Transboundary Agro-ecosystem Management Programme for the Kagera River Basin (Kagera TAMP) [project brief]

The overall goal of the Kagera TAMP is to support the adoption of an integrated ecosystems approach for the management of land resources in the Kagera Basin. This will generate local, national and global benefits including: restoration of degraded lands, carbon sequestration and climate change mitigation, agro-biodiversity conservation and sustainable use and improved agricultural production, food security and rural livelihoods. The Kagera River Basin is shared by Burundi, Rwanda, Tanzania (U.R.) and Uganda. The natural resources of the Kagera river basin support the livelihoods of some 16.5 million people, the majority rural and depending directly on farming, herding and fishing activities. However, the resource base and the ecosystems are facing increasing pressures as a result of rapid population growth, agricultural and livestock intensification due to progressive reduction in farm sizes and unsustainable land use and management practices. The basin’s land and freshwater resource base, associated biodiversity and populations whose livelihoods and food security depend on those resources, are threatened by land degradation, declining productive capacity of croplands and rangelands and deforestation and encroachment into wetlands.

Slide presentation of the TAMP
Map of the Kagera Watershed