Cash for Work (Kenya)

Description

Giving cash incentives to farmers for them to undertake soil and water conservation

Aims / objectives: Overall purpose of reducing vulnerability to famine and recurrent drought in Mbeere district. Specific objectives were to increase access to cash to meet basic needs of some 2000 most vulnerable households for a period of 4 months and to increase adoption of improved drought tolerant crop varieties for some 2000 most vulnerable households for aperiod of 9 months.

Methods: Methods of delivery were cash for work in construction of SWC structures including rural access road improvement and provision of access to planting seeds, technical knowhow and drought tolerant crop varieties.

Stages of implementation: Stages of implementation were sensitization and awareness creation of key stake holders and land users, Recruitment of technical staff and their training , selection of the beneficiaries and formation of groups ( 10 groups each comprising 20 farmers ) per work site, Election of focal area committees and their training, actual implementation of the agreed activities and finally monitoring and evaluation.

Role of stakeholders: Role of the participants was to provide labour, undertake good crop husbandry practices on the conserved land and participate in meetings, field days and group activities.

Lieu

Lieu: Mbeere Distict In Eastern Province, Kenya

Géo-référence des sites sélectionnés
  • 37.527, -0.623

Date de démarrage: 2000

Année de fin de l'Approche: 2002

Type d'Approche
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Objectifs de l'approche et environnement favorable

Principaux objectifs de l'Approche
The Approach focused mainly on SLM with other activities (*Water harvesting for crop productioin *Access roads improvement *Fruit trees establishment *Increased adoption of improved drought tolerant crop varieties)

*Increase access to cash so as to meet basic needs of the most vulnerable households *Consruction of soil and water conservation measures including improvement of access roads in the focal area ( work site ). *Increased adoption of improved drought tolerant crop varieties.

The SLM Approach addressed the following problems: * low land productivity due to soil erosion and drought *Migration of farmers to look for work during drouht speells *Poor access roads * Lack of seeds for improved drought tolerant crop varieties
Conditions favorisant la mise en oeuvre de la/(des) Technologie(s) appliquée(s) sous l'Approche
  • Cadre juridique (régime foncier, droits d'utilisation des terres et de l'eau): The existing land ownership, land use rights / water rights greatly helped the approach implementation: Individual land ownership encouraged the farmers to invest on their through various conservation efforts
Conditions entravant la mise en oeuvre de la/(des) Technologie(s) appliquée(s) sous l'Approche
  • Disponibilité/ accès aux ressources et services financiers: migration to look for off farm employment Treatment through the SLM Approach: cash incentives to make the farmers remain in their farms and do conservation
  • Connaissances sur la GDT, accès aux supports techniques: Lack of adquate technical staff to lay out soil and water conservation measures Treatment through the SLM Approach: Training work site (focal area) farmer commitees to do lay out work ie paraprofessionals.
  • Autre: inadequate family labour on the farms Treatment through the SLM Approach: Organise farmers into conservation groups ie communal work

Participation et rôles des parties prenantes impliquées dans l'Approche

Parties prenantes impliquées dans l'Approche et rôles
Quels acteurs/ organismes d'exécution ont été impliqués dans l'Approche? Spécifiez les parties prenantes Décrivez le rôle des parties prenantes
exploitants locaux des terres / communautés locales Working land useres where work is equally divided between men and women The programme targeted the resource poor land users ie those that were already receiving food relief from the World food Programme (WFP).
ONG Diocese of Embu
gouvernement national (planificateurs, décideurs) Ministry of agriculture
organisation internationale Catholic Relief Services (CRS)
Participation des exploitants locaux des terres/ communautés locales aux différentes phases de l'Approche
aucun
passive
soutien extérieur
interactive
auto-mobilisation
initiation/ motivation
public meetings; Series of work site meetings to explain the programme to the land users
planification
Mainly: public meetings; partly: workshops/seminars; Workshops for key staholders held and training of the programme staff conducted
mise en œuvre
Mainly: casual labour; partly: responsibility for major steps; Wor site committees were responsible for organising the farmers day to day activities
suivi/ évaluation
Mainly: measurements/observations; partly: public meetings, reporting; Focal area committees were assisting the technical staff in taking measurements compiling reports
Research
on-farm; The mother (16 varieties ) and baby (3 varieties) trials were managed by the farmers
Diagramme/ organigramme

Prises de décision pour la sélection de la Technologie de GDT

Les décisions ont été prises par

  • les exploitants des terres seuls (auto-initiative)
  • principalement les exploitants des terres soutenus par des spécialistes de la GDT
  • tous les acteurs concernés dans le cadre d'une approche participative
  • principalement les spécialistes de la GDT, après consultation des exploitants des terres
  • les spécialistes de la GDT seuls
  • les responsables politiques/ dirigeants

Les décisions ont été prises sur la base de

  • l'évaluation de connaissances bien documentées en matière de GDT (prises de décision fondées sur des preuves tangibles)?
  • les résultats de recherches?
  • expériences et opinions personnelles (non documentées)

Soutien technique, renforcement des capacités et gestion des connaissances

Les activités ou services suivants ont fait partie de l'approche
Renforcement des capacités/ formation
La formation a été dispensée aux parties prenantes suivantes
  • exploitants des terres
  • personnels/ conseillers de terrain
  • extensionists/trainers
Formats de la formation
  • sur le tas
  • entre agriculteurs (d'exploitants à exploitants)
  • zones de démonstration
  • réunions publiques
  • cours
Sujets abordés

Methods of soil conservation; Water harvesting for crop production; Lay out of soil conservation structures and tree planting

Service de conseils
Le service de conseils était fourni
  • dans les champs des exploitants?
  • dans des centres permanents
Name of method used for advisory service: catchment (focal area) approach; Key elements: demonstrations, field days, trial plots and individual farm visits; 1) Mainly: government's existing extension system, Partly: projects own extension structure and agent 2) Mainly: government's existing extension system, Partly: projects own extension structure and agent; Extension staff: mainly government employees 3) Target groups for extension: land users; Activities: lay out work, agroforestry, individual tree nurseries establishment

Advisory service is quite adequate to ensure the continuation of land conservation activities; proramme used the existing extension staff within the focal areas. These staff arec still in place continously delivering extension services
Renforcement des institutions
Institutions ont été renforcées ou mises en place
  • non
  • oui, un peu
  • oui, modérément
  • oui, beaucoup
au niveau suivant
  • local
  • régional
  • national
Décrivez l'institution, ses rôles et responsabilités, ses membres, etc.
Type de soutien
  • financier
  • renforcement des capacités/ formation
  • équipement
  • logistical surpport-transport
Plus de détails
Suivi et évaluation
technical aspects were regular monitored economic / production aspects were regular monitored area treated aspects were regular monitored by 0 through measurements; indicators: None no. of land users involved aspects were None monitored by 0 through None; indicators: None There were no changes in the Approach as a result of monitoring and evaluation: None
Recherche
La recherche a traité les sujets suivants
  • sociologie
  • économie/ marketing
  • écologie
  • technologie

adaptive onfarm trials carried out on new drought tolerant crop varieties

Research was carried out on-farm

Financement et soutien matériel externe

Budget annuel en dollars US de la composante GDT
  • < 2 000
  • 2 000-10 000
  • 10 000-100 000
  • 100 000-1 000 000
  • > 1 000 000
Precise annual budget: sans objet
Approach costs were met by the following donors: international non-government (Catholic relief services): 99.0%; local community / land user(s) (Depreciation of farm tools): 1.0%
Les services ou mesures incitatives suivantes ont été fournis aux exploitants des terres
  • Soutiens financiers/ matériels fournis aux exploitants des terres
  • Subventions pour des intrants spécifiques
  • Crédits
  • Autres incitations ou instruments
Soutiens financiers/ matériels fournis aux exploitants des terres
In addition to the cash the land users were given seeds and fruit tree seedlings
en partie financé
entièrement financé
intrants agricoles: semences

La main d'oeuvre fournie par les exploitants des terres était

Analyses d'impact et conclusions

Impacts de l'Approche
Non
Oui, un peu
Oui, modérément
Oui, beaucoup
Est-ce que l'Approche a aidé les exploitants des terres à mettre en œuvre et entretenir les Technologies de GDT?

incorporation of water harvesting techniques in crop production and manure application

Est-ce que l'Approche a amélioré les questions foncières et des droits d'utilisation qui entravent la mise en œuvre des Technologies?

Did other land users / projects adopt the Approach?

The approach to spread to several other districts

Principale motivation des exploitants des terres pour mettre en oeuvre la GDT
  • sans objet
Durabilité des activités de l'Approche
Les exploitants des terres peuvent-ils poursuivre ce qui a été mis en oeuvre par le biais de l'Approche (sans soutien extérieur) ?
  • non
  • oui
  • incertain

Conclusions et enseignements tirés

Points forts: point de vue de l'exploitant des terres
  • training (How to sustain/ enhance this strength: more field days and farmer tours)
  • provision of seeds and seedlings (How to sustain/ enhance this strength: setting up of bulking plots and group tree nurseries)
  • cash provision (How to sustain/ enhance this strength: intensify production of cash generating enterprises especially fruit trees like mangoes and pawpaws)
Points forts: point de vue du compilateur ou d'une autre personne-ressource clé
  • group approach (How to sustain/ enhance this strength: training of the committees, encourage more group activities and projects)
  • involvement and use of locally based extension staff
Faiblesses/ inconvénients/ risques: point de vue de l'exploitant des terrescomment surmonter
  • lack of appropriate tools provision of suitable tools as the condition of the area dictate
Faiblesses/ inconvénients/ risques: point de vue du compilateur ou d'une autre personne-ressource clécomment surmonter
  • use of cash as incentive should be phased out gradually
  • low land user involvement in the initial stages use of participatory methods

Références

Compilateur
  • Boniface, Mutegi Birichi
Editors
Examinateur
  • Fabian Ottiger
Date de mise en oeuvre: 20 janvier 2009
Dernière mise à jour: 12 juin 2017
Personnes-ressources
Description complète dans la base de données WOCAT
Données de GDT correspondantes
La documentation a été facilitée par
Institution Projet
Références clés
  • Catchment planning- by E.Mwenda , MOA&RD-Nairobi Mbeere district development plan 1997-2002:
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