[ETHIOPIA-JICA] Sustainable Natural Resource Management Project Through Farmer Field School (SNRMP) in the Rift Valley Area of Oromia Region

2020/11/27

#Farmer Field School, #Extension Methodology, #Sustainable Natural Resource Management, #Semi-arid Land Story Highlights ✔ The Farmer Field School (FFS) approach is an innovative, participatory, and interactive learning approach that emphasises problem-solving and discovery-based learning. ✔ The FFS…more

[SENEGAL-JICA] Capacity Building Project for Controlling Land Degradation and Promoting its Recovery in Degraded Soil Areas

2020/11/5

#Land degradation, #Technical manual, #Involvement of local communities Project Overview ✔ KEY POINT Strengthen human resource capacities so that activities to combat land degradation and promote its recovery are carried out continuously by local people themselves. The fight against deforestation an…more

AI-CD Side Event at UNCCD-COP14 in New Delhi, India ~ Accelerating Global Efforts on Combatting Desertification Towards Achieving SDGs in 2030~

2019/11/5

Overview The Side Event of the African Initiative for Combating Desertification (AI-CD) during the United Nations Convention to Combat Desertification (UNCCD) COP14 was held on 5th September 2019 at the India Expo Mart in India. As many as around 100 participants attended the side event from Africa …more

AI-CD’s 3rd Regional Forum for the Sahel ーHigh-level political commitment to AI-CD shown by participating countriesー

2019/10/3

Overview Opening speech being delivered by Mr. Amedi Camara, Minister of Environment and Sustainable Development, Mauritania The 3rd Regional Forum for the Sahel region on African Initiative for Combating Desertification to Strengthen Resilience to Climate Change in the Sahel and Horn of Africa (AI-…more

[SUDAN-SATREPS] Developing Countermeasures Against Striga to Conquer Poverty and Improve Food Security

2019/9/24

#Striga #Witchweed #Parasitic weeds Project Summary ✔ KEY POINT Get back the food being robbed from us by Striga, known as witchweed, and create an Africa that can win the battle against root parasitic weeds!   Sudan has vast areas of potential cropland, but the development of these may be futi…more

[BURKINA FASO-SATREPS] Project on Establishment of the Model for Fertilizer Cultivation Promotion Using Burkina Faso Phosphate Rock

2019/8/14

Project on establishment of the model for fertilizer cultivation promotion using Burkina Faso phosphate rock | SATREPS | JST This is an ongoing project in Burkina Faso launched in 2018 as part of SATREPS programme. (See write up below about SATREPS)   Story Highlights Farmers in the Sahel and t…more

[KENYA-JICA] The Project for Enhancing Community Resilience against Drought in Northern Kenya

2019/7/16

#drought #livestock #pastoralist ✔ KEY POINT Empowering communities to take their own initiative to reduce risks of drought Project Summary “During my grandfather’s time, drought occurred once every 20 years. During Father’s time, it occurred once every 10 years. Now, it occurs once every 3 to 5 yea…more

AI-CD’s 3rd Regional Forum for the Horn of Africa: Seeking Ways to Access Finance

2019/7/11

Overview The 3rd Regional Forum for Horn of Africa on African Initiative for Combating Desertification to Strengthen Resilience to Climate Change in the Sahel and Horn of Africa (AI-CD) was held from 14th to 16th of May 2019 in Nairobi, Kenya. It particularly focused on access to finance for promoti…more

National Workshop on African Initiative for Combating Desertification (AI-CD) Held in Nigeria

2019/5/13

A two-day national workshop on the African Initiative for Combating Desertification (AI-CD) hosted by the Federal Ministry of Environment of Nigeria was held in Abuja on April 11-12, 2019. It convened over 70 stakeholders who actively presented, deliberated, and discussed matters on desertification …more

[SAHEL-JIRCAS] Development of Technical Guides to Combat Desertification in the Sahel Region

2019/4/25

#combat desertification #sahel #technial manuals Project Summary ✔ KEY POINT Development of eight useful manuals to combat desertification in the Sahel Region   The international community has long recognised that land degradation and desertification is a major economic, social and environmenta…more