Tana Delta Irrigation Project, Kenya: An Environmental Assessment

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Rehabilitation of the Tana Delta Irrigation Project, Kenya: An Environmental Assessment. Market Linkages and Investment Vehicles External versus internal needs (determined from focal groups) are summarised as follows: Internal supply Tilled crops Fruit crops Fish Poultry Goats Cattle/sheep (Orma only) Honey Firewood Building materials/thatch/rope Limited charcoal Other wood-related raw materials Micro-finance (merry-go-round) External supply (cash market) Sugar / tea / rice Salt Cooking oil Posho mill Generator Diesel Kerosene Doctor/medicine Clothes School education Market/personal transport Corrugated iron (‘mabati’) Roof timbers Nails Mattresses Radio Bicycle * Malindi preferred due to lower prices, if the opportunity arises Market location Garsen* Garsen Garsen Malindi Malindi Garsen Garsen Garsen Garsen* Local Garsen Malindi Malindi Malindi Garsen Garsen* Garsen* The above chart shows a relatively limited reliance on outside supplies, limited to essential staples. This is largely a factor of distance combined with lack of transport. In addition, investment options are limited to: 1. Livestock (Orma) 2. Postbank savings (Garsen) – cheaper than conventional bank 3. Village business e.g. food kiosk, hotel, posho mill (no outside business) Coping strategies The following two tables summarise focal group information concerning survival, or coping, mechanisms utilised by households during stress periods (which typically occur particularly in the long-dry season each year). Table 3 indicates mechanism types and importance, and includes perceived trend in availability/viability. Of note is that some 50% of mechanisms are seen to be in decline, with no alternative replacement. Table 4 summarises mechanism sources. The latter indicates that the forests play a vital role in coping strategies, followed by the Tana River and associated lakes. The dry land woodlands (‘Gubani’) beyond the floodplain area are also important (being the dominant source of building poles); whilst casual employment by TARDA is also an important coping mechanism (however, the value of the latter as a viable coping mechanism source has been severely compromised due to delayed (up to one year) and/or partial payment for labour carried out). 9
Rehabilitation of the Tana Delta Irrigation Project, Kenya: An Environmental Assessment. Table 3: Household coping mechanisms during stress periods (income generators, unless otherwise stated). H=high reliance M=medium reliance L=low reliance Blank=no reliance Village Group/ Tribe Livestock** Share food* Fish** Water lilies* Building poles Firewood Charcoal burning Weaving mats Edible forest foods* Rope Honey** Casual labour (TARDA) Banana** Mango** Kulesa Pokomo L L M L L L L L L L Bfumbwe Pokomo H L H L L L L Sailoni Pokomo L M L L L L L M Wema Pokomo L L M L L L L L L L H Hewani Pokomo L L M L L L L L L Baandi Orma H M L L L L L Frequency 1 1 5 3 6 6 6 6 4 3 3 6 1 cited RESOURCE SUPPLY TREND * for home consumption ** for both home consumption and sale Table 4: Summary of coping sources cited across villages: Activity Frequency cited % of options Forest products (‘Madzini’ or ‘floodplain’ forests) 23 51 Lakes/river 7 16 Forest products (‘Gubani’ or dry land forests/woodlands) 5 11 Casual labour (TARDA) 5 11 Agriculture 2 4 Livestock (Orma) 1 2 Relief food 1 2 Share food 1 2 LIVELIHOOD VULNERABILITY AND CONSTRAINTS ASSESSMENT Vulnerability Vulnerability can be assessed from three measures: 1. Key informants assessment of distribution of population between wealth levels within each village (also used to stratify the household forest survey sample) 2. A simple set of four standard vulnerability indicators, measured by the household survey: housing; food supply; income options; and capacity to school children 3. Village focal group discussion results A. Key informant vulnerability results The distribution of village populations across three wealth categories – poor, medium, rich – was estimated by key informants from each village, as follows: Table 5: Distribution of village populations amongst wealth categories % Poor % Medium % Rich Bfumbwe 50 43 7 Hewani 47 40 13 Kulesa 75 21 4 Sailoni 64 24 12 Wema 71 24 5 Baandi 60 30 10 Average across villages 61 30 9 10
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