[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

[MALI & NIGER] Development of a guideline for the conservation and management of natural resources in Mali and Niger

2019/4/4

#Guidelines, #Natural Resources Maganegement, #Soil Conservation Project Summary ✔ KEY POINT guidelines, natural resources management, land degradation, soil conservation, reforestation, soil fertility improvement, Sahel, arid and semi-arid land People in arid and semi-arid land in Niger and Mali ar…more

[NIGER-JICA] The study project to establish the community development action plan in Sahel

2019/3/31

#reservoir, #community, #independence, #PLA Project Summary ✔ KEY POINT Develop a sense of independence among communities for the sustainable utilisation of small reservoirs In arid and semi-arid areas, securing water for agriculture is highly important; hence, even small water-retaining structures …more

The Second JICA Knowledge Co-Creation Program on AI-CD held in Tsukuba, Japan

2019/3/1

Overview The second Knowledge Co-Creation Programme (*) on “Combating Desertification to Strengthen Resilience to Climate Change in Sub-Saharan Africa,” under the African Initiative for Combating Desertification (AI-CD), was held in Tsukuba, Japan from 25 November to 8 December 2018. Nine participan…more