Focus On 130 Groups That Got KCSAP Cash
Updated on: Oct 24, 2020
The Kenya Climate Smart Agriculture Project (KCSAP) has aided various groups in the county grow economically through productive engagements. Ninety (90) of the Common Interest groups (CIGs) have been funded to the tune of Kshs.420, 000 each amounting totalling to Kes. 37.8 million.
Another 40 sets of groups comprising the Vulnerable and Marginalized (VMGs) were funded with Kshs. 350, 000 each, totaling to kshs. 7million.
The farmers have been able to put the money into the selected Climate Smart Agriculture priority Value chains which including but not limited to; dairy, sheep, chicken rearing and farming of sorghum and beans. These groups have been drawn from six wards in the county including, that is, Ngobit, Segera, Tigith, olmoran, salama and Rumuruti wards as these were the most affected by climate change in the county, hence their priority.
The Laikipia county Department of Agriculture in partnership with the Kenya Climate Smart Agriculture early this year released cheques amounting to 44.8M to 110 farmers groups.
In those CIGS 15 are from Rumuruti, 13 in Olmoran, Salama 15, 22 in Ngobit,13 in tigithi,12 in Segera and Rumuruti 4,olmoran ,Salama 2,Tigithi 6,Ngobit and 2 in Segera. The matching grants support CIGs to invest in community micro-projects that focus on the following areas:
Implementation of Climate Smart Agriculture and Technology Innovation Management Practices (TIMPs) (70 percent of the proposal budget)
Livelihood diversification (20 percent of the proposal budget)
Mainstreaming nutrition (10 percent of the proposal budget)
The groups have been trained on various Agricultural practices to help them improve their livelihoods by the Extension officers. Over 90 percent of the procurement of the things needed by each group has been made.
In the sub-projects various dams have been rehabilitated including the Matwiku dam which is almost complete. Laikipia government has partnered with KCSAP on various projects within the county.
KCSAP is a Government of Kenya initiative Supported by the World Bank. The Project Development Objective is to increase agricultural productivity and build resilience to climate change risks in the targeted smallholder farming and pastoral communities in Kenya, and in the event of an Eligible Crisis or Emergency, to provide immediate and effective response.
The partnership helps in supporting smallholder farmers to adopt integrated climate-smart Technology, Innovation and Management Practices (TIMPs) and also support investments through a community-driven development approach in smallholder agro-pastoral production systems and in pastoral extensive production systems.
Another 40 sets of groups comprising the Vulnerable and Marginalized (VMGs) were funded with Kshs. 350, 000 each, totaling to kshs. 7million.
The farmers have been able to put the money into the selected Climate Smart Agriculture priority Value chains which including but not limited to; dairy, sheep, chicken rearing and farming of sorghum and beans. These groups have been drawn from six wards in the county including, that is, Ngobit, Segera, Tigith, olmoran, salama and Rumuruti wards as these were the most affected by climate change in the county, hence their priority.
The Laikipia county Department of Agriculture in partnership with the Kenya Climate Smart Agriculture early this year released cheques amounting to 44.8M to 110 farmers groups.
In those CIGS 15 are from Rumuruti, 13 in Olmoran, Salama 15, 22 in Ngobit,13 in tigithi,12 in Segera and Rumuruti 4,olmoran ,Salama 2,Tigithi 6,Ngobit and 2 in Segera. The matching grants support CIGs to invest in community micro-projects that focus on the following areas:
Implementation of Climate Smart Agriculture and Technology Innovation Management Practices (TIMPs) (70 percent of the proposal budget)
Livelihood diversification (20 percent of the proposal budget)
Mainstreaming nutrition (10 percent of the proposal budget)
The groups have been trained on various Agricultural practices to help them improve their livelihoods by the Extension officers. Over 90 percent of the procurement of the things needed by each group has been made.
In the sub-projects various dams have been rehabilitated including the Matwiku dam which is almost complete. Laikipia government has partnered with KCSAP on various projects within the county.
KCSAP is a Government of Kenya initiative Supported by the World Bank. The Project Development Objective is to increase agricultural productivity and build resilience to climate change risks in the targeted smallholder farming and pastoral communities in Kenya, and in the event of an Eligible Crisis or Emergency, to provide immediate and effective response.
The partnership helps in supporting smallholder farmers to adopt integrated climate-smart Technology, Innovation and Management Practices (TIMPs) and also support investments through a community-driven development approach in smallholder agro-pastoral production systems and in pastoral extensive production systems.
