Environmental policy and administrative management

Extreme poverty in Ganze has exacerbated land degradation in the area as many community members cannot afford agricultural inputs and better breeds of animals for better land management. Excessive grazing by goats, soil erosion, low soil fertility, low quality manures have led to very poor crop and livestock yields plunging many families into the poverty trap. There is also inadequate knowledge and information on appropriate conservation agricultural technologies that can be integrated with good livestock management to reduce land degradation. Though farmers keep goats, they do not effectively utilize the manure which goes into waste. It is with these challenges in mind, that Ganze Women empowerment Group seeks partnership with UNDP-SGP to empower women farmers to reverse the cycle of degradation and poverty. The overall objective of the project is to demonstrate community led innovative techniques that will reduce land degradation including soil erosion and increase incomes of participating families. This will be achieved through demonstrating conservation tillage techniques, improved goat management husbandry, value addition of crops and livestock products and water conservation techniques. This project relates to UNDP/SGP focal area on land degradation and to some extent climate change adaptation

Kenya