In rangelands and grasslands, land degradation has an immediate and local impact by disrupting ecosystems from functioning, threatening livelihoods and negatively affecting social cohesion. It also threatens productivity while dovetailing with the threats of climate change in these ecologically fragile areas. The understanding of land degradation in rangelands and grasslands is weak, which is attributed to a lack of robust data and a misunderstanding of management objectives. The day-to-day management of land by pastoral communities is intricately linked to local and traditional knowledge that needs to be taken into account when monitoring the health of ecosystems and designing management interventions. Sustainable Development Goal (SDG) 15 Life on land includes Land Degradation Neutrality (LDN) as a target, which requires that the process of degradation is halted and reversed. This publication presents a rationale for participatory approaches to achieve LDN in pastoral areas while showing how this can be achieved using the Participatory Rangelands and Grasslands Assessment (PRAGA) that has been piloted in Kenya, the Niger, Burkina Faso, Uruguay and Kyrgyzstan.
Year of publication: 2021Organization: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO), Individual authors, International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN)
Topic: Environmental services, Indigenous knowledge, Land
Language: English
Type of document: Technical
Geographical coverage: Global
The report features the main findings of the conflict analysis that was carried out to: (i) take stock of conflicts over natural resources and other conflicts in rural areas; (ii) identify initiatives for conflict prevention and management; and (iii) formulate proposals to improve the effectiveness of conflict prevention and management mechanisms. The conflict analysis is one of the main activities implemented under the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) project “Strengthening the resilience of cross-border pastoral and agropastoral populations in priority areas in the Sahel”, which is funded through the FAO-European Union Partnership Programme under the Global Network Against Food Crises (GNAFC).
Year of publication: 2021Organization: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO)
Topic: Conflict
Language: English
Type of document: Technical
Geographical coverage: West Africa
The conflict analysis was carried out to take stock of the current situation regarding conflicts over natural resources and identify initiatives for conflict prevention and management in the areas covered by the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) project “Strengthening the resilience of cross-border pastoral and agropastoral populations in priority areas of the Sahel”, which is funded through the FAO-European Union Partnership Programme under the Global Network Against Food Crises (GNAFC).
Year of publication: 2021Organization: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO)
Topic: Conflict
Language: English
Type of document: Technical
Geographical coverage: West Africa
La voix des éleveurs pasteurs au Sahel et en Afrique de l'Ouest est souvent oubliée alors qu'ils sont parmi les plus exposés au contexte actuel d'insécurité en raison de leur mobilité. Sur la base du recueil de la perception de 1898 acteurs dont près de 1700 éleveurs issus de 7 pays et 23 régions administratives de Sahel Central (Mali, Burkina Faso, Niger) et de son voisinage immédiat (Cote d'Ivoire, Benin, Togo, Nigeria), le Réseau Billital Maroobé (RBM) a souhaité analyser comment les éleveurs vivent cette insécurité, dont la grande majorité en sont les victimes mais dont une minorité s'est engagée au sein des mouvements armés, et en sont donc devenus acteurs. Il en resort un cycle d'alimentation entre crise du pastoralisme et sécuritaire: la crise des zones rurales - dont celle du pastoralisme en particulier - nourrit le recrutement de groupes armes, dont le développement aggrave les violences et leas conflits dont les éleveurs sont les premières victimes.
Year of publication: 2021Organization: Réseau Billital Maroobé (RBM)
Topic: Conflict
Language: Français
Type of document: Technical
Geographical coverage: West Africa
This paper identifies entry points within agri-food systems to improve biodiversity and diets, two levers that can be used to enhance nutrition and optimize environmental sustainability while ensuring social equity, especially of the most vulnerable people. It also presents recommendations for concrete actions by key stakeholders – governments, academia, civil society, private sector, and development partners –to build resilient, inclusive, and sustainable agri-food systems.
Year of publication: 2021Organization: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO)
Topic: Climate change, Environmental services, Food security
Language: English
Type of document: Technical
Geographical coverage: Global
Ce guide en image est le fruit d’un travail de contextualisation du guide technique «Améliorer la gouvernance des terres pastorales» mené par les deux partenaires Coordination Nationale des Organisations Paysannes (CNOP) et Association du Centre Sahélien de Prestations, d’Etudes, d’Ecodéveloppement et de Démocratie Appliquée (CSPEDDA) ainsi que leurs partenaires selon un processus participatif.
Year of publication: 2021Organization: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO)
Topic: Land
Language: Français
Type of document: Technical
Geographical coverage: West Africa
The question of how to better incorporate nutrition into the livestock sector is a challenge shared by many policymakers and programme managers at regional, national and local levels, due to a lack of proven methodological tools setting out how to effectively achieve this. In response to this challenge, Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO), with support from Action Contre la Faim and World Vision, has developed an innovative stepwise approach that combines theory and practice by establishing a theory of change and associated impact pathways.
Year of publication: 2021Organization: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO)
Topic: Food security, Social services
Language: English
Type of document: Technical
Geographical coverage: Southern Africa
هذا الدليل التوضيحي المبين بالصور هو ثمرة مسار تشاركي شامل لتعزيز قدرات اللجان الجهوية للانتجاع التي ضمت أكثر من تسعين مشاركا (منمون ورعاة وإدارات مركزية ومجالس جهوية وهيئات فنية جهوية ولامركزية تابعة لمختلف القطاعات الوزارية الأساسية ومنظمات غير حكومية على مستوى الولايات الرعوية) هذه اللقاءات المنظمة من 17 إلى 23 مارس/آذار 2021 على مستوى ولايات لعصابة والحوضين ، مكنت الفاعلين الحاضرين، وارتباطا بحوكمة الاراضي الرعوية، من تبادل الأفكار ميدانيا حول المعارف المتعلقة بالوضعية المحلية فى موريتانيا، ومن التآلف مع ا لتو جيها ت ا لطو عية لمنظمة الأغذية والزراعة في إطار حوكمة مسؤولة للنظم العقارية المنظمة للأراضي ومصائد الأسماك والغابات في سياق الأمن الغذائي الوطني والدليل الفني:(تحسين حوكمة الأراضي الرعوية) .
Year of publication: 2021Organization: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO)
Topic: Land
Language: العربية
Type of document: Technical
Geographical coverage: North Africa