1. Simon Lugazo, Project Manager 16th of December, 2014 At Lushoto
Achievements and Challenges of TFCG - West Usambara
Presented by,
Simon Lugazo, Project Manager
16th of December, 2014 At
Lushoto

2. 1.Participatory forest Management 2.Water resources management
Outline
Preamble
Project Rationale
Interventions
1.Participatory forest Management
2.Water resources management
3.Improved Agriculture
Lessons learnt and challenges

3. TFCG Preamble TFCG Mission:
TFCG is the local NGO established in 1985.
TFCG Mission:
conserve and restore the biodiversity of globally important forest in Tanzania for the benefit of the present and future generation
The project has been working in West Usambara for the past 15 years in Participatory Forest Management and Income Generating Activities.
The area is very important due to presence of endemics species and water catchments.
But more than 90 % of the forests have been cleared for ongoing agriculture practices and timber logging. People are very poor and don't have access to reliable, safe water

4. Preamble continue........... Geographical scope:
21 villages in Korogwe District (Bungu Division)
9 villages in Lushoto District (Mgwashi and Mayo Wards)

5. Project rationale
Based on the situation analysis conducted in 2009 the project identified two main problem which were required to be addressed
Community do not have access to safe and reliable water supplies
Practice of ecologically unsustainable agricultural practices that generating little income and threaten the biodiverty

6. 1. Participatory Forest Management
Interventions
1. Participatory Forest Management
11 villages have been facilitated to establish Participatory forest Management
380 bee hives have been distributed to 15 villages and about 500 beekeepers have benefited
929 litres of honey have been harvested by beekeepers and gained a total 10,400,000 TZS (June 2013 and October 2014
One beekeeping cooperative have been registered by Tanga Cooperative registrar and 963,000 TZS shares and registration fees, collected by members.

7. Participatory Forest Management Continue.....
About TZS 136,000,000 share have been contributed by village saving and lending (VSL) groups.
42 tree nurseries have been established and about 500,000 tree seedlings are being planted annually
Fire campaign have been conducted to 21 villages every year
2200 improved stoves have been made in 21 villages
60 fish ponds have been established to 10 villages

9. 2. Water Resource Management
Interventions continue .....
2. Water Resource Management
Two Water User Association (WUA) of Mkolo and Kwabululu have been formed and social Assessment conducted.
10 domestic water supply projects have been constructed in 11 villages which benefiting 12,000 people
Mobilizing the community through training, meetings, video shows, drummer group and study tours
Emphasis community on water payment bill to insure sustainability of the project
Construction of rain water harvesting infrastructure to 15 Primary schools
Training and installation of 10 low cost rainwater harvesting tanks

10. Formation of two WUA in Kwabululu and Mkolo river line

11. Putting Infrastructure in Place

12. Interventions continue .....
3. Improved Agriculture
About 2000 farmers have been stopped shifting cultivation after being trained on improved agriculture techniques through farm field school
Introduction of conservation Agriculture (CA) techniques, raising Horticultural crops, kitchen garden, terracing, Agro forestry and drip irrigation
Improve production through irrigation by constructing night storage reservoir at Malomboi village and irrigation scheme at Tewe village.
Water management using drip irrigation techniques introduced to 10 villages.
Study tours to farmers from 21 village to learn on Improved Agriculture from other successful farmers
Attending farmers exhibition

13. Demonstration plots of farm field school
Conservation Agriculture
Drip irrigation techniques
Vegetable garden
Terrace making

14. Challenges and Lessons learnt
lack of funding from Gorta for 2015.
Lack of reliable market for agriculture produces
Pest and diseases for agriculture crops
High cost of materials for construction of water projects

15. Continue….
Illegal harvesting of tree for timbers and poor communication between community and forest officers
Lack of enough infrastructure for irrigation
High demand for establishing more VSL.
Lack of equipments for processing other bee product such as bee wax and proporis

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