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Strategic Analysis to inform Agricultural Policy ReSAKSS ECA stakeholder workshop, 11th June, 2012TRANSCRIPT
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ReSAKSS ECA Stakeholder Workshop
11th June, 2012
ENHANCING RESILIENCE TO CLIMATE
CHANGE IN THE HORN OF AFRICA
By Jesse T. Njoka,
Centre for Sustainable Dryland Ecosystems and Societies
University of Nairobi
Peter Kamande – Associate Consultant
Sammy Mutua – Associate Consultant
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MAP OF THE HORN OF AFRICA
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STUDY METHODOLOGY
Research questions i. What kinds of humanitarian and development interventions have been
implemented in the Horn of Africa and other dry areas of Africa?
ii. What are the medium and long-term interventions that have been supported by
the host government, development partners, NGOs and communities?
iii. What successful interventions (if any) exist that could be scaled up and what are
the main inhibiting factors to optimal take-up of these interventions?
iv. What have been the main challenges of these interventions?
v. What criteria may be used to judge interventions to be successful or not?
vi. What short-term and long-term investments are required to increase resilience of
the pastoral areas of the Horn of Africa?
vii. Given that livestock and livestock products are the main sources of livelihood for
most communities in the Horn of Africa, what tangible measures should be taken
to strengthen the sector; and by whom?
viii. Given that severe drought episodes appear to be occurring more frequently how
does that impact or change the effectiveness of what otherwise would have been
“good” policies or programs?
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Selection of study sites
Focus on drylands and pastoral & agropastoral
livelihoods
Four sites selected based on crossborder nature of
drylands in HoA. Sites were: 1) Karamoja (Turkana
area), 2) Somali/Mandera ecosystem,3) Maasai ecosystem
(Kajiado & Narok) and 4) Lower Eastern (Kitui, Mwingi and
Makueni districts)
Data collection
Review of literature e.g. on past projects, policies
Interviews with communities, experienced
professionals (NGOs, CBOs) and other stakeholders
Focus group discussions at community level
STUDY METHODOLOGY
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70% of the HOA is occupied by Drylands – 95%
in Somalia, >80% in Kenya , 60% of Uganda
and approximately 50% Tanzania
The inhabitants are among the poorest and
vulnerable people in the world
Droughts are common occurrence for centuries.
Increased vulnerability of the communities in the
region
Conflict/insecurity challenges
SOME FACTS
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FACTS CONTI---
Livelihoods in ASALs of the HoA region are at
risk from:
Rising temperatures
More intense and variable rainfalls
frequent and severe droughts
Declining land productivity
political instability and insecurity
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2010/2011 DROUGHT CRISIS IN THE HOA
The most serious drought in 60 years
14 million people affected
Mass migration and movement of people/ livestock
and further complicated by insecurity and terrorism
activities in Somalia
Serious food deficits and poor distribution system
Rising food prices- prices of staple maize have
escalated and remain high
Devastating effect on GDP growth
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Overview of land uses/resource uses in the ASALs
≈livelihoods
Livestock
Wildlife
Alternatives:
charcoal
burning
Rainfed farming
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ECOSYSTEM CHALLEGES IN HOA
Deterioration of range condition
Land tenure and property rights
Conflicts and insecurity issues
Demographic trends- Population growth-increased
pressure on natural systems
Mobility of pastoralists and livestock- mismatch
between resource tenure and land tenure
Effect of boundaries and borders- Physical vs
ecological delineations
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IMPACT OF DROUGHT OVER THE YEARS -CASE OF KENYA
6/20/2012
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IMPACT OF DROUGHT OVER THE YEARS -CASE OF KENYA
11 Relationship between drought events and GDP growth in Kenya over two decades
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Examples Past
Interventions
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6/20/2012
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KEY MESSAGES FROM PAST INTERVENTIONS –
(EFFECTIVENESS IN ENHANCING RESILIENCE)
Emergency interventions are short term in nature
Do not enhance resilience of target communities
e.g. free relief food
Most actors do not follow the Drought
Management Cycle
Past interventions have enhanced DEW efforts-
but limited uptake and late response
Poor coordination of key actors
Poor exit strategies -linking emergency
interventions with long-term development
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KEY MESSAGES
Limited funding base to upscale successful
interventions and best practices
High competition for limited funding by agencies
Most interventions are small scale in nature -
limited impact
Coordination and supervisory role by
responsible Government departments not
adequate .
Poor enforcement of Government relevant
policies e.g,( NEMA, range water management)
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1. SUCCESS FACTORS: Criteria for Judging
Best Practices
Taking into account past community experience
about what they consider successful- increases
ownership and adoption/replication.
Practices that have community involvement and
ownership
Sensitivity to culture of the local communities/
beneficiaries
Easy to replicate and build on previous community
knowledge and experience
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2. SUCCESS FACTORS: Criteria for Judging
Best Practices
Good management and good M & E
Provide results in– short term, medium and long
term timeframe e.g. enhancing long-term
productivity of the land and livestock
Sustainability of the practice once in operation and
longterm cost effectiveness
Reduce risks related to drought and climate change
events
Enhance the ability of the natural ecosystem and
communities to cope with and recover from stress
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EXAMPLES OF SUCCESS:
CASE STUDIES-
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LIVESTOCK MARKETING: CO-MANAGEMENT
Livestock marketing associations (LMA)
partnership with local authorites e.g. case in
Samburu for co-management between LMA and
county council
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multiple water solutions
boreholes
sand dams
roof catchment
rock catchment
shallow wells
run off harvesting (water ponds and
pans)
Multiple water solutions- development & management of
diverse water resources in a landscape
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Range rehabilitation-group ranches -
Laikipia
B) Range rehabilitation
in grazing land need to
be combined with
controlled grazing
A) Before rehabilitation
B) After rehabilitation
A) Range rehabilitation by
reseeding grazing
degraded areas
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PROMOTION OF WILDLIFE/LIVESTOCK
INTERACTIONS- MULTIPLE USE OF RANGELANDS
a) Livestock-wildlife shared ecosystems e.g. community conservancies
in Northern Rangeland Trust
b) Re-introduction of wildlife in historically and ecologically suited areas
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ALTERNATIVE LIVELIHOODS
Aloe farming e.g. piloted in Turkana Bee keeping e.g. several counties
in lower Eastern
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COMMUNITY ANIMAL HEALTH SERVICES
•Trained pastoralists as paravets with government support
•Community drug stores
•Link to drug distributors/companies e.g. LMA in Wajir supplies drugs
Drug store in
NamoruputhTurkana
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PAYMENT OF ENVIRONMENTAL SERVICES
• Ecotourism facilities e.g. Sasaab lodge -West Gate Conservancy (WGC)
in Samburu): community-private sector partnership model
• Payments for securing wildlife corridor e.g. Kitengela Wildlife Lease
program
Sasaab lodge, WGC, Samburu
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APPROPRIATE TECHNOLOGIES
•Solar pump for –boreholes
•Solar driers
•Wind power
•
Solar pump in Namoruputh (Turkana) with capacity of
20,000Litres/hour (Practical Action Project)
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CASES OF SOME PAST FAILURES
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Intervention Reasons for failure (lessons) Impact of failure Livestock off-take through KMC Insufficient funds Massive livestock losses
-64 billion shillings worth
of livestock died this
year alone
Kenya Livestock Development
Project Phase 1
(Commercialization of pastoral
livestock production)
Failure to understand the role of
livestock in the pastoral value
system- e.g. the pastoralist were
reluctant to release their young
calves for fattening - considered
more resilient to drought
Water resources management Poor maintenance of water
structures e.g. silted dams in dry
land areas
Poor citing of boreholes
High cost of maintenance of
equipment e.g. due to frequent
breakdowns especially during
water –stress
Stalled water facilities
Range degradation
around water points
Sedenterization trend
Interventions that have failed or performed poorly
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Intervention Reasons for failure (lessons) Impact of failure
Contingency funding Untimely disbursement of funds-
comes in too late when damage
has already taken place making it
more.
Contributed to cycle of
humanitarian crisis
makes it difficulty for
communities to recover
Livestock Group ranches Mismanagement,
land tenure challenges
Inequitable benefits to members-
those who held bigger herds
benefited more
Collapse of group
ranches; leading to
subdivision of group
ranches;
Threatens extensive
nomadic livestock
production.
Land degradation
Bee keeping Cultural problem/ issues –
pastoralist still attached to
livestock
Technical problems- e.g. design of
bee hives, processing
Honey production below
capacity
Interventions that have failed or performed poorly
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Intervention Reasons for failure (lessons) Impact of failure
Range rehabilitation Land Tenure system challenges
e.g. in Baringo district
Pilot basis - No up-scaling
Community Conservancy approach Land tenure /access challenges
e.g. access for land at the Pokot-
Samburu border
Benefit sharing- lack of clear
formulae
Exacerbated conflicts/
Resource based
Irrigation Wrong technology e.g. Diesel
pumps
Increased food insecurity
Early warning system Failure to integrate modern early
warning with traditional
knowledge (which is trusted)
Poor packaging of early warning
information-
Poor mode of dissemination of
information e.g. bulletins are not
as effective as radio messages
Poor up-take of EWMs and
Information from KMD
Massive livestock loses
Interventions that have failed or performed poorly
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LESSONS LEARNT FROM PAST HUMANITARIAN $
DEVELOPMENT INTERVENTIONS
HOA livelihood interventions should be informed by wider
cross border ecosystem functions and pastoral identities
Building community structures/ institutions -increases
the local capacity to manage droughts and respond to
emergencies
Multi-stakeholder approach to disaster management
leads to improved responses through enhanced funding
and sharing of experiences and best practices
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Heavy livestock losses- some pastoral families are
forced to transit from nomadic life to crop farming
Women role in enhancing resilience - by
empowerment through credit facility schemes and
support for income generating activities
Facilitation to access grazing and watering resources
through inter and intra community negotiation is an
important adaptation strategy
Climate change impacts like drought aggravate
resource-based conflicts
LESSONS LEARNT CONTI…….
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POLICY AND INSTITUTIONAL CHALLENGES
Factors undermining effectiveness of climate change resilience
•Dis-jointed government policies due to sectoral approach
•CCA measures NOT yet mainstreamed in most sectoral policies
• Long legislative process for policy enactment and political intrigues e.g. delay in
enacting ASAL policy In Kenya
•Ignorance and lack of awareness of policy reforms – due to top down approach
•Weak policy enforcement by relevant government departments
•Cross border sharing of resources for CCA not well understood by policy makers across
the HOA region
• Biased policies - e.g. policies that favor agric at the expense of pastoralism in ASALs,
WTO policies favor comparative advantage agric. at the expense smallscale indigenous
cropping
•Lack of policies on value of dryland resources and ecosystems in the HOA
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POLICY AND INSTITUTIONAL CHALLENGES CONTI--
Factors undermining effectiveness of climate change resilience
Weak government coordination of actors and interventions
Weak pastoral and agro-pastoral institutions e.g. cannot
effectively enforce agreements Limited capacity (human and financial) and knowledge among
actors in CCA approaches
Corruption and weak governance (e.g. recent case of WB-
funded ALRMP)
Lack of political will and political interference in development
and humanitarian work
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CONCLUSIONS & RECOMMENDATIONS
Responding to CC require long term –approaches
Actors must appreciate dynamics /trends in
pastoralism
Need to distinguish adaptation initiatives that
enhance resilience of communities from those
that undermine their resilience .
Pastoralists must be supported to maintain the
extraordinary resilience inherent to their traditional
way of life.
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CONCLUSIONS AND RECOMMENDATIONS
CONT’D
Government should provide leadership in vetting interventions which may undermine or enhance resilience in the long term
Support programs that address conflicts and insecurity in the HOA
Build on natural resource management to enhance community resilience to climate change.
Strengthen non-livestock based interventions to diversify livelihoods and enhance resilience to CC
Future programs and projects should build on past interventions in the ASALs
Community participation is key to building their resilience to climate change
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CONCLUSION & RECOM CONTI…..
Legislation of key policies eg. Disaster
management policy , ASAL policy
Support community managed disaster risk
reduction
Support CBEWS- Early warning information
dissemination through local media
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WAY FORWARD: INVESTMENTS FOR ENHANCING
RESILIENCE TO CLIMATE CHANGE
Proposed investments for enhancing resilience to climate change:
Strengthen livestock-based livelihoods to improve household food
security and incomes
Improved water management practices particularly water harvesting
technologies
Practices that reduce land degradation and increase land productivity
and ecosystem resilience
Capacity building of local institutions and communities to strengthen
local level adaptation/coping mechanisms
Infrastructure development: road networks, communication and social
amenities
Disaster risk management due to increased frequency and magnitude of
disasters e.g. community-based disaster risk reduction
Supporting and strengthening activities of enterprise-based interventions
such as the village cooperative banks and livestock marketing
associations
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PRINCIPLES FOR RESILIENCE PROGRAMMING
Core principles identified by development specialists (Frankenberger T.,
Campbell J., Njoka J.T., Spangler T., & S. Nelson, 2012):
i. Support a change, over time, in the balance of effort and resources
from humanitarian assistance toward disaster risk management, climate
change adaptation, livelihood support and social protection;
ii. Recognize and respond to the different needs, capabilities and
aspirations of different people, especially those of the most
vulnerable groups (women, children, orphans, elderly, displaced);
iii. Build the capacity of formal and informal institutions for equitable
natural resource management, conflict mitigation and social protection;
iv. Advocate for and promote improved governance among
government institutions and civil society by supporting responsive
policies, transparent resource allocation and greater accountability;
v. Inform coherent policy formulation and programme design that
responds to ongoing change in environmental, social and economic
conditions;
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PRINCIPLES FOR RESILIENCE PROGRAMMING
vi. Enable community participation by identifying and engaging
customary institutions and valuable forms of traditional knowledge for
coping with climate variability;
vii. Promote empowerment of women by creating greater opportunity for
their involvement in key institutions and decision-making processes;
viii.Be owned at the country level by linking with national policies and
investment plans consistent with the CAADP and the Hyogo Framework
for Action;
ix. Build effective partnerships that draw on the comparative advantages
of a wide range of stakeholders; and
x. Do no harm: Ensure that neither humanitarian responses nor
development initiatives undermine the ability of vulnerable populations
to achieve livelihood security over the long-term.
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