Sugar Cane And Indigenous People - Sucre Ethique

16poverty levels of the populations in the proposed project area could push peopleto stop producing subsistence crops in favour of cash crops. The resultant effectcould be greater dependence on food relief from government and humanitarianagencies should the price of bought food increase to prohibitive levels in thefuture.• The river delta is also a source of other food products especially the alligators,the water lilies, the crocodiles and the hippos. The Pokomo living in the delta eatcrocodiles and consume a lot of marine resources. The indigenous populationstands to lose these benefits if the sugarcane project takes off.• The indigenous communities would lose their rights of access to land and foodresources as the land owner (sugarcane) would have exclusive rights to the landin the delta including the areas bordering the river banks.In sum, the sugar project would adversely affect the livelihood systems of the indigenouscommunities and thus expose them to losses of property, cultural identity and heritage. Itis also evident that the proponents of the project have engaged in limited fashion withindigenous communities and what they feel or say.For more information Appendix 1 “Tana river project and environmental protection”EthiclIndigenous People-ETHICAL-SUGAR