What the project does
This project supports national efforts in dismantling the existing barriers that prevent broadly applying and upscaling best practices for Sustainable Forest Management (SFM), Climate Smart Agriculture (CSA) and Sustainable Land Management (SLM).
The project will support the Government of Myanmar in its continued efforts to improve legislation and policies and strengthen CSA, SFM and SLM through building the national capacity at all levels including communities in order to promote a more sustainable and integrated management of forests and agricultural lands of Myanmar.
Focus on 4 main components
The overall project objective is to build the capacity of farming and forestry stakeholders to mitigate climate change and improve land condition by adopting climate smart agriculture (CSA) and sustainable forest management (SFM) policies and practices.
The project is structured into four interlinked components
The project is structured into four interlinked components
Component 1 Institutional, policy and regulatory frameworks strengthened to support SLM, CSA and SFM
Sub-component 1. A. Comprehensive program to enable regulatory / institutional framework assessment, strengthening and capacity building
Sub-component 1. B. Program for improved land us management and planning to inform institutional and regulatory improvements
Component 2 Models for CSA practices demonstrated and enhancing carbon storage in three priority agro-ecosystems
Sub-component 2. A. Program for CSA support services
Sub-component 2. B. Program for farmer CSA capacity building
Component 3 Models for SFM practices demonstrated and enhancing carbon storage in three priority agro-ecosystems
Sub-component 3. A. Program for improved forest planning
Sub-component 3. B. Program for community-based forest conservation
Component 4 SLM, SFM and CSA knowledge management, training and practices scaling up nationally
Sub-component 4. A. Support program for up-scaling SFM practices
Sub-component 4. B. Support program for up-scaling CSA practices
Project area
The project works at national, sub-national and community level. The project will have a solid field component consisting of Farmer Field Schools and Community Based Forestry activities which will build capacities of farmers and communities and identify best practices for up-scaling in three agro-ecological zones:
In the Delta, the primary focus for the capacity building is on climate smart paddy farming, alternative crops, water management and mangrove protection.
In the Central Dry Zone, focus is on reforestation and afforestation, water saving agricultural techniques, agro-forestry and annual crops.
In Chin State, focus is on community based forest management, shifting cultivation and addressing the forest and cropland components through complementary strategies.