REPORT ON THE DEVELOPMENT AND USE OF MANUALS AND ASSOCIATED SELECTION TOOLS FOR TREE SPECIES AND MANAGEMENT OPTIONS FOR AGROFORESTRY INTERVENTIONS IN THE LAKE TANGANYIKA BASIN July 2012 World Agroforestry Centre (ICRAF). PO Box 30677-00100, Nairobi, Kenya http://www.worldagroforestry.org CONTENTS Executive Summary .......................................................................................................................................4 1. Background............................................................................................................................................6 2. About the ‘Useful Trees for the Lake Tanganyika Basin Toolkits’............................................................7 2.1. How were the ‘Useful Trees for the Lake Tanganyika Basin Toolkits’ developped .........................7 2.2. How does the Toolkit work?..................................................................................................................8 2.1.1. Utilities filter tool...................................................................................................................................8 2.1.2. The biophysical-profile information tool ...............................................................................................9 2.1.3. The Databases access tool..................................................................................................................9 2.3. How can the ‘Useful Trees for the Lake Tanganyika Basin Toolkit’ practically help local farmers? ...10 2.4. What are the limitations of the tools and how to address them? ....................................................10 3. Tool testing fieldwork in the demonstration sites of the Lake Tanganyika Basin ..................................11 3.1. Methodology.........................................................................................................................................11 3.1.1. Tool testing fieldwork: ........................................................................................................................11 3.1.2. Rapid Market Appraisal......................................................................................................................12 3.2. DRC Tool testing fieldwork .................................................................................................................12 3.2.1. Tool testing fieldwork .........................................................................................................................12 3.2.2. Output of the tool testing fieldwork.....................................................................................................14 3.3. Zambia Tool testing fieldwork.............................................................................................................15 3.3.1. Tool testing fieldwork .........................................................................................................................15 3.3.2. Rapid Market Appraisal in Zambia.....................................................................................................17 3.3.3. Output of the tool testing fieldwork.....................................................................................................18 3.4. Tanzania Tool Testing Fieldwork ………. .........................................................................................19 3.4.1. Tool testing fieldwork .........................................................................................................................19 3.4.2. Rapid Market Appraisal in Tanzania..................................................................................................21 3.4.3. Output of the tool testing fieldwork.....................................................................................................21 4. The way forward...................................................................................................................................22 Annex 1 List of the tree species in the Useful Trees for the Lake Tanganyika Toolkit’ in each country .........24 Annex 2 Sources of scientific and technical references used in compiling the Useful Trees for the Lake Tanganyika Toolkits .......................................................................................................................25 Annex 3 List of farmers interviewed in the tool testing fieldwork .................................................................27 Annex 4 French User Guide to The Useful Trees for Lake Tanganyika Basin Toolkit, and the DRC Field Manual Annex 5 English User Guide to The Useful Trees for Lake Tanganyika Basin Toolkit, and the Tanzania and Zambia Field Manuals 2 List of Tables Table 1 Summary of the tool testing interviews conducted in Uvira catchment, DRC....................................................1 Table 2 Summary of interviews conducted for tool testing in the Mpulungu district in Northern Zambia .....................16 Table 3 Summary of interviews conducted for the Rapid Market Appraisal in the Mpulungu district Northern Zambia .......................................................................................................................................................................17 Table 4 Summary of interviews conducted for tool testing in the Kigoma region in Tanzania .....................................20 Table 5 Summary of interviews conducted in the Kigoma region for the Rapid Market Appraisal .................................1 List of plates Plate 1 Tool testing interview with a farmer in Kijaga, Uvira, DRC.................................................................................1 Plate 2 View of the upper catchment of the Mugaja during fieldwork in the Kalimabenge catchment near Shenge, Uvira, DRC. Photo E. Smith............................................................................................................................1 Plate 3 Visit to the nursery in Kirungu during the fieldwork in the Kalimabenge catchment, Uvira, 2012. Photo D. Kilola................................................................................................................................................................1 Plate 4 Focus group discussion held in Kasakalawe, Mpulungu Zambia (photos by C. Nsomfi) ...................................1 Plate 5 Cross checking information with farmers about trees from the ‘Know your trees Zambia’ book in Mbete, Mpulungu Zambia (Photo by S. Mwiya) ..........................................................................................................1 Plate 6 Tool testing with a lady farmer in Mbete, Mpulungu Zambia (Photo by S. Mwiya)...........................................1 Plate 7 Interviewing a farmer during the RMA in Mwananboco, Mpulungu, Zambia, Photo E. Smith..........................1 Plate 8 Tool testing interview with a farmer in Titiye, Kasulu, Tanzania Photo A. Kuria ................................................1 Plate 9 Interview with a farmer during the RMA with a farmer in Titiye, Kasulu, Tanzania Photo E. Smith ...................1 3 Executive Summary This report synthesizes the research work conducted by the World Agroforestry Centre in developing, customising, and testing recommendations for tree selection and management in the Demonstrations Sites located in DRC Zambia and Tanzania, to promote the adoption of sustainable agroforestry practices under the Lake Tanganyika Regional Integrated Management and Development Programme (LTRIMDP). Using a novel approach combining local and scientific knowledge concerning trees and ecosystem services, the World Agroforestry Centre (ICRAF) created an innovative toolkit suited to the different sites in the Lake Tanganyika Basin to support the design of agroforestry interventions to reduce soil erosion and sedimentation and improve livelihoods. The ‘Useful Trees for the Lake Tanganyika Basin Toolkit’ encompasses a number of simple electronic tools with information customised from ground-truthing participatory fieldwork and several workshops conducted in each of the three countries over the period 2010 to 2012, combined with scientific and technical knowledge. The Toolkit is designed to help extension agents, natural resource managers and users within the different catchment areas make decisions about selecting and managing suitable trees for planting or assisting natural regeneration. Decisions are guided by matching community needs and site conditions with specific local trees (native and exotic) that provide a wide range of key products and environmental services. The Toolkit is a tangible product that the LTRIMDP is keen to leave with local communities through trained extension agents and community leaders, to foster successful tree planting interventions, tailored according to different farmers’ preferences and farm conditions around the Lake Basin. Having successfully tested the different tools with a total of 130 individual farmers, the World Agroforestry Centre refined the Toolkit and the associated User Guide and produced a series of customized Field Manuals on Tree Selection and Management for each country, in English for Zambia and Tanzania, and in French for the DRC component. The Field Manual and Toolkit are to be disseminated to local agricultural, forestry and environmental extension services and community leaders, and is expected to serve as an important local reference guide beyond the life span of the programme and to contribute to scaling out sustainable agroforestry interventions