REDD+ Reducción de las emisiones derivadas de la deforestación y la degradación de los bosques

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N’Guessan Amlan Monique is a 64-year-old widow and mother of 4 children. She is a cocoa producer in Ebikro-N’Dakro in the South Comoé region. Her husband's death nearly 20 years ago left her emotionally empty and she struggled with financial difficulties that she has to face alone. As a widow, she now has the responsibility of feeding and taking care of her children. For the sixty-year-old, a day's work starts at 7:30 am and ends at 12:30 pm. Every day, she struggles by working for the future of her children through her 1-hectare cocoa plantation, even though she lacks the labor...
In Aboudé Kouassikro, in the Agnéby-Tiassa region, MORONOU Oba Philomène is a 45-year-old single mother. For over 10 years now, she has been traveling 10 kilometers a day to reach her cocoa plantation. Having dropped out of school after several failures in her final year of high school, she inherited a 3-hectares cocoa plot from her parents' death to take care of herself and her 3 children. However, the already aging and poorly maintained plantation did not really allow her to be self-sufficient and independent. Despite her 9 hours of hard work each day to meet the expenses of her children's...
In the village of Ebikro-N’Dakro in the South Comoé region, Sayouba Adama, married and father of six children, is a well-known cocoa producer for his hard work. Despite his efforts, the annual production from his 2 hectares is always low and does not provide a decent living for him and his family. With the advent of the project "Promoting cocoa production without deforestation to reduce emissions in Côte d'Ivoire" (PROMIRE) implemented by the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO), he discovers agroforestry and applies it to his plantation. The initial results pleasantly surprise him. His production improves along...
Akalé Gohi and his wife, a couple of cocoa farmers located in the Agnéby-Tiassa region, had no solution to save their 2.5-hectare plantation, which was deteriorating day by day due to the consequences of climate change. Then, they discovered agroforestry through the PROMIRE project. This technique, which they applied without hesitation, eventually brought smiles back to their faces. "The sun was drying out my cocoa trees, causing them to lose their leaves and eventually die. I had no solution to remedy this, and I was at risk of losing my cocoa plantation," confesses Akalé Gohi Pascal. In Aboudé-Kouassikro, in the Agnéby-Tiassa region...
The villages of Mani-Bereby, Pitiké, Téklébo, and Kablaké, located in the sub-prefecture of Grand Bereby, aim to contribute to the reforestation of the coastal area in Côte d'Ivoire through community actions. The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) is committing approximately USD 80,000 US dollars to support the initiative called "Restoration of mangroves in the future voluntary natural reserve of the mouth of the Dodo Grand Bereby River," presented on behalf of the village communities by the NGO Marine Species Conservation (CEM). This initiative contributes to the implementation of component 3 of the project "Global Transformation of Forests...