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Description
Description of Additional Activities to be Carried Out: The additional activities to be carried out under CRLMP are packaged into three mutually re-enforcing components as listed and summarized below under 3 components:
(i) Component 1 - Promoting Climate Resilient Livestock investments and increasing climate change adaptive capacity of livestock farmers;
(ii) Component 2 - Capacity Building on climate change Adaptation for stakeholders; and
(iii) Component 3 - Knowledge, Monitoring and Evaluation.
ComponentOutcomesOutputsActivities Component 1: Promoting Climate Resilient Livestock investments and increasing climate change adaptive capacity of livestock farmers
1.1 Livestock farmers able to cope with climate change through adoption of improved practices that enhance livelihoods;
1.1.1 Livestock farmers acquire breeds resilient?to climate change 1.1.1.1 Characterise and multiply existing known indigenous livestock species and breeds and breeding systems 1.1.2 Scale up Livestock Pass-on Scheme 1.1.1.3 Train extension officers on GIS to assess carrying capacities 1.1.2 Livestock farmers set up sustainable livestock pastures, fodder banks, rangeland and water harvesting systems 1.1.2.1 Set-up sustainable livestock pastures, fodder banks and rangelands 1.1.2.2 Establish land use plans at village level using participatory GIS 1.1.2.4 Plant fodder & fruit trees around homesteads and along the riverines; 1.1.2.4 Construct fire breaks around rangelands 1.1.2.5 Sustainable Management of existing water resources and develop alternative water sources for livestock (shallow wells, weirs, small dams, boreholes and wells) 1.1.3 Effective practises developed for the community to manage indigenous livestock 1.1.3.1 Raise awareness of the value of indigenous livestock species and breeds 1.1.3.2 Improve Community management of indigenous livestock breeds (Best practice and development of breed management manual for farmers and extension workers in local language, train extension staff and farmers and conduct exchange visits for farmers). 1.1.4 Operationalise an index-based livestock insurance (IBLI) scheme 1.1.5 Operationalise a Livestock Early Warning Information System (LEWIS) |
