pathways to increased resiliency
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Pathways to increased resiliency
Building Climate Smart Agriculture in the SahelMarch 1, 2012
• Increased pressures on rural production systems
– Restore– Intensify– Diversify
• Changed perceptions about rights to trees
– secure management rights– Able to sell wood in local
markets
• Appreciable benefits– Crop yields– Water– Firewood and poles– Fodder and NTFP
Why did farmers adopt re-greening?
• Communications and outreach– Awareness raising – Support for champions - networking– Training – demonstration – Monitoring – improved data for making the case
• Ensure favorable enabling environment– Government: decentralize and devolve – Community organizations: local agreements
governing resource access and use– Resource users: to benefit, invest in managing– Capitalize on opportunities to add value
Critical conditions for scaling up
For more information…
• CDKN Policy Brief – Niger case study• WRI World Resources 2008 – Roots of
Resilience• IFPRI 2009 Agroenvironmental transformation in
the Sahel (Chris Reij)• African Re-greening Initiative• USAID 2011 Agrilinks • Tony Rinaudo – Against the odds (Sept 2011)
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