Fodder crop production for drought management - Mandera County

Project Facts

Date
01/01/2006
Payment Mechanisms / Support

Volunteering personell, County government funding, NOPED Kenya, Constituency Development Funds (CDF) and

Country
Kenya
Region
SSA (Sub-Saharan Africa)
Site
Kenya, Mandera (Rhamu, Sala, Lafey & Rahamu Dimtu)
Contact

Abisalane Elmi +254738300999, Ehagi Daniel +254714163243



Case overview/description

Main Challenges
Improve sustainable livestock production, Restoring grassland, Sustainable grassland management
Starting point/ Challenges

Community lacks basic knowledge, lack of good animal feeds & long term spells of drought

Purpose/ Objectives addressed, Results expected

To provide pasture to animals belonging to pastrolists during drought seasons, Create a mechanism of increasing pasture for animals.

Type of Case
Research, Capacity building
Agroecological zone
Semi-arid (75 < x < 180 LGP)
Exploring potentials / Specific Payments

Value addition, community outreach

Land area size (km2)
5 ha
Land ownership
Mixed private/collective
Livestock system
Grazing
Livestock Type
Cattle, Camels, Goats, Other, Sheep
Comment livestock systems

rangeland

camels, goats, poultry, sheep & cattle

Operating environment

free market

Participants in the case/project

Community, consultants; government

Methods / Approaches applied to reach objectives

Irrigation schemes set up, giving community members fodder crop to plant on their farms / space; training youth on sustainability

Outcome/ Beneficiaries/ Issues

Sustainability regarding economic issues

Value addition to farm production, selling camel milk to urban centers.

Sustainability regarding social issues

Water points serve as meeting points,

Sustainability regarding ecological issues

Planting of vegetation, use of green energy

Knowledge Exchange

Farmers meetings, extension officers

Key Conflicts / Problems

Human animal conflict, drought, seasonal rivers, long distance to fetch / draw water

Lessons learnt

Drought, Insecurity; storage of fodder for the dry season

Research Gaps

Dissemintaion of information, lack of basic skills of fodder crop farming.



Keywords

Fodder, Camels, drought

Source of information
National Drought Management Authorty, Constituency Development Fund; County Intergrated Development Plan.
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