUCTIVITY AND INCREASE THE SEQUESTRIAL OF CO2, ALSO CONTRIBUTING TO THE FIGHT AGAINST CLIMATE CHANGE. THE PROPOSED STRATEGY IS TO REDUCE THE DEGRADATION OF THE TERRITORY IN TWO PRIORITY AREAS IDENTIFIED AS KEY TO ADDRESS THE CAUSES AT THE ORIGIN OF SOIL EROSION AND FLOODS 1) THE HYDROGRAPHIC BASIN THAT IS FROM THE EAST OF THE KORELLACHES ) THE DEGRADED SHELTERING AREAS OF THE WEIWEI RIVER UP MONTE DELLA PIANA DI SIGOR. THE INITIATIVE WILL ALLOW THE INTRODUCTION OF CROPS AND TREE SPECIES ABLE TO PROTECT THE SOILS BUT ALSO TO PROVIDE NEW ALTERNATIVE SOURCES OF INCOME TO FARMERS. OF SOILS AND INCREASE THE SEQUESTRIAL OF CO2 BY CONTRIBUTING IN THIS WAY ALSO TO THE FIGHT AGAINST CLIMATE CHANGE. THE PROPOSED STRATEGY IS TO REDUCE THE DEGRADATION OF THE TERRITORY IN TWO PRIORITY AREAS IDENTIFIED AS KEY TO ADDRESS THE CAUSES AT THE ORIGIN OF SOIL EROSION AND FLOODS 1) THE HYDROGRAPHIC BASIN THAT IS FROM THE EAST OF THE KORELLACHES ) THE DEGRADED SHELTERING AREAS OF THE WEIWEI RIVER UP MONTE DELLA PIANA DI SIGOR. THE INITIATIVE WILL ALLOW THE INTRODUCTION OF CROPS AND TREE SPECIES ABLE TO PROTECT THE SOILS BUT ALSO TO PROVIDE NEW ALTERNATIVE SOURCES OF INCOME TO FARMERS. OF SOILS AND INCREASE THE SEQUESTRIAL OF CO2 BY CONTRIBUTING IN THIS WAY ALSO TO THE FIGHT AGAINST CLIMATE CHANGE. THE PROPOSED STRATEGY IS TO REDUCE THE DEGRADATION OF THE TERRITORY IN TWO PRIORITY AREAS IDENTIFIED AS KEY TO ADDRESS THE CAUSES AT THE ORIGIN OF SOIL EROSION AND FLOODS 1) THE HYDROGRAPHIC BASIN THAT IS FROM THE EAST OF THE KORELLACHES ) THE DEGRADED SHELTERING AREAS OF THE WEIWEI RIVER UP MONTE DELLA PIANA DI SIGOR. THE INITIATIVE WILL ALLOW THE INTRODUCTION OF CROPS AND TREE SPECIES ABLE TO PROTECT THE SOILS BUT ALSO TO PROVIDE NEW ALTERNATIVE SOURCES OF INCOME TO FARMERS. THAT OF REDUCING THE DEGRADATION OF THE TERRITORY IN TWO PRIORITY AREAS IDENTIFIED AS KEY TO FACE THE CAUSES AT THE ORIGIN OF SOIL AND FLOOD EROSION OF THE WEIWEI RIVER UP MONTE DELLA PIANA DI SIGOR. THE INITIATIVE WILL ALLOW THE INTRODUCTION OF CROPS AND TREE SPECIES ABLE TO PROTECT THE SOILS BUT ALSO TO PROVIDE NEW ALTERNATIVE SOURCES OF INCOME TO FARMERS. THAT OF REDUCING THE DEGRADATION OF THE TERRITORY IN TWO PRIORITY AREAS IDENTIFIED AS KEY TO FACE THE CAUSES AT THE ORIGIN OF SOIL AND FLOOD EROSION OF THE WEIWEI RIVER UP MONTE DELLA PIANA DI SIGOR. THE INITIATIVE WILL ALLOW THE INTRODUCTION OF CROPS AND TREE SPECIES ABLE TO PROTECT THE SOILS BUT ALSO TO PROVIDE NEW ALTERNATIVE SOURCES OF INCOME TO FARMERS. EROSION OF SOILS AND FLOODS 1) THE HYDROGRAPHIC BASIN THAT EXTENDS FROM MONTE KORELLACH TO THE PEDEMONTANE HILLS 2) THE DAMAGED RIPARIAL AREAS OF THE WEIWEI RIVER UP THE PIANA DI SIGOR. THE INITIATIVE WILL ALLOW THE INTRODUCTION OF CROPS AND TREE SPECIES ABLE TO PROTECT THE SOILS BUT ALSO TO PROVIDE NEW ALTERNATIVE SOURCES OF INCOME TO FARMERS. EROSION OF SOILS AND FLOODS 1) THE HYDROGRAPHIC BASIN THAT EXTENDS FROM MONTE KORELLACH TO THE PEDEMONTANE HILLS 2) THE DAMAGED RIPARIAL AREAS OF THE WEIWEI RIVER UP THE PIANA DI SIGOR. THE INITIATIVE WILL ALLOW THE INTRODUCTION OF CROPS AND TREE SPECIES ABLE TO PROTECT THE SOILS BUT ALSO TO PROVIDE NEW ALTERNATIVE SOURCES OF INCOME TO FARMERS.
Funded By Italian Agency For Development Cooperation (Aics)
Sector Administration & Marketing
Country Kenya , Eastern Africa
Project Value KES 1,000,000

Contact Information

Company Name Italian Agency for Cooperation and Development
Web Site http://openaid.aics.gov.it/it/iati-activity/XM-DAC-6-4-012457-01-0

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