Water resources policy and administrative management

The project purpose is to empower women economically through building their capacity in the production of water hyacinth products collected from Kagera River. The project will cover two wads of Kassambya and Minziro in Bukoba Rural district with the concentration in the Kagera River which has been choked by the water hyacinth and its banks being degraded by the encroaching farmers. The group will address both river basin conservation as well as women economic empowerment through conservation. There is high siltation and high use of agro-chemicals resulting from agriculture; water hyacinth causes poor water navigation, dangers from crocodiles hiding in the water hyacinth. The project will conduct community capacity building to conserve and protect the environment and resources of Kagera river, mobilize and support communities to harvest water hyacinth, establish multipurpose tree woodlots, facilitate exposure visits to other areas advanced in natural resources conservation, support widows and girls to build their economic capacity and improve their income through production of water hyacinth materials and providing them vocational training skills.

Tanzania