Bomet County, Kenya
SDCP is an IFAD supported project aimed at commercialization of smallholder dairy and dairy products through the market oriented dairy enterprises (MODE) approach in nine counties of Nakuru, Kisii, Bungoma, Nyamira, Lugari, Nandi North, Trans Nzoia, Uasin Gishu and Bomet in Western Kenya. IFAD and UN Habitat thru GLTN have established a partnership under the “Land and Natural Resources Tenure Learning Initiative for East and Southern Africa (TSLI-ESA) to document, test and share tools and approached that can strengthen land and natural resources tenure in IFAD-supported projects and programmes. GLTN, together with SDCP and RECONCILE plan to implement the application of STDM in an agro-pastoral setting.
Although STDM has been applied mostly in urban and peri-urban areas, SDCP and RECONCILE hope to utilize STDM to document land and tenure issues through various dairy groups to ensure access and security of tenure for the poor rural farmers and ensure they are better able to increase their yields and productivity. STDM will also map communal water points and grazing lands to protect them from encroachment and ensure controlled grazing.
IFAD, Smallholder Dairy Commercialization Programme (SDCP), Resource Conflict Institute (RECONCILE)
