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Socio-ecological resilience to soil erosion driven by extreme climatic events: past, present and future challe
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Research translation grant drawing on existing studies to generate action plans to address soil degradation and enhance food production in Tanzania. The grant will work with local communities to develop and implement decision support tools to enable sustainable land management and agriculture. SDGs 2, 8, 12, 14.
Objectives
Research and development activity contributing to the UK’s strategy to address key development challenges.
Namibia - ELISSA - Livelihood Project Phase 2
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The frequent occurrence of droughts and floods in has resulted in persistent food insecurity manifested in its unavailability and inability to access. NRCS has responded to the perennial food shortages by supporting food security through cash-based assistance and seeds distributions to affected communities in the country. Though subsistence agriculture is the main source of food when rainfall is reliable, small-scale farmers are constrained by limited financial support to purchase farming inputs and knowledge on agricultural production. Previous interventions by NRCS supporting farmer with agricultural inputs including water harvesting have demonstrated an increase on production capacity. Small-scale farmers who were supported in 2019 with cash assistance for the emergency and seeds and technical capacity building as recovery support, have reported increase in the number of meals from 1 to 3 per day and reduced negative coping strategies. It was also noted that training farmers in modern techniques was very important before seeds are distributed. To address the perennial food shortages the devastated livelihoods capitals need to be strengthened/restored by building the capacity of the small-scale farmers in agricultural adaptation strategies and how to access markets, as well as linking them to financial institutions that support agriculture. This is in line with NRCS’ strategy to complement government efforts on food security and nutrition in the country by working closely with the Ministry of Agriculture, Water and Land Reform (MAWLR) as well as the Ministry of Health and Social Services (MOHSS) to add value. This project is in line with the Red Cross Resilience Plan for Southern Africa and BRC’s strategies for livelihoods and chronic hunger. Based on these findings, NRCS and BRC started this project in September 2020 convinced that capacity building and financial inclusion would improve the resilience of small-scale farmers, particularly women in Zambezi region. After a year and a half, the national society has been able to gather many lessons learned, which have led them to present a project that fits the capacities of the national society. Each of the components of this project have made slight progress in their implementation. The intervention will enhance small scale farmers' and Red Cross volunteers ‘resilience through the improved financial and technical capacity for Good Agricultural Practices (GAP) and rollout of the Easy Volunteer Handbook in the communities.  Small scale farmers will increase agricultural production as a result of improved financial and technical skills, by the provision of several trainings on GAP and specific commodities as well as the distribution of farming inputs. The intervention will focus on 3 regions with 1,600 farmers.  Communities and Red Cross volunteers will adopt favorable attitudes and practices about savings and investment in their livelihoods through saving and loan associations. The programme targeted 5 regions with 625 people and 300 Red Cross Volunteers.  The predominant focus through restricted funding will be on objective 3 of BRC’s hunger crises strategy. Â
Sone Sie Programme
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British Council Myanmar is working in partnership with the UK’s Department for International Development (DFID) to deliver a programme designed to strengthen local governance, in support of efforts toward peace and political dialogue. This programme is delivered under "Call-off Contract For: Supporting Partnerships for Accountability and Civic Engagement (SPACE): Management of Pyoe Pin Implementation Phase. Sone Sie programme builds capacity and consensus for equitable natural resource governance. Sone Sie’s premise is that fairness, transparency and agreement over the control of land and resources is an essential building block for inclusive development. Working together with civil society organisations, Sone Sie delivers locally-led projects designed to address issues associated with forestry, the extractives industry and land management in conflict affected areas.
Objectives
Contributing to Myanmar’s transition to peace and federalism by brokering consensus between stakeholders around resource management issues that drive conflict and fragment governance.
Other
Research, Policy Advocacy, Grants to Partners, Technical Assistance.
Target Groups
Sone Sie - which means convergence in Burmese – brings together government, private sector, CSOs and ethnic community interests to build a common understanding around contentious issues and work toward creating more inclusive and effective local governance that benefits the people of Myanmar.
FLC: HSHC - Further strengthening governance and forest rights through piloting of inclusive benefit sharing b
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ZLA?s key areas of work include ie. research advocacy and providing support to communities to map and document their rights to land. In Zambia land rights directly influence the livelihoods of communities since in Zambia agriculture supports the livelihood s of over 70% of the population. 78% ofwomen in Zambia are engaged in agriculture compared with 69% of men. The dual land tenure system and lack of a coherent land registry has resulted in a largely fragmented legal framework for gaining access to land and this insecurity is specifically affecting for persons with disabilities widows and other vulnerable households The project will increase the knowledge of PWDs and other vulnerable households on land rights and administration by establishing CLACs forming study circles training citizen journalists and conducting community awareness meetings. Access to justice will be enhanced by setting up paralegal desks and the training of local court staff in targeted districts as a result approachability to land institu tions and related services for PWDs and other vulnerable households will greatly be improved. Research on land rights for PWDs and other vulnerable groups will also be undertaken allowing for an evidence-based advocacy approach to be adopted by ZLA.
LUKE INFORES Implementation of Forest Data in Tanzania
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The project overall objective is ?Sustainable management and use of Tanzanian forests?. The project will contribute to this by increasing the availability of information on forests by working with three institutions of which two are research institutes (SU A TAFORI) and one is Tanzania Forest Service. In the long run this will improve the living conditions for the people of the country through strengthened national economy and quality of life. The project aims at supporting forest and land use policy in line with the National Forest Policy 2001. Forest land management forest-based industries and products and ecosystem conservation and management with institutions and human resources are included in NFP. The aim is sustainable supply of forest products and ser vices by maintaining sufficient forest area under effective management employment and foreign exchange earnings through sustainable forest-based industrial development and trade and ecosystem stability through conservation of forest biodiversity water catc hments and soil fertility.The results and activities of the INFORES-Tanzania project:1) Strengthened capacity of direct beneficiary organizations on NAFORMA maintenance and data dissemination and improved capacity on multisource forest data processing and GIS.2) Improved capacity of forest inventory and management oriented research in SUA and TAFORI.
Growing of medicinal plants for the production of biopesticides
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Increasing attention is nowadays given to biological aspects in plant production, and in particular with regard to plant protection. Biological processes are an increasingly used method of controlling harmful organisms. Organic crop production, but also conventional phytoproduct cultivation, is one of the alternative ways of land management, minimizing environmental damage to the environment. It is a modern and dynamically developing way of growing plants, trying to get as close as possible to nature. Efforts to complement the plant protection product portfolio with biological products are also in line with the current strategy not only within the EU but also worldwide efforts to eliminate pesticide use. At present, pesticides cannot be completely replaced by biological agents. The limiting factor is the low biological activity of the formulations and their limited number. Therefore, efforts to acquire and synthesize new natural products and biological active substances based on bioagens or bioanalogues of natural compounds are increasingly supported in research and national programs. Secondary goals: • promoting primary agricultural production and processing of agricultural products and ensuring sustainable rural development • increasing the employment of the region • Reducing health and environmental risks • to find potential producers of medicinal plants for the production of biopesticides
Grant: GTZG-1295:Kick-off Workshop of the Economics of Land Degradation (ELD) Initiative (Bilateral)
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A $2,009 Bilateral grant from Germany-GIZ-Deutsche Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit GmbH to ICRAF for GTZG-1295:Kick-off Workshop of the Economics of Land Degradation (ELD) Initiative
Scaling up Cocoa-based Food Systems, Land Use and Restoration / Transformative Innovations in Côte d#Ivoire (S
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The present GEF project aims to promote deforestation-free cocoa value chains and restore degraded cocoa-forest landscapes in Côte d#Ivoire. The project envisages action under four overall components: (i) integrated landscape systems for planning and management; (ii) cocoa production best practices and value chains (iii) conservation and restoration of natural habitats, and; (iv) knowledge sharing and dissemination. The activities of these areas will be implemented via three GEF agencies: FAO, UNIDO and UNDP under the leadership of FAO. Three project landscapes have been selected, in close consultation with CFI partners. Two of the landscapes are located in Western Côte d#Ivoire, while a third is located in the east, bordering on Ghana. Briefly, the individual landscapes are as follows: Cavally landscape, Guémon landscape and Indénié-Djuablin/La Mé inter-regional landscape. The component 2 of the project is aimed at achieving improved efficiency, responsibility and sustainability of the cocoa value chain as a key element in ensuring improved livelihoods, maintenance of ecosystem services and global environmental benefits related to land degradation, biodiversity conservation and climate change mitigation. Activities under this component will take place within, or otherwise be designed to benefit, the three ta
Scaling Up Fertilizer Micro-Dosing and Indigenous Vegetable Production and Utilization in West Africa (CIFSRF
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Poor soil fertility and land degradation result in low production yields and quality for indigenous vegetables in West Africa. This project will address the challenges to improve vegetable production through fertilizer innovations. Increasing vegetable yields and quality This project will build on earlier research funded by the Canadian International Food Security Research Fund (CIFSRF), a program of IDRC undertaken with the financial support of the Government of Canada provided through Foreign Affairs, Trade and Development Canada. Two earlier projects generated promising results to improve food security in West Africa for poor families. Using innovations developed in this earlier work, researchers will speed up adoption of innovative approaches that will use cost-saving fertilizer micro-dosing and better water management to improve indigenous vegetable production in Nigeria and Benin. The project team will develop, test, and deploy two different models (Innovations Platform and Satellite Dissemination Approach) that will reach and benefit more farmers with sustainable vegetable production and marketing approaches. They will connect women-led cooperatives and youth groups to the private sector and business organizations, directly reaching more than 255,000 households. The team's work will involve further developing commercial seed production, postharvest handling, and value chains. They will also strengthen producer groups. Project leadership A consortium of five universities in Canada, Benin, and Nigeria will lead the project. They will mobilize at least 20 private sector partners and government agencies to build small and medium vegetable and fertilizer businesses. Their work will serve to double the income of approximately one million farmers in West Africa along the vegetable value chain.
Interrogating Large-Scale Land Acquisitions and Their Implications for Women in Sub-Saharan Africa
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Despite their critical role in promoting food security on the African continent, women continue to be marginalized in the distribution and allocation of land. The implications for both family survival and national food security are far-reaching. This project will support research to examine the conditions needed to allow women to become empowered to participate in large-scale land acquisition (LSLAs) processes. The objective is to help ensure that sub-Saharan Africa puts the legal and policy frameworks in place to foster better accountability and legitimacy on issues of land governance. African women must continue to engage in food crop farming to ensure food security for their families and for the continent at large. This is only possible if their right to land is protected, respected, and fulfilled. Previous studies have shown that African women's right to land is seriously under threat. Traditionally, African women have not had equal access to land and weak land laws and governance processes related to LSLAs are further eroding their access. We are now learning more about the impact of LSLAs on livelihoods in affected communities but little evidence exists on gender differences. Little is also known about how African women have developed strategies to foster more equitable land governance policies and practices to ensure greater accountability and transparency around LSLAs. This research seeks to fill these knowledge gaps. The ultimate goal of the project is to promote land governance policies that treat both genders more equally and that contribute to greater accountability and transparency around LSLAs. The research will be implemented in six communities in three African countries: Ghana, Cameroon, and Uganda. All three have experienced LSLAs. The research team will explore the following: -land acquisition processes; -winners and losers in these transactions; -ways in which the losers (specifically, rural African women) respond to their situation; and, -extent to which these responses are successful. The project will create gender-sensitive evidence-based knowledge that can be used by women, local communities, non-state actors, and public authorities to enhance accountability and legitimacy in LSLAs processes. It will also propose gender inclusive strategies for formal and informal institutions that will respect, promote, and protect women's rights in LSLAs processes.