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Concept Paper on Promotion of Upland Rice Farming |
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KADETFU
KAGERA DEVELOPMNT AND CREDIT REVOLVING FUND
A CONCEPT PAPER ON PROMOTION OF UPLAND RICE FARMING IN TANZANIA
(A PILOT PROJECT IN KAGERA, MWANZA AND COAST REGIONS) 1.0 BACKGROUND INFORMATION According to the National Strategy for Growth and Reduction of Poverty (NSGRP) (MKUKUTA), most of the communities in Tanzania live below the poverty line, the indicator being that they live below 1 US$ per day. They experience food scarcity and food insecurities overtime. Nevertheless, there are no any early warning initiatives to overcome calamities such as drought and deficiencies. In order to address this and attain MKUKUTA objectives and the Millennium Development Goals (e.g. MDG-1) Eradication of Extreme Poverty and Hunger by half by the year 2015†several interventions have to be taken that includes, eradicating hunger by ensuring food security while taking into account environmental sustainability of the land resource. |
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Report on Economic Promotion for Farmers and Fishers |
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PROJECT NO. 154/10128-FUNDED BY CORDAID
PROJECT TITLE: Economic Empowerment for Smallholder Fishers and Farmers through Alleviating Pollution of the LakeVictoria Project
SUMMARY OF THE NARRATIVE PROGRESS REPORT FOR THE PERIOD SIX MONTHS STARTING 1 ST SEPTEMBER 2004TO 28 TH FEBRUARY 2005
INTRODUCTION
In September 2004, KADETFU signed an agreement for partnership with CORDAID of The Netherlands to undertake the project entitled “Economic Empowerment of Smallholder Fishers and Farmers through Alleviating Pollution of Lake Victoria Watersâ€. This has come in after KADETFU realizing the adverse environmental impacts in the lake contributed by fishers and farmers due to many factors accelerating poverty among the community in the lake basin. To reduce the gravity of this situation, the project had and still has a final goal, which is to restore the degraded lake environment that will increase the activities to generate income to support the livelihood of small fishers and farmers’ communities on a sustainable basis. On the way to attain the final goal, the project is still on the same track as afore planned.
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WORKSHOP ON POVERTY ERADICATION |
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LAKE VICTORIA STAKEHOLDERS WORKSHOP ON POVERTY ERADICATION AMONG THE FISHING COMMUNITIES HELD AT ELCT-
BUKOBA HOTEL ON 15™ DECEMBER 2004.
1. INTRODUCTION:
A one-day technical workshop that was conducted on December 15th 2004 involved fishers from the selected villages in the project. |Various officials also attended the workshop from the Government, Religious institutions and other NGOs which execute responsibilities related to environment.
The workshop aimed at imparting sustainable fishing methods among the fishers through the following approaches.
- How to use low cost appropriate fishing gear
- Dangers of using POPs and dynamites in the Lake ecosystem and
- Imparting knowledge on sustainable fishing skills in the industry.
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ACTIVITIES 