Resilient Natural resource Management for tourism and growth project (REGROW)

To improve management of natural resources and tourism assets in priority areas of Southern Tanzania and to increase access to alternative livelihood activities for targeted communities

COUNTRY/REC Tanzania

PROJECT COVERAGE Single-country

PROJECT PERIOD January 2018 - September 2023

PROJECT SITE Mbarali, Mbeya

Implementing agencies, partners, and budget (USD)

# Agency / Partner Budget
1 Ministry of Natural Resources and Tourism
2 World Bank 150,000,000.00

Project scheme and budget (USD)

Project budget (USD) Rice component share (%) Rice component budget (USD)
Technical Assistance 0 0 0
Grant 0 0 0
Loan 150,000,000.00 9 13,500,000.00
Governmental 0 0 0
Other 0 0 0
Total 150,000,000.00 - 13,500,000.00
Project Goal

To improve management of natural resources and tourism assets in priority areas of Southern Tanzania and to increase access to alternative livelihood activities for targeted communities

Project Objectives

Strengthen management and improve infrastructure in priority Protected Areas

Strengthen alternative livelihoods for targeted communities in proximity to the priority Protected Areas

Strengthen landscape management and infrastructure investments in and upstream of the Ruaha National Park

Project management, institutional strengthening, quality assurance and control, and monitoring and evaluation

Project activities

Improve PA infrastructure

Strengthen management capacity and infrastructure maintenance of PAs

Strengthen Destination Southern Tanzania

Improve the governance framework of conservation-related community-based initiatives

Enhance alternative community livelihoods by improving economic opportunities and linking them with the conservation of wildlife and landscapes

Skills development for local access to jobs in tourism and conservation

Assess and implement infrastructure measures to augment dry season flows to the RUNAPA

Improve the efficiency of irrigation systems

Catchment conservation activities in selected sub-basins

Support the consensus-building process for land and water management and climate change adaptation in the Usangu plains

RICE Approach: Areas of contribution by the project

Resilience Industrialization Competitiveness Empowerment
R1: Area under irrigation
I1: Capacity of industrial mills
C1: Share of local rice
E1: Access to financial services
R2: Quantity of resilient seeds
I2: Mechanization ratio
C2: Quantity of high-yielding seeds
E2: Access to technical services

SIEM

Policy / Institutional Infrastructure Human Resource Capacity Provision of Equipments or services Knowledge / Research
Seed
Fertilizer
Irrigation / water management
On-farm technology transfer
Mechanization
Quality Improvement
Access to market
Access to credit
Overall policy tools

Crosscutting

Women

Youth

Nutrition

Climate Change

Food system

Contact (implementing agency)

CARD
Enos E. Esikuri
  • Team Leader