North Eastern Province and Tana River District of Kenya

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Acronym
NEPDP
Project Start
2005
Project Completion
2008
Project Status
Completed
Project Brief/Background

Geographic coverage

North Eastern Province and Tana River District of Kenya

Implementation

February 2005 — August 2008

Funding

USAID US$ 2 m

Main partners

Kenya Livestock Marketing Council (KLMC), Livestock Traders and Marketing Society of Kenya (LTMSK), Government of Kenya

Beneficiaries

Pastoralists in the Kenyan side of the Somali ecosystem

Goal

To increase the households incomes and therefore improve the livelihoods of pastoralists

Specific objective

Strengthening livestock marketing and animal health care

Project Achievements
  • Training of District Livestock Marketing Councils and LTMSK at the grassroots.
  • Development of 5-year business plans each for KLMC and LTMSK and a detailed documentation of the pastoral livestock value chain.
  • Improved advocacy ability of KLMC and LTMSK in changing policies constraining to both private sector and pastoral production.
  • Establishment of a pastoral micro-finance scheme to support small-scale livestock traders and producers to improve their enterprises.
  • Peace committees trained to become effective in conflict detection and early warning, prevention and mitigation.
  • Improved disease surveillance and animal health service delivery through provision of mobile veterinary laboratories and allied equipment.