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CO- Oxam Novib
General
The overall objective of this project is to contribute to the empowerment of local Oxfam partners in the sound management of ecosystems and resilience to the effects of climate change.Land degradation and the persistent decline in fertility of already poor and acidic soils are the main obstacles to agricultural productivity in Burundi. The high population density and the high rate of demographic growth (over 3% / year; Population projections 2010-2050 National and Provincial Level, ISTEEBU; April 2017) exert enormous pressure on the use of cultivable land. This pressure is all the stronger as agriculture remains the main occupation of the majority of the Burundian population, cultivating small plots (0.5 ha / family), which cover about 50% of the territory. Climate change is worsening the situation as Burundi's capacity to cope with climate shocks remains extremely low.In addition, the high demographics of thepopulation lead to reduced soil fertility through overexploitation of existing agricultural areas and increased use of marginal land for agriculture, in addition to deforestation and loss of biodiversity. The lack of adequate management of soil fertility at the family farm scale and at the landscape scale favors the maintenance of the vicious circle of land degradation with the consequent drop in productivity. agriculture, farmers' incomes and food and nutrition security of farm households.The main implementing partners of the project are: Oxfam in Burundi and its local partners who have a perfect understanding of the challenges and possibilities of Burundian agriculture thanks to their strong involvement in the agricultural sector, both scientific and practical. scale of the individual family farm, group, IGG (mutual aid and solidarity groups) and/ or cooperative.This project will focus its actions on the empowerment of local partners so that they can scale the achievements of the PRCCRCC project of the 1st phase by basing itself above all on the hill community visions developed in collaboration with the beneficiaries as well as actions linked to agroecology on familyfarms. The focus will be on three sectors: ecological agriculture (choice of agricultural inputs, cultivation techniques, post-harvest techniques, packaging and marketing), energy and the political framework. Ecological agriculture: the project will focus on theuse of organic matter, biofertilizers, bio pesticides to increase family production, erosion control through soil protection and agroforestry systems; valorization of biomass and increase of soil fertility; intensification of peasant food crops and promotion of cover crops resilient to climate change, development of short-cycle varieties, reduction of the use of synthetic agricultural inputs;reduction of losses and runoff of rain and residual water as well as optimization of its use for agricultural purposes. Energy: this involves the promotion of improved mobile and fixed wood and charcoal stoves, as well as action research on other technologies and the use of other energy sources. Political framework: this mainly involves improving communication through information, training and research and development to strengthen the capacities of stakeholders at all levels in taking into account the effects of climate change and promoting agroecology at the central (public policies, sector strategies, etc.) and local (communities, local communitydevelopment plans, communities, etc.) level, based on the popularization of the advances already made (establishment of a legal framework, institutional framework, the various tools and structures, etc.). The project will also work in participatory action research to find with the beneficiaries mechanisms, technologies and other tools that can be valued at the local level to mitigate the effects of climate change on households and the promotion of agroecology. These mechanisms will focus on agroecology, energy, water management and organic products. Indeed, it has been observed that mechanisms aiming at resilience have been developed in certain cases to counter the possible effects of climate change (seed stock, staggered sowing, commercial breeding, etc.) but the field of investigation remains quite wide. especially with regard to water management, maintenance of soil fertility.
Côte d'Ivoire - Economic Governance and Growth Support Programme (PAGEC)
General
The Economic Governance and Growth Support Program (PAGEC) was initiated to strengthen the macroeconomic framework in Côte d'Ivoire through strengthening the efficiency and transparency of public finance management. It is a one-time budget support program over the 2017-2018 period that will help maintain the stability of the macroeconomic framework by absorbing part of the country's financing gap in 2017. The PAGEC will consolidate and expand the structural reforms undertaken in recent years to improve public financial management and promote strong, diversified and inclusive growth. In addition, it will support actions which improve the business climate and support reforms to enhance tenure security and governance of the cocoa sector. The overall cost of the program is estimated at UA 156,815,000 for a total duration of 12 months. The two components of the program are (i) enhancing the efficiency and transparency of public financial management; and (ii) diversification of the sources of growth of the Ivorian economy.
Objectives
The overall objective of the program is to strengthen the effectiveness of public financial management and maintain sustained and inclusive growth. The specific objective of the program is to enhance the efficiency and transparency of public financial management and to consolidate strong, diversified and inclusive growth.
Target Groups
The PAGEC is a program that will benefit all Ivorian populations.
Côte d’Ivoire - Social Inclusion and Cohesion Enhancement Support Programme (PARICS)
General
The Value Chains Development Project in Indénié-Djuablin Region (PDC-ID) was designed because of, not only the high level of poverty, but also the need to consolidate the gains of the current Agricultural Infrastructure Support Project in Indénié-Djuablin Region (PAIA-ID) activities in order to enhance the sustainability of the project’s impact and trigger a new impetus driven by the private sector and geared towards agribusiness. Therefore, the intervention is urgently needed to help create an enabling framework for the development of an agropole in the Eastern Region. The project will also provide institutional support for actors of value chains and establish frameworks for exchange and cooperation between all actors of a value chain. Its total cost is estimated at UA 4.8 million. The project’s main deliverables are as follows: Support for the production of high-quality seeds, drilling of 30 market gardening wells and installation of irrigation equipment for an area of 50 ha, procurement of 100 tricycles, 20 lorries and 10 tractors, building of 32 km of farm-to-market roads, procurement of 60 farm produce processing units, 4 cold storage units, support to secure land tenure rights over produce-processing sites, training/formation of youth and women’s groups, installation of 7 modern honey-extraction units, establishment of platforms for the rice, banana, maize and vegetable sub-sectors, assistance in the preparation of microprojects, and establishment of a fund for the development of the various sub-sectors. It will have two components: (i) value chain development; and (ii) project management.
Objectives
The project's sector goal is to contribute to food and nutrition security, and create shared wealth. Its specific objective is to increase the income of actors of the selected value chains.
Target Groups
The project beneficiaries are actors of the targeted value chains organized in groups or cooperatives, and private operators with SME status. The project will directly benefit 9 750 beneficiaries, 80% of them women (heads of seed production farms, processing units, beekeeping units, transport facilities), representing about 20 400 people in total (including family members) and about 13 000 indirect beneficiaries (farmers benefiting from high-yield seeds, cuttings and seedlings of cassava, and yam, and farmers benefiting from processing units). The project will indirectly benefit about 50 000 persons (including those impacted by farm-to-market roads).
Côte d'Ivoire - Economic Governance and Growth Support Programme (PAGEC)
General
The Social Inclusion and Cohesion Enhancement Support Programme (PARICS) mainly seeks to support Cote d’Ivoire in its efforts to restore social cohesion, improve social inclusion. It address the social and psychological damage caused by the past conflict, as well as nip conflicts in the bud to guarantee greater political stability and more equitable economic growth. The PARICS will support structural reforms and expenditure aimed at consolidating land rights, ensuring the social and economic reintegration of ex-combatants, and contributing to psycho-medical care for victims of the conflict period. The programme comprises three components, namely: (a) socio-economic integration of ex-combatants in trades that generate decent incomes; (b) support for resolution of the causes of inter-community conflicts and care for victims; and (c) support for coordination, community participation and transparency.
Objectives
PARICS seeks to support Cote d’Ivoire’s efforts to restore social cohesion and improve social inclusion. Specifically, the programme covers activities relating to the reintegration of ex-combatants and strengthening of dialogue and social cohesion by providing psycho-social and psycho-medical care to the most affected groups.
Target Groups
The final programme beneficiaries are the entire Ivorian population. The programme will restore social cohesion in the country through several actions mainly ensuring the social integration of ex-combatants socially, providing support to conflict and GBV victims, etc. Specifically, the programme beneficiaries are therefore 15,500 heads of households, including at least 3,700 women, who will earn decent incomes, and 3.5 million inhabitants of conflict-prone zones whose land ownership rights will be recognized, and who will therefore enjoy peaceful relations with the other communities.
Rural Development: Project to Support Development in the Menabe and Melaky Regions - Phase II
General
The overall objective of the Project is to improve the access of rural poor in the management of land and water resources for sustainable secure incomes of small farmers and sustainable improvement of the productive base. The specific objectives are to support: (i) the policy and the institutional and regulatory processes of land tenure and land rights; and (ii) sustainable development of farming systems and protection of natural resources.
Climate Innovation Centre Kenya - 3GF
Objectives
Green growth in Africa The African region holds enormous green growth potential. Low carbon strategies, increased financing, policies and frameworks promoting sustainability as well as new mind-sets and lifestyles create new opportunities for an African transition to a green economy. A green transition will meet many of the current challenges such as land degradation and unstainable use of natural resources. It will improve access to energy, make clean and safe water management more efficient and promote sustainable use of natural capital. 3GF Africa Regional Conference On 13-14 May 2015, the Global Green Growth Forum (3GF), UNEP and the Government of Kenya will co-host an African Regional 3GF Conference in Nairobi. By providing a global-regional platform, 3GF will contribute to building consensus on how to turn challenges on sustainable development and climate change into opportunities for green growth and improved livelihoods for all. The conference will address key African green growth visions and aspirations for inclusive green growth, and cover 3GF cross-cutting themes on financing for green growth, cities as drivers of green growth and creation of the right framework conditions for sustainable lifestyles. Through these themes tendencies such as increasing urbanisation rates, the growing middle class and needs for investment funds for green growth will be discussed. African specific issues such as green industrial development and access to energy/energy efficiency and energy- water-food connections will be explored.
C te d'Ivoire Rural Land Tenure Management Strengthening Program
General
The Program Development Objectives are to strengthen the National Rural Land Tenure Program (PNSFR) delivery systems, increase landregistration efficiency, and increase land administration capacity.
Sustainable Management of Conservation Areas and Improved Livelihoods to Combat Wildlife Trafficking in Madaga
Objectives
Conservation of biodiversity in Madagascar through strengthened management of the New Protected Areas (Category V), with active engagement by communities, and enforcement to reduce the rate of IWT and poaching
Other
Note: Disbursement data provided is cumulative and covers disbursement made by the project Agency.
Target Groups
The project is designed to provide direct socio-economic benefits to at least 6,260 local people (at least 50% women) in the target communities living in the Angavo, Sud-Ouest Ifotaky, and Behara-Tranomaro NPAs through the involvement of local communities in NPA co-management (assisting local communities in obtaining land tenure titles; development/renewal of co-management agreements, and providing conditions for employment of up to 260 Community Forest Monitors - Outputs 2.1-2.2) development and implementation of CBNRM and alternative livelihood projects (Outputs 3.1-3.2) with direct investments of $1,150,000 to local communities in the form of Low Value Grants. Projected increase of revenue of local communities resulting from implementation of CBNRM and alternative livelihood pilot projects (Output 3.2) can be estimated in 50-100%[1]. At the same time, the project is expected to decrease economic losses from poaching, illegal wildlife trade, and habitat destruction in the project area by 80-100% during its lifetime via increased law enforcement and effective NPA co-management (Outputs 2.1-2.2). That will provide additional benefits to local communities increasing their environmental sustainability and ability to adapt to the climate change. [1] Based on experience of SEED Madagascar, FAO and other successful sustainable livelihood programmes in Mdagascar and other African countries.
Acting Now for Food Security and Resilient Food Systems
General
Africa is currently facing severe food insecurity, with low agricultural productivity being one of the root causes. Factors such as limited access to quality inputs, inadequate extension services, lack of finance, and post-harvest handling issues contribute to low agricultural productivity. Food insecurity is exacerbated by economic, political and demographic shocks, including the war in Ukraine, which has caused rising food and energy prices and lower yields in 2022. Climate change further intensifies food insecurity, with extreme weather events such as droughts and floods impacting crop and livestock production and access to markets. Conflict and insecurity are also major drivers of acute food security issues, leading to population displacement and disrupted livelihoods, depriving people of income sources. Action is needed to relieve acute food insecurity, whilst at the same time structurally transforming food systems. Farmers’ Organisations and its member farmers play a critical role in obtaining this, as they contribute not only to food production, but also to sustained economic growth and climate change mitigation. The Acting Now for Food Security and Resilient Food Systems programme, with funding from the Dutch Ministry of Foreign Affairs (specifically IGG), builds upon its existing strategic partnership with DDE by reinforcing and expanding its efforts on food security, contributing to a more measurable impact on SGD 2 (Zero Hunger). It contributes to improved food and nutrition security (FNS) at the individual farmer level and fosters systemic change in the food system through a total of 82 Farmer Organisations in Burkina Faso, DR Congo, Ethiopia, Ghana, Kenya and Rwanda. As per Agriterra’s core business, Acting Now will work with and through Farmers’ Organisations and cooperatives to build resilient food systems and to make a sustainable change in the lives of smallholder farmers and their communities. Key Activities Acting Now aims to boost productivity, improving incomes and sustainable land management practices through the following key activities: - Trainings and peer-to-peer activities on FNS related topics, such as Good Agricultural Practices (GAP), Regenerative Agriculture, productivity increase at specific value chains and production of compost and bio-inputs. - Establishment of demo plots to promote and train farmers on new or improved farming practices and technologies. - Offering sustainable services through a tailored approach per country that ensures access to seeds, fertilisers, planting material, agri-inputs and extension services. - Strengthening extension services by co-financing the salary of extension officers and agronomists at the FO through Agriterra’s Jobs Jobs Jobs approach - Co-financing investments and innovations to boost agricultural productivity and food security.
Objectives
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Target Groups
Farmers' Organisations and its member farmers
Biodiversity protection through the Effective Management of the National Network of Protected Areas
Objectives
To conserve terrestrial and marine biodiversity by strengthening management of the Union of Comoros newly created Protected Areas Network through effective co-management with communities for sustainable development
Other
Note: Disbursement data provided is cumulative and covers disbursement made by the project Agency.
Target Groups
Local socioeconomic benefits include i) the development of sustainable income-generating activities for 6,399 people, 50% of whom are women and 4% are PWD through sustainable nature-based value chains related to PAs, securing or increasing food provision through improved ecosystems health and improvements to local communities’ production activities, including fishing and agriculture, and ii) increased capacity and opportunities to actively participate in the co-management of protected areas and resources and the valuation of the ecosystem goods and services they provide. National socioeconomic benefits provided by the project include i) preservation of assets for the development of tourism in Comoros including clean beaches and healthy ecosystems that support ecotourism, i.e. forests, coral reefs, and increased opportunities for tourism operators such as hotel operators, restaurateurs and communities that offer community lodging facilities, and tourist guides, ii) increased institutional capacities to co-manage PAs, ecosystems and species, and to preserve the country’s development potential and the ecosystem goods and services that the PAs provide and on which the local populations, the private sector and the government rely, including provisioning services such as fisheries and wild aromatic and medicinal plants, provision of water in watershed areas, climate and flood regulation, provision of fertile soil, green manure, shade and moisture for agriculture, fodder for livestock, pollination, waste processing and assimilation (in mangroves), and cultural, aesthetic and spiritual services. iii) increased capacities of the private sector and local community cooperatives to develop sustainable value chains based on resources from the PAs, and iv) establishment of a national certification system for sustainable and equitable products from protected areas. The 2016 National Strategy and Action Plan for Biodiversity emphasizes the importance, for human survival and well-being, of the essential services that biodiversity provides and concludes that biodiversity provides income to most of the population and constitutes the basis of the Comorian economy. Agriculture’s share – including fishing and livestock breeding – of the national wealth has been estimated at more than US$209 million, representing 41 percent of GDP and 90 percent of the country’s export income. Fishing provides nearly 40 percent of animal protein for the population, most majority of whom live in a subsistence economy, employs approximately eight percent of the population, and provides five percent of the country’s foreign currency. The ecosystem goods and services provided by coral reefs include 3,000 tons of reef fish/year, estimated at approximately US$6.18 million. Tourism is not highly developed and contributes only around 10 percent to GDP. Its offers only precarious, and nearly non-existent, benefits to local communities. However, the economic value of tourism services from the coral reefs in the marine area of Mohéli National Park is estimated at US$3.5 million. This is equivalent to 1.3 percent of GDP, 15.2 percent of public investments, and 10.7 percent of exports of goods and services. The tourist value of all of the country’s coral reefs is estimated at US$8 million. The component 3 of the project is focusing on partnerships between private businesses and community cooperatives directly or through the development or expansion of nature-based value chains and the strengthening of their capacities to ensure the sustainability and profitability of the livelihoods for local communities. It is expected that 6,399 people, 50% of whom are women and 4% are PWDs, will benefit from improved livelihoods through such sustainable nature-based value chains related to PAs. The project will first target vulnerable people whose resource use is detrimental to ecosystems (including fishers using nets or fishing on foot, people removing sand from beaches, and farmers cultivating under forest) How do these benefits translate in supporting the achievement of global environment benefits (GEF Trust Fund) ? Providing alternative livelihoods to local communities whose resource use is unsustainable will reduce pressures on coastal and forest ecosystems. Indeed, these people were met by the staff in charge of PA management and have expressed their willingness to give up their illicit activities as long as they can benefit from support to practice a profitable alternative activity. This will contribute to stabilize 17,564 ha of primary and secondary forest, 197 ha of mangrove, 6030 ha of seagrass beds and 30,000 ha of coral reefs within the PA network, thus increasing the protection of the habitats for endemic and threatened biodiversity such as the Livingstone fruit bat, island-endemic Otus, marine turtles, the Mongoz lemur, the dugong, and marines species living in association with reefs. Reducing the collection of shoreline materials will contribute to the natural restoration of marine turtle nesting beaches. The development of these livelihoods will be an incentive to local communities to support and collaborate in the management of PAs, thus contributing to increase management effectiveness over 116,577 ha of existing terrestrial and marine/ coastal protected areas which will lead, with the reduction of the rate of deforestation, to a reduction of the threats to endemic biodiversity in these areas and to increased mitigation of greenhouse gas emissions. To ensure that the project generates local and global benefits, interventions are aligned with STAP guidance, including § helping strengthen community land and resource tenure: the Project will contribute to clarify the issue of land tenure, particularly to ascertain the extent of community land ownership, or village terroirs, within the National Parks through output 1.2 on the development of master plans for terrestrial and marine/coastal areas within protected areas, and more specifically sub-outputs 1.2.1 on the participatory delineation and mapping of village terroirs within protected areas, the translation of the georeferenced coordinates of the PA boundaries and of zoning into local communities’ own reference system, the “lieux-dits”, and 1.2.3 on the participatory planning of land/coastal and resource use, including the delineation of areas reserved for the harvesting of natural resources by local communities involved in value chains – both planning processes will be supported by village co-management committees; these plans will be developed in parallel with strategic environmental and social assessments to ensure, inter alia, they do not restrict other people’s legitimate access rights. In this way, National Park management plans will incorporate land tenure issues in the review of park management plans and all community engagement activities, in order to capture accurately tenure and community engagement in National Park management. The project will document the boundaries of the different zones as well as the conflict zones. Any physical demarcation will be carried out with the collaboration of local communities and will be limited to areas that are not the subject of any dispute. The documentation of conflicts will identify the nature of the conflicts, the disputed areas, and the communities or community members involved. While it is possible that the project might not have the means and time to resolve all the conflicts identified, this exercise will at least provide a common and updated basis for all concerned parties, including the National Parks Agency, communes and concerned village authorities, to work on jointly and resolve land disputes. § promoting equitable benefits from wild resources through sub-output 3.3.2 focused on the identification and implementation of partnership agreements that guarantee tangible and optimized benefits to community cooperative partners in the value chains; support will be provided to value chains stakeholders to negotiate and develop long-term, mutually beneficial "win-win" partnership agreements and provide a framework for the development of value chains that guarantee a fair share of tangible benefits to partner communities; this principle must be reflected in the business models and support will be provided (as part of output 3.4 related to strengthening entrepreneurship capacities and the design of business models) to each business in designing or adapting their business model to incorporate the maximization of benefits to local communities through benefit-sharing rules so that the benefits derived from these value chains provide adequate incentives for local communities to comply with PA regulations; § supporting effective community governance through capacity building and more specifically through interventions under the sub-output 1.1.4: Recognition and consolidation of the effective involvement of men and women from local communities in the governance of protected areas, including i) the explicit recognition of their rights and benefits related to natural resources in PAs and revision of village co-management agreements to include these rights and benefits, ii) the establishment of grievance redress mechanisms in each park and informing local communities and other stakeholders about the mechanism for registering, forwarding, evaluating and resolving grievances; § and building local capacity to manage natural resources through sub-output 2.2.2: Plans for the sustainable use of species targeted for the development of value chains, where training will be provided to local communities on sustainable harvesting in the natural environment (harvesting techniques, quantities, frequency, period determined on the basis of the studies carried out by specialized biologist) and to enable their participation in the monitoring of the quantities harvested, the evaluation of the condition of the exploited populations on the basis of simple indicators which will have been identified by a plant biologist or a fishery biologist, and decision-making regarding any required adjustment to harvest levels, including if necessary, putting an end to it. These trainings will be developed and provided on site by the biologists specialized in flora and fishing who will ensure a follow-up of these trainings after 6 months to ensure the good understanding of the shared concepts. The Ecoguards and Mobilizers of the relevant parks will also participate in these trainings in order to ensure an adequate supervision of the local communities on a continuous basis. The likelihood of this project having positive conservation outcomes is supported by the long-term relationship between conservation stakeholders and local communities, which has helped build trust and open communication. The numerous discussions between the staff of the National Parks Agency and people who practice illicit activities that lead to the degradation of ecosystems and resources (for example net fishermen and sand collectors) confirm the latter's will to voluntarily cease these practices if they have the opportunity and the required support to develop and practice an alternative profitable activity. It is clear from these meetings that the local communities in each of the protected areas are largely favorable to PAs and aware of the importance of biodiversity conservation, through several years of successive interventions supported namely by UNDP, starting with the UNDP-GEF G32 project which established the Mohéli Marine Park and introduced the co-management concept, the UNDP-UNV CBO project (Community Base Organizations) which aimed to raise awareness and build the capacities of local communities to prepare them to co-manage the future protected areas in other sites, and then the project GEF ID 10351 which set up the protected areas system, including the establishment of 5 new PAs.