Inclusive Green Growth for Agrarian Farmers in Lower Mngeta, Kilombero District

Agriculture expansion and human settlement in the Kilombero valley of Southern Tanzania has severed wildlife corridors connecting the World Heritage site of Selous Game Reserve with the Udzungwa Mountains. As a result people and wildlife are increasingly in conflict over access to resources. Focusing on an area at the boundary of the Kilombero Nature Reserve, the solution involves a sequential process of working with the villagers, local authorities and nature reserve to plan for human activities and wildlife needs at a landscape scale, helping farmers improve their production and market access for cocoa through better tree stock and links to private sector operators, and mobilising village environment committees to reforest degraded areas using the ROAM methodology. The aim is to create a cycle of sustained interventions that are internally incentivised through market driven mechanisms and good governance. The approach is being shared through SAGCOT and Nane Nane agriculture fair.