ACHIEVEMENTS AND CHALLENGES OF CLIMATE

CHANGE ADAPTATION: A CASE OF CHOLOLO

ECOVILLAGE PROJECT IN CENTRAL TANZANIA

FOR

STRONG GROWTH, RESILIENT ECONOMY

NATIONAL CONFERENCE 12TH NOV, 2014DR FRANCIS NJAU OF IRDP

Major Problems

Impacts of climate change especially drought accelerated

Low agriculture and livestock productivity

Water shortage

Food insecurity

Deforestation

Poverty

The project aimed at reducing these problems in totality.

BUT HOW?

Climate smart agriculture innovations

Good Agricultural Practices: Proper planting time, drought tolerant seeds, spacing, thinning, weeding, community seed production

On farm rainwater harvesting through;-

Soil erosion control: Fanya Juu, contour farming, grass strips, trash lines

Soil fertility management: crop rotation, intercropping legumes, FYM, composting

Soil moisture management: Magoye ripper, Ox ridger, cover crops, contour farming

Done for 3 consecutive years 2011 – 2013 with Chololo farmers

Crop yields (kg/acre)

261

370

227 228

300

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536

323

407

351

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700

Pearl millet Sorghum Maize Sunflower Groundnuts

2011

2013

Agriculture 2013/14

LIVESTOCKGenetic Improvement of Cattle and goats

Genetic Improvement of Local Chicken

123 improved cocks introduced

123 livestock keepers sensitized

Local chicken identified as value chain of most benefit to women in Chololo

The farmers are selling chicken at a price of 8,000 – 10,000

Leather and leather goods making

WATER

Rainwater harvesting at school constructed

Solar pump replacing diesel engine water pump

Borehole repaired

Sub-surface dam constructed

Sand dam constructed

70% of village pop served

ENERGYEnergy saving stoves and Biogas plants introduced

240 energy-saving stoves and 10 biogas plants built and in use

50-70% reduction in fuel wood use, reducing women’s workload

MAJOR ACHIEVEMENTS

Chololo is now a model village for Climate change adaptation.

Household with food sufficiency increased from 29% in 2006/07

to 62% in 2012/13

General income level has increased from 585,042/= in 2012 to

690,360/= in 2014. For women income level has increased from

341,386/= to 560,344/= due to more sales of surplus crop

yields and livestock

Livelihood has improved – improved houses and clean water

Scaling up to other 3 villages of Kikombo of Dodoma Municipal

and Idifu ward of Chamwino district (54 months project )

CHOLOLO SUCCESS FACTORS

Multi-Dimensional (agric, livestock, energy, water, forestry)

Multi-Disciplinary (Govt, academia, NGOs, civil society)

Strategic Fit – with CC Strategy, NAPA, MAFSC Resilience Plan

Participation – building on community knowledge and assets

Flexibility – to innovate, diversify, learn, adapt

CHALLENGES

Scaling up to a wider geographical area

Changing people’s behaviour / resistance to change

Enforcement of existing forest protection by-laws

Community land use planning and enforcement

Low awareness and capacity of local government

Low investment in Research and Extension

OVERCOMING CHALLENGES

Incentivise local communities to take up climate change

adaptation technologies

Invest in research on affordable CC technologies

Build capacity of District Councils to plan and implement

climate change adaptation and mitigation, including CC in

District Development Plans

Develop sustainable forest exploitation and management

systems

Get tough on enforcement of environmental protection

bylaws

Thank you

FOR MORE INFORMATION

http://chololoecovillage.wordpress.com