TERRA AFRICA REGIONAL SUSTAINABLE LAND MANAGEMENT

Sustainable
Land Management in Practice

Guidelines and Best Practices
for Sub-Saharan Africa

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FOOD AND AGRICULTURE ORGANIZATION OF THE UNITED NATIONS
Rome 2011

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Production of guidelines for best sustainable land management (SLM) technologies and approaches in Sub- Saharan Africa (SSA) has been part of TerrAfrica’s programme during 2009-2010. These guidelines and case studies are intended to help create a framework for investment related to SLM in SSA. The particular aim of these guidelines is to identify, analyse, discuss and disseminate promising SLM practices - including both technologies and approaches - in the light of the latest trends and new opportunities. The focus is, in particular, on those practices with rapid payback and profitability and / or other factors that drive adoption.

This document is targeted at key stakeholders in SLM programmes and projects at the design and implementation stages, including practitioners, managers, policymakers, planners, together with, financial and technical institutions, and donors. The guidelines are divided into two main parts. Part 1 highlights the main principles behind SLM, and what considerations are important for technologies and approaches to qualify as ‘best practices’ suitable for upscaling. Part 2 presents twelve groups of SLM technologies as well as a section on SLM approaches. These are supported by specific case studies. Key resource persons and experts on SLM in SSA were asked to assist in finalising the SLM gr oups and to describe specific case studies. This strives to be a ‘state of the art’ product.

TABLE OF CONTENTS

Foreword Acknowledgments Abbreviations and acronyms Executive summary	- 172kb
Part 1: Guiding principles Introduction Setting the frame Aims and audience Structure and sources Focus on Sub-Saharan Africa Focus on Sustainable Land Management	- 733kb
Principles for best SLM practices Increased land productivity Water use efficiency Soil fertility Plants and their management Micro-climate Improved livelihoods Costs and benefits Input challenges for land users Improved ecosystems: being environmentally friendly Prevent, mitigate and rehabilitate land degradation Improve biodiversity Climate change: a fresh challenge – a new opportunity? Triple-win solutions	- 2.086kb    - 1.086kb
Adoption and decision support for upscaling best practices Adoption - uptake and spread Institutional and policy framework Participation and land use planning Promotion and extension Monitoring, assessment and research Decision support - upscaling SLM Knowledge management: building the basis Selection and fine-tuning of SLM practices Selection of priority areas for interventions Conclusions for adoption and decision support The way forward	- 10.518kb
Part 2: Best SLM practices for Sub-Saharan Africa Overview of SLM practices SLM technology groups and case studies Integrated Soil Fertility Management Conservation Agriculture Rainwater Harvesting Smallholder Irrigation Management Cross-Slope Barriers Agroforestry Integrated Crop-Livestock Management Pastoralism and Rangeland Management Sustainable Planted Forest Management Sustainable Forest Management in Drylands Sustainable Rainforest Management Trends and New Opportunities	- 10.518kb    - 4.606kb    - 2.233kb    - 3.575kb    - 2.687kb    - 2.428kb    - 5.138kb    - 2.567kb
SLM Approaches and case studies SLM Approaches Annex: Best SLM practices compared	- 3.806kb    - 1.042kb

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