Witima Golden Egg Case Study

Terms of Reference for EIA -
Witima Golden Egg

Group Buffalo: Stine Stetson, Astrid Høegh Jensen, Issa Kapande, Christoph Burmeister, Hayet Djebbi & Denis Devane

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Submitted June 2nd 2014
LNAK10010 Environmental Impact Assesment
University of Copenhagen

All group members has been participating in writing the entire ToR

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Table of contents
1. Introduction 3
2. Objectives of the assessment 3
3. Legislative Requirements 3
4. Institutional and public involvement 5
5. Alternatives to the project 5
6. Required information and data 6
7. Analysis of impacts 3
8. Monitoring
9. Conclusion and recommendations 4
10. Reference

Annex I 8

1. Introduction

The South Nyeri district is surrounded by small villages with a high dependency on livestocks for income generation, local milk production and cultural values. However, due to the lack of land area, fragmented landholdings, the size of livestock and high population pressure the livestock sector is limited in its production. Thus, it is very common that ruminants are kept in cut-and-carry systems. One possible way to spark economic growth within the limited area is the planned project in co-operation between Witima Golden Egg and the local NGO “...

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.... Producers are responsible for providing water for the hens and collecting the eggs twice a day from the hen houses. Witima Golden Eggs will collect eggs daily and is responsible for transport, marketing and sale. The investment in housing and storage structures, hens and running costs the first year, will be paid back by the contracted producers over a 3 year period; the producers are obliged to sell their eggs via Witima Golden Egg for at least 5 years after entering the contract. The NGO “Future Wings” will initially facilitate the contract to potential producers and organize the technical training of newly contracted producers, mainly by farmers field schools. The mid-term ambition for “Future Wings” is to include poorer households in the egg-scheme, by providing the capital needed for the initial investment, or possibly in community operated hen-houses.