The Role of Different Groups in Managing Rural Change
- Rural areas are home to billions of people across the world
- There is an increasing focus on making the rural areas sustainable
- There are many stakeholders who have a interest and role in managing sustainable rural change;
- National and local government
- Intergovernmental Organisations (IGOs)
- Non-Governmental Organisations(NGOs)
- Local communities
- Some stakeholders will also be decision makers such as government and land owners
- All projects and strategies aim to make rural areas sustainable and improve people's quality of life
Role of Stakeholders in Managing Rural Change
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Upper Tana Catchment Natural Resource Management Project
- Funded by the Government of Kenya. a loan from IFAD and a Spanish Trust Fund as well as contributions from the local community
- Cost US$69 million
- The aim of the project is to reduce rural poverty in the Upper Tana River catchment through:
- Empowering communities to sustainably manage resources
- Improving incomes and living standards
- Improving sustainable management of water
- Includes over 200,000 rural homes
- Micro grants available for community-led activities such as irrigation, fisheries, agriculture
- The impact:
- Training for local communities on sustainable practices including bee-keeping, tree nursery management, fish farming
- 749 km of trees and seedlings planted to stabilise river banks
- 115,000 people now have access to clean water
- Two water laboratories now monitor water quality
- 2,138 hectares of forest have been rehabilitated
- 91 community workers trained to make energy-saving devices
- 40% decrease in the use of fuelwood
