Maisha Bora Food Security Programme
Project Facts
VSF Belgium; UCRT, HEIFER (co-financed by Belgian Fund for Food Security)
Case overview/description
Food insecurity, low livestock productivity, agricultural encroachment, need for land use planning and better management of communal grazing land
improved livestock keeping; support veterinary services; securing communal grazing land; rangeland management and improvement; capacity building of livestock keepers , local partner and local governments
15 villages in Simanjiro and Longido districts
Securing communal (village) grazing land following the Village Land Act and the National Land Use Planning policy: establishment of Land Use Plans and delivery of communal Certificates of Customary Rights of Occupancy
Pastoralists, Cattle (predominantly Maasai Short Horn Zebu), sheep, goats
free market (local markets and cross border trade with Kenya) and subsistence
Maasai pastoralists, local governments
Land Use Planning, Holistic grazing management, Farmer Field Schools, Community Animal Health Workers,
Outcome/ Beneficiaries/ Issues
commercialisation strategies livestock to markets
small livestock for women groups, participatory decision making
grazing management plans, natural resource governing by-laws
Mostly via platforms on rangeland management
agricultural encroachment, land grabbing for conservation purposes, population increase, droughts
Changing attitudes on optimal herd size and commercialisation is long process; establishing good participatory land use plans and grazing calendars are important tools to secure pastoralist livelihoods
Carrying capacity determination, control of invasive species
land use planning, management of communal grazing resources, livestock improvement