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KAGERA TAMP – News from the basin 1 / 8 March 2011 ‐ #1
The Kagera Transboundary Agro ‐ecosystem management project is a regional project comprising four East African countries ‐ Burundi, Rwanda, Tanzania and Uganda ‐ that share the Kagera river basin. The agro‐ecosystems in the Kagera basin are facing increasing pressure as a result of rapid population growth and agricultural and live‐stock intensification characterized by progressive reduction in farm sizes and unsustainable land use and management practices. The global objective of the project is to adopt an integrated eco‐systems approach for the mana‐gement of land resources in the Kagera Basin that will generate local, national and global benefits including: restoration of degraded lands, carbon sequestration and climate change adaptation, agro‐biodiversity conservation and sus‐tainable use, protection of inter‐national waters and improved agricultural production, leading to increased food security an im‐proved rural livelihoods.
Dear Reader,
We are pleased to presentyou the first edition of theKagera TAMP newsletter.With this first issue, we wouldlike to introduce you to themain actors of the KageraTAMP project and the initialactivities that took place in2010 and activities plannedfor 2011. The project with itsregional office in Kigali –Rwanda was approved by theGlobal Environment Facility(GEF) in June 2009. Activitiesstarted in April 2010 aftersignatory endorsement by the4 beneficiary countries.
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(multi‐country) and LUS mapsfor the 4 countries were de‐veloped which are being usedas the basis for land degrada‐tion and SLM assessment andmapping across the basin.Also, LADA/WOCAT QM Parti‐cipatory Expert Assessmentworkshops were organized inRwanda, Burundi and Uganda(with participation from Tan‐zania). The data and maps willcontribute to the projectbaseline and will support theidentification of representa‐tive areas for project inter‐vention in the Kagera basinand the target districts/ prov‐inces in each country.
In less than a year, lots of
work has taken place in the
basin!
GEF funds contribute6.363.000 US Dollars, underthe Umbrella of TerrAfrica/Strategic Investment Programfor Sustainable Land Mana‐gement in sub‐Saharan Africaand planned for an implemen‐tation period of 4.5 years.With co‐funding by govern‐ments, partner organisationsin the basin, and by FAO, totalinputs may reach more than21 million US Dollars. In April,2010 FAO recruited the Re‐gional Coordinator for KageraTAMP and at the end of theyear, the 4 National SLM
experts/ Project Managers(NPMs) were selected. Also,the KAGERA TAMP nationallaunch/planning workshopsand the first national projectsteering committee meetingswere successfully organized inBurundi, Rwanda, Tanzaniaand Uganda. Some recommendations havebeen made for initiating pilotFFS for SLM in the basin andpilot activities have started inRwanda, Uganda and Tanza‐nia. Land Use Systems (LUS)mapping workshops wereheld in Burundi and Rwanda
Transboundary Agro-Ecosystems Management Project for the Kagera River Basin
*** Projet de Gestion Transfrontalière des Agro
écosystèmes du Bassin de la Kagera
KAGERA TAMP - News from the basin
March 2011 ‐ #1
Inside this issue :
4 NPMs on board 2
FFS and LUS workshops 4
Recent events 5
PES & districts facilitators 5
LUS map of Rwanda 7
Contacts and calendar 8
KAGERA TAMP – News from the basin 2 / 8 March 2011 ‐ #1
The 4 KAGERA National Project Managers are now on board... The 4 National Project Managers/Sustainable land management experts (NPMs) have been recruited and are actively coordinating and implementing project activities in each country.
Mr Bamwerinde is the KageraNPM for Uganda. Before join‐ing FAO, he worked with theInternational Centre for Re‐search in Agroforestry (ICRAF)and the National AgriculturalResearch Organisation (NARO)where he was a Team Leaderfor an East Africa RegionalAgroforestry Program inKabale, Uganda. His work wasmainly focusing on technolo‐gies for rehabilitation ofdegraded hillsides and socialeconomic determinants ofAgroforestry and land im‐provement technology adop‐tion.
Uganda - Wilson Bamwerinde
During its 18 years of profes‐sional life, Mr. Ndabirorereworked in the sustainable man‐agement of land and naturalresources. A focus of his workhas been the promotion ofagroforestry in the develop‐ment of livelihoods of the ruralpopulation through the promo‐tion of alternative activities andincome generation to alleviatethe population pressure In theMinistry of Environment. Heparticipated actively in thedevelopment of policies, strat‐
Burundi – Salvator Ndabirorere
In September 2010, thefour Kagera NPMs havebeen recruited. They areresponsible for the overalladministration and tech‐nical execution of theproject at country level.Their effort and commit‐ment to the project aresupporting the coordina‐tion and implementationof project activities in each
country and providing policyand technical guidance toensure that the project willachieve its livelihood andenvironmental goals, as wellas cost effectiveness andsustainability. We are glad togive you a short presentationof these remarkable manag‐ers and their relevant expe‐rience.
Dr Bamwerinde holds a PhDdegree in Natural ResourceEconomics from MakerereUniversity, Kampala and con‐ducted research and coursework in Agricultural Economicsfor his PhD at Imperial CollegeLondon. He initially came toFAO as a consultant in develop‐ing the Kagera TransboundaryAgroecosystem ManagementProgram, (PDFB phase ‐ 2005‐2007). He has conducted stud‐ies on the Economics of Agro‐forestry seedling production inUganda, Economics of aban‐doned terraces, Farm house‐
hold land use decisions andTechnologies for Intensificationin SW Uganda. USAID, IFPRIand Government of Ugandafunded these projects. DrBamwerinde has worked forthe Government of Uganda asdistrict forest officer andUganda Christian University asa Senior Lecturer. His strongfield experience has beenlargely gained in Kabale districtand the Kagera basin ‐ a realbonus.
egies and programs related tothis sector including: the Na‐tional Strategy for the Envi‐ronment and EnvironmentalAction Plan (SNEB / EAP), theNational Action Plan to Fightagainst Land Degradation inBurundi (NAP), the countryforest policy, the NationalAgricultural Strategy (NWS)and National Action Plan forAdaptation to Climate Change(NAPA). He is a water, forestryand rural Engineer from theUniversity of Burundi (1988 ‐
1992), with a Master degreein Management of Agro‐Silvo‐Pastoral systems intropical zone of the Universi‐ty of Paris XII (1997‐ 1998). His high level policy andtechnical expertise will be ahuge asset to ensure farreaching results in promotingthe adoption of SLM practic‐es and improved livelihoods.
KAGERA TAMP – News from the basin 3 / 8 March 2011 ‐ #1
Mr Kaihura is a specialist in nat‐ural resources management with an MSc degree in Agricul‐ture (Soil Science) from the Uni‐versity of Dar es Salaam. He has worked for over 24 years as a research and training scientist in collaboration with national and international organizations, institutions and universities, in developing and disseminating sustainable land management technologies and practices tar‐geting different land use sys‐tems and farmer categories. He has worked as head of natural resources management research in the lake zone (1998‐2010). As FAO Consultant, he facilitated development of technologies for sustainable land and water management for banana/coffee and agro‐pastoral systems in
United Republic of Tanzania - Fidelis Bachubira Kaihura
Mr Mashinga has a formal edu‐cation and training in environ‐mental impact assessment (EIA)and strategic environmentalassessment (SEA). He also holdsan MSc in Land and water Man‐agement, and Land use plan‐ning and Environmental Stu‐dies. He took part in major Envi‐ronmental impact assessmentsin Rwanda such as BugeseraInternational Airport, EIA of atented camp lodge in NyungweForest, in the review of EIAreports and a Methane GasProject, Rwanda, …). In 2005, healso participated with FAO inthe evaluation of the environ‐mental policy for gender, agro‐biodiversity and indigenousknowledge systems (IKS) re‐
Rwanda - Theobald Nyatanyi Mashinga
Kagera region Tanzania (2002 –2005). As East Africa ClusterLeader of the GEF fundedproject on “People, Land Man‐agement and Environmental Change (PLEC)” he addressed improved land managementtechnologies for agriculturalbiodiversity management andconservation in smallholderfarms of East Africa (1996 –2002). From 2007 to 2010 hehas worked as technical advisor to SCC‐Vi Agroforestry ProjectTanzania, in implementing Con‐servation Agriculture using theFarmer Field School approachwithin the four years’ Lake Vic‐toria Regional Environmentaland Sustainable AgriculturalProductivity Programme(RESAPP). Mr Kaihura has con‐tributed to several published
implementation guidelines on sustainable land and water man‐agement technologies for field extension staff and chapter con‐tributions to published books on NR management.
lated to food security in Rwan‐da. He also played a key role inthe Lake Victoria EnvironmentalManagement Project LVEMPTechnical Studies project (coor‐dination and supervision of thereview and customisation forRwanda of National and Re‐gional Technical studies pre‐pared for Kenya, Tanzania andUganda, including: AppliedResearch; Investments in Natu‐ral Resources; Private SectorDevelopment; InstitutionalFramework for Natural Re‐sources Management; Commu‐nication and Monitoring; andthe Assessment of Land Suita‐bility Mapping and Environmen‐tal Overlays). His sound know‐ledge of environmental issues in
Rwanda will no doubt be drawnupon fully in guiding project activi‐ties in his country as well as in sup‐port of neighbouring Burundi.
KAGERA TAMP – News from the basin 4 / 8 March 2011 ‐ #1
In October 2010, a German Uni‐
versity student Ms Davina
Berttram from Utrecht University
joined Kagera TAMP in Rwanda to
raise awareness in Kagera TAMP
of opportunities for payments for
ecosystem services (PES) and
conduct a study to identify poten‐
tial incentive measures and op‐
portunities to remunerate the
generation of ecosystem services
that benefit farmers and com‐
munities from their SLM efforts.
Her research and contacts in
Internship on Payment for Environmental services PES
Pilot SLM/FFS activities have
started in three countries: Rwan‐
da, Uganda and Tanzania sup‐
ported by a regional FFS consul‐
tant (Ms Deborah Duveskog). FFS
activities in Burundi under
Kagera TAMP are planned to
start in March 2011. Based on
the reconnaissance carried out in
the three countries, some rec‐
ommendations were made for
initiating pilot FFS for SLM in the
Capacity building: Initiate pilot SLM/farmer field school (FFS) activities
Land Use systems (LUS) mapping workshop in Burundi and Rwanda
Call for interns in the region
In the spring, we will be look-
ing for interns from the region
who would be interested in
working on various SLM di-
mensions as part of their stu-
dies/ early work experiences
on a voluntary basis but with
travel and professional sup-
port. Further details will be provided in the next issue.
Rwanda and other parts of the
basin will be invaluable in set‐
ting the direction for piloting
PES in Kagera TAMP and will
assist in developing partner‐
ships with key actors already
knowledgeable of PES devel‐
opment. Davina has conducted
her work professionally and
has inspired many people in
the opportunities that PES
could provide to support SLM
and livelihoods – we hope to
do justice to her groundwork
through a regional technic‐
al workshop in June 2011.
basin. The first rainy season
will be used to train/ familiar‐
ize initial FFS groups and dis‐
trict staff with the FFS ap‐
proach. During the second
season other FFS should be
initiated with the aim to build
capacities and empower land
users in sustainable and pro‐
ductive cropping (rainfed and
irrigated), livestock and pas‐
ture management, agrofore‐
stry/ forest management in
a range of agro‐ecosystems
across the basin. FFS will be
an important means for
mobilising land users in‐
volvement in the project.
LUS workshop participants in the CGIS-NUR Centre lab – Bu-tare, Rwanda 2010
LUS workshop participants in the CGIS-NUR Centre lab –Butare, Rwanda 2010
After a planning and data col‐lection phase in collaboration with the Nile Equatorial Lakes Subsidiary Action Program of the Nile Basin Initiative (NBI NELSAP), LUS workshops started in Gitega, Burundi from 8‐16 November, 2010 with 8 participants with experience in GIS. In Rwanda, the multi‐country LUS workshop was held from 18th November to 3rd De‐cember 2010 at the GIS centre of the National University of Rwanda (CGIS ‐ NUR) with par‐ticipation by 12 persons with experience in GIS from Rwanda (6) Tanzania (4) and Uganda (2). Land use maps of Burundi and Rwanda and LUS maps of the areas of Tanzania and Uganda
included in the Kagera TAMP project area were produced by national experts, includ‐ing a spatial database. The prioritization of TAMP field activities is supported
by the definition of hot‐spots (pressures) and bright spots on land degradation and sustainable land mana‐gement.
KAGERA TAMP – News from the basin 5 / 8 March 2011 ‐ #1
A first LADA/WOCAT QMPEA workshop was held inRwamagana (Rwanda) inDecember while theworkshops in Bujumbura,Burundi and Masaka,Uganda (including teamsfrom Tanzania) werecompleted in early Janu‐ary 2011. The data, that will beused for preparing the LDand SLM maps, were cap‐tured through a processof Participatory and Con‐
LADA/WOCAT QM Participatory Expert Assessment sensus Mapping through
Participatory Expert Assessment (PEA) Work‐shops, using the LADA National Assessment methodology. This method makes use of a Base Map, consist‐ing of the land use sys‐tems classes (LUS), and of the LADA/WOCAT QM questionnaire.
Land Degradation assessment session using WOCAT Participatory tools – Rwamagana, Rwanda
GIS experts developing LUS maps – Butare, Rwanda
Thanks to the LUS method, the Burundi map has
been prepared in 6 days by 8 experts. This corre‐
sponds to a total of 48 working days. The map has
been tuned during the subsequent LADA/WOCAT
QM workshops.
This identification builds on baseline informa‐tion regarding land degradation (LD) and sus‐tainable land management (SLM) at a geo‐graphical scale. The LD and SLM maps are built using the Land degradation assessment in drylands (LADA) method including two phases: i) the definition of the units of assessment by building the Land Use Systems (LUS) maps adapted for the use at the Kagera watershed scale and ii) the use of the LADA WOCAT ques‐tionnaire for mapping (QM). The entire process has been coordinated by a FAO‐NRL consultant; Ms Monica Petri.
Opening speeches by Madame la Ministre de l’Agriculture et de l’Elevage and FAO Representative – Bujumbura, Burundi
Group activities in Land Degradation assessment session – Masaka, Uganda
KAGERA TAMP – News from the basin 6 / 8 March 2011 ‐ #1
Payments for Ecosystem Services (PES) PES represent an increasinglydisseminated mechanism togive value to ecosystem servicesand thereby include their provi‐sion/consumption into naturalresource management(NRM) decisions. Within KageraTAMP, PES hold the potential tobe applied for: restoring de‐graded watersheds and pas‐tures; managing protectedareas for tourism and biodiver‐sity; reforestation of degradedtreeless landscapes; promotingagro‐ecological production sys‐tems. Much PES research is ongoing inthis region, but mainly concep‐tual with few concrete actions;while the interest is rising. Re‐gional and national policiesaddressing Sustainable LandManagement, create space for
PES development. In each country,competent potential partners arebeing identified with whom KageraTAMP may pilot PES. Most PESprojects to date focus on nature andbiodiversity conservation, carbonsequestration and water manage‐ment. The latter seems to be mostchallenging. To date, quality product/organic food labeling is not yet citedas an important PES modality butthere is great scope for value addi‐tion through local products devel‐opment and ecotourism. PES is of‐ten confused with NRM “as usual”;voluntary payment or rewards for ESprovision are under‐estimated. Pri‐vate funding is generally lacking. A“learning alliance” on PES is being setup in the region, in support, FAO willlaunch an e‐community of practice inform of a discussion group and willpilot feasible PES actions with part‐ners.
PES workshop, 20-22 October 2010 – Uganda
District facilitators For effective management ofproject activities at Dis‐trict/provincial level, Project Faci‐litators with appropriate agricul‐tural and environmental expertisein each of the 21 target dis‐tricts/provinces are being se‐lected with the relevant authori‐ties. They will coordinate the SLMactivities and contractual ar‐rangements. Burundi has alreadynominated its provincial facilita‐tors as approved by the Minister
of Agriculture. In Uganda 6 per‐sons have been proposed. InRwanda and Tanzania DPFs arebeing nominated. These will bekey persons for project imple‐mentation to build on local SLMknowledge/ experiences andfacilitate partnerships and co‐funding on the ground.
Many bamboo species are endemic inthe Kagera basin. Bamboo is useful forsoil fixation, wild life preservation, handi-crafts, energy production… Bamboo maybe an interesting component for PESpolicies.
Regional Project Coordinator for Kagera TAMP – Joseph Anania Bizima Mr Anania is the Regional Pro‐ject Coordinator for Kagera TAMP based in Kigali Rwanda, the project headquarters. Jo‐seph is professionally an agri‐cultural officer graduated with honours from the Sokoine Uni‐versity of Agriculture in Tanza‐nia (1991) Later in 1995‐1996 he was admitted at the Univer‐sity of London, Wye College and successfully graduated with an MSc degree in Sustain‐able Agriculture. He worked with various government and
international organisations both in Tanzania and Rwanda as project coordinator. Over the last 20 years, Joseph has worked for eight years with GTZ in Tanzania as regional coordinator for the Integrated Pest Management Project. Later he was recruited by UNOPS as an IPM/IPN specialist in the IFAD funded “Kag‐era Agricultural Environmental Management Project” (KAEMP). He facilitated interactive and participa‐tory community agricultural knowl‐edge transfer through IPM/IPN groups and farmer field schools in
Kagera region. Then, for three years, he was in Rwanda working with the World Bank as Senior Agronomist. From 2005‐2009 Joseph was recruited by the Nile Basin Initiative as the Na‐tional Project Coordinator for the Nile Transboundary Environmental Action Project – NTEAP. On closure of NBI‐NTEAP project, Joseph was in April, 2010 hitherto recruited by FAO as Regional Coordinator for Kagera TAMP. With his knowledge of the basin, Jo‐seph is a huge asset to the project.
KAGERA TAMP – News from the basin 7 / 8 March 2011 ‐ #1
LUS map of Rwanda
The Land use map of Rwanda has been prepared during the LUS workshop that took place at Butare in Rwanda from 18th November 10 to 3rd December 10 at the GIS centre of the National Uni‐versity of Rwanda and in collaboration with the NBI‐NELSAP (TIWRMP). The national land use systems map provides the core units for the evaluation and mapping of land degradation and land improvements. The greater the number of units, the greater the workload for completing the QM questionnaire.
National workshops and steering committee meetings
The KAGERA TAMP nationallaunch/planning workshops and thefirst national project steering com‐mittee (PSC) meetings were orga‐nized in Burundi, Rwanda, Tanzaniaand Uganda. The purpose was tofacilitate information sharing andcollaborative arrangements withrelevant government departmentsand other partners in project im‐plementation. Also the PSC meet‐ings adopted the work plan, en‐dorsed annual project activities and
Launching workshop – Bujumbura, Burundi
evaluated the terms of reference for the national and regional project steering committees. In Burundi, more than 60 partici‐pants took part in the launching meeting with the presence of the Minister of Environment and Livestock. In Uganda, the work‐shop was composed of technical staff from the six districts in Ka‐gera basin, mainly from agricul‐ture, water, environment and land management departments.
Other participants included Millennium Village Project funded by UNDP and Africa 2000 a local NGO. Government repre‐sentatives from Ministry of finance, planning and economic development, Ministry of agriculture animal industry and fishe‐ries, and National Environment Management Authority attended the workshop. The launching workshop in Rwanda was attended by stakeholders including the Government staff from Ministries of Agriculture and Animal Resources (MINAGRI), Ministry of Lands and Environment (MINELA), Ministry of Trade and Commerce (MINICOM), Ministry of Local Government and Social Welfare (MINALOC), Ministry of Finance and Economic Planning (MINECOFIN). The launching workshop and first national steering committee meeting in Tanzania was held in Bukoba and opened by the Minister of Environment. Over 40 participants, including decision makers from district governments, national agricultural research institutions and NGOs dis‐cussed the objectives of the project and explored areas for futures collaboration.
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Burundi ‐ Bujumbura
Salvator Ndabirorere Tel: (+257) 79954960 E‐mail: [email protected]
Rwanda ‐ Kigali Theobald Mashinga Tel: (+250) 788505593 E‐mail: [email protected]
Experts in land management/ National Project managers
Regional Project Coordinator Joseph Anania Regional Project Coordinator FAO Kagera TAMP c/o FAO Office, Kigali, Rwanda Tel: (+250) 252 583735 fax: (+250) 252 583726 mobile: (+250) 788383040 E‐mail: [email protected]
Uganda ‐ Kabale Wilson Bamwerinde Tel: (+256) 772541335 E‐mail: [email protected]
United Republic of Tanzania ‐ Bukoba Fidelis Kaihura Tel: (+255) 754273849 E‐mail: [email protected]
Contact the Kagera team …
Land manager officer and budget holder Sally Bunning Land Management Officer, Land and Water Division (NRL) Rome, Italy Tel: (+39) 06 57054442 fax (+39) 06 57056275 mobile: (+39) 3480519095 E-mail: [email protected]
Stefan Schlingloff Kagera project budget holder Land and Water Division (NRL) Rome, Italy Tel: (+39) 06 57054732 fax (+39) 06 57056275 E-mail: [email protected] Isabelle Verbeke Communication and information consultant Land and Water Division (NRL) Rome, Italy Tel: (+39) 06 57052891 fax (+39) 06 57056275 E-mail: [email protected]
Kagera activities 2010 March‐April 10 RPC recruitment and
Project launching
18 June 10 Rome: Meeting with Permanent reps and delegates from the 4 Kagera countries
25 June 10 Rome: First FAO project task force meeting
Oct. 10 NPM recruitment
5‐7 Oct. 10 Rwanda: Project launching workshop & steering committee meeting
7 Oct. 10 Burundi: steering committee meeting
20‐21 Oct. 10 Burundi: Project launching workshop
20‐22 Oct. 10 Participated in PES workshop, Jinja, Uganda
2‐3 Nov. 10 Uganda: Project launch‐ing workshop
5 Nov. 10 Uganda: steering committee meeting
9‐17 Nov. 10 Burundi: LUS workshop
22Nov ‐ 3Dec10 Rwanda: Multi‐country LUS workshop(Rwanda, Tanzania and Uganda)
13‐17 Dec. 10 Rwanda: LADA‐WOCAT QM participatory ex‐pert assessment of LD/SLM
Kagera activities 2011
10 – 14 Jan. 11 Uganda: LADA/WOCAT QM participatory expert assessment
17‐21 Jan. 11 Burundi: LADA/WOCAT QM participatory expert assessment
2‐4 Feb. 11 Tanzania: Project launching workshop & steering committee
17‐18 March 11 Rwanda: Regional workshop and steering committee meeting
