Upper Tana Catchment Natural Resource Management Project (UTaNRMP)

To contribute to reduction of rural poverty in the Upper Tana river catchment

COUNTRY/REC Kenya

PROJECT COVERAGE Single-country

PROJECT PERIOD March 2012 - December 2022

PROJECT SITE Embu, Kirinyaga, Meru, Murang'a, Nyeri, Tana River, Tharaka-Nithi

Implementing agencies, partners, and budget (USD)

# Agency / Partner Budget
1 Ministry of Water, Sanitation and Irrigation (MWSI)
2 IFAD 33,000,000.00
3 Spanish Trust Fund 17,000,000.00
4 Local Community 7,500,000.00

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 57,500,000.00 0 0
Governmental 11,300,000.00 0 0
Other 0 0 0
Total 68,800,000.00 - 0
Project Goal

To contribute to reduction of rural poverty in the Upper Tana river catchment

Project Objectives

To increase sustainable food production and incomes for poor rural households living in the project area

Sustainable management of natural resources for provision of environmental services

Project Outputs

Rural communities empowered for sustainable management of natural resources

Natural resource-based rural livelihoods sustainably improved

Land, water and forest resources sustainably managed for the benefit of the local people and the wider community

Project effectively and efficiently managed

Project activities

Improved management and use of water and other natural resources

Capacity building for farming communities

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

Project challenges

Human-wildlife conflicts

Availability of potable water

Food security with regards to use of traditional food crops especially in the arid and semi-arid areas

Media

PHOTOS
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Contact (implementing agency)

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