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<font size="2" color=#06A5D1>Project period: October 2012 to December 2013 for the implementation. Documentation and learning will take a longer time, possibly until the end of 2014.</font>
==Problem statement==
* '''Role and responsibilities of other partners:''' Technical advice, program advice, capacity building.
==Description==
* To compensate people who had to abandon cultivation in the wetland area.
* '''Themes:''' 3R, food security, reforestation and soil stability
====Strategy====
The strategy will be to divide the hill into different sections. On the top of the hill, that is now only used for grazing, we will plant trees. It is expected that the type of tree Grevillea Robusta will grow productively on the top of these hills without disturbing its agricultural use. The Grevillea is planted to stabilize the soil and catch more rainwater and allow it to infiltrate into the hill slope without diminishing the opportunity for grazing cattle.
'''Specific actions taken in 2012 and 2013:''' Plant 5000 Grevillea tree seedlings in a micro basin style, planting a distance of 5 meters. Further downhill on these slopes people have started tilling the soil in a way that will not be sustainable in the long term. Agro forestry is promoted on the steeper slopes as well as soil protection measures like grass bunds, grass strips, hillside terraces and staggered trenches. The short-term effects will be retention of runoff water and soil sediments.
For the same reason, indigenous tree species (seed farmer managed) that might be used for firewood will be promoted. Uphill improvement in the banana, groundnut and coffee plantations contribute to boundary marking, so instead of trenches we promote vetiva grass or elephant grass. Additionally, terracing (Fanya juus) is already being implemented and will continue into 2013.
