[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

UNCCD COP14 Side Event: AI-CD – Accelerating Global Efforts on Combating Desertification towards Achieving SDGs in 2030 –

2019/8/29

UNCCD COP14 Side Event AI-CD – Accelerating Global Efforts on Combating Desertification towards Achieving SDGs in 2030 – Thursday, September 5, 2019 18:00 – 20:00 India Expo Centre & Mart – Room MET-10 Greater Noida Delhi NCR India *Dinner will be served. Co-organizers &#…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

[Eritrea] The Minimum Integrated Household Agricultural Package (MIHAP) 2018

2019/5/16

 Project Outline In Eritrea, Minimum Integrated Household Agricultural Package has been introduced by the Ministry of Agriculture with interested partners such as African Development Bank and IFAD, whereby each household/ family will acquire one improved cross-breed dairy cow or 6 shoats (to be kept…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

[MAURITANIA-WB/GEF] Strengthen sustainable landscape management (SLM) in targeted productive ecosystems for the preservation and regeneration of Acacia senegal and Acacia seyal.

2019/4/25

Project Summary ✔ KEY POINT Strengthen sustainable landscape management (SLM) in targeted productive ecosystems for the preservation and regeneration of Acacia senegal and Acacia seyal. Mauritania used to be the second largest exporter of gum arabic with an average annual production of 5,700 tonnes …more

[ETHIOPIA-JICA] Rural Resilience Enhancement Project in the Federal Democratic Republic of Ethiopia

2019/4/21

#Weather Index Insurance, #Agriculture, #Precipitation, #Climate Change Pilot Project on Weather Index Insurance Promotion in Ethiopia Story Highlights The first pilot JICA-supported project on Weather Index Insurance was conducted from 2012 to 2016 in Ethiopia. The project introduced the Weather In…more