[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

National AI-CD Workshop Held in Senegal on January 23, 2020

2020/2/13

    A one-day national workshop on the African Initiative for Combating Desertification (AI-CD) hosted by the Ministry of Environment and Sustainable Development (MEDD) of Republic of Senegal with co-sponsorship of JICA was held in Dakar on January 23, 2020.   The Government of Senega…more

[ETHIOPIA-SATREPS] Development of Next-generation Sustainable Land Management (SLM) Framework to Combat Desertification

2019/11/6

#Soil Erosion #Sustainable Land Management Project Summary ✔ KEY POINT The research project aims to develop a Sustainable Land Management (SLM) framework for Ethiopia to help feed its rising population at the same time improving soil erosion management Degradation of natural resources (land, water, …more

[DJIBOUTI-SATREPS] Research Project for Advanced and Sustainable Methods on Water Utilization Associated with Greening Potential Evaluation in Djibouti

2019/11/6

Project Summary Establishing a method of sustainable and efficient water resources management and utilisation in Djibouti! Djibouti, one of the countries located in the Horn of Africa region, has severe climate conditions. The annual precipitation is only 50 to 200 millimetres, and the maximum tempe…more

[MALAWI-JICA]Institutionalisation of the Equal-Opportunity-for-All Approach for the Sustainable Management of Surrounding Natural Resources in Malawi

2019/11/6

#Participatory Approach #Equal Opportunity #Soil Erosion Story Highlights ✔ To harmonise soil conservation and livelihood upliftment of local communities through improved farming methods, the Government of Malawi and JICA adopted an Equal-Opportunity-for-All or PRRIE approach, preceding “Leaving No …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 Follow-Up Meeting at UNCCD COP14 in New Delhi, India ~ Cross-regional discussions looking ahead to the latter half of the AI-CD～

2019/11/5

Overview The Follow-Up Meeting on African Initiative for Combating Desertification to Strengthen Resilience to Climate Change in the Sahel and the Horn of Africa (AI-CD) was held on 3rd Sept 2019 during the UNCCD COP14 in New Delhi, India. For the mid-term point of AI-CD implementation (2016-2022), …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