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Case Study 1©©G. Mwaloma/ICRAF. P-NGFigure 3Predominant land-use classes in the Kapingazi Watershed in 200537°27’E37°30’En0°22’S0°25’SKapingazi River0°28’S0°31’SLegendWoody vegetation(including coffee trees)Annual crop0 1 2 3 4 5KilometresTeaMt. Kenya Forest Reserve boundaryAdapted from original map by Miika Mäkelä (ICRAF)38
PES and Eco-certification in theKapingazi watershed, Kenya-111111P-.©©G. Mwaloma/ICRAFspots include roads, footpaths, homesteads, market centres and other public areas. The erosionrisk is highest on the steep slopes of the coffee zone due to the neglect of soil and waterconservation structures as a result of low coffee profitability during the 1980s and 1990s. Theriverine corridor is used for production of food and fodder, especially during the prolonged dryseason. This creates further riverbank erosion.Dry season water flows are also becoming unreliable. As an example, in 2002, there wasa total disruption of the water supply to Embu Town, causing an outbreak of typhoid, whichclaimed several lives and resulted in a public outcry.Around Mt. Kenya, a number of initiatives are currently flourishing aimed at restoring ecosystemservices and ensuring water supply at the watershed level. Two eco-certification initiatives supportedby UTZ-certified (coffee) and the Rainforest Alliance (tea) reward farmers for environmentalprotection through soil and water conservation, prevention of water pollution, riverbank protectionand tree planting. Approximately ten percent of the coffee farmers and all the tea farmers in thecatchment are receiving premiums from the sale of eco-labelled coffee and tea.Mungania Tea Factory Ltd.The Mungania Tea Factory in the Kapingazi catchment is one of four factories in Kenya that wereincluded in a pilot certification project by the Rainforest Alliance (the others are Momul TeaFactory Company in Kericho West District, Ngere in Thika, Nyansiongo in Kisii, and Mungania inEmbu). They now sell tea at a premium in the international market and the increased income ispassed on to the small-scale farmers who are its shareholders. The Rainforest Alliance requiresthat farmers protect the natural forests within their jurisdiction and plant indigenous trees toboost forest cover. It also obligates farmers and factories to produce tea ethically by avoidingchild labour and protecting the health of workers both at the farm and factory levels.39
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