Project for land reclamation efforts towards pastoral usage and in conservation areas

Context

The project is consistent with the priority orientations of the 3rd Indicative Cooperation Programme (ICP) between Burkina Faso and Luxembourg, which identifies the sustainable management of natural resources as a sector of concentration. In line with the support of ICP II, it aims to reduce the vulnerability of livestock stakeholders to climate shocks, and to reduce and fragment grazing areas through the implementation of pastoral resource restoration activities.

The scaling up of restoration actions, in a logic ensuring the management of herd mobility, is one of the conditions of their sustainability. Similarly, their promotion by women and the poorest ones is a factor to promote. Finally, the carbon market offers an opportunity to ensure the sustainability of the conservation and preservation of reclaimed land over the medium to long term.

Specific objective 

The specific objective of the project is aligned with the strategic objective of the Ministry of Animal and Fisheries Resources (MAH) budget programme 081. This programme aims to "create a secure and sustainable environment for sustainable production" and the two results of the project are aligned with actions 1 and 2 of this programme:

• R1 "Secure pastoral areas are created";
• R2 "The created pastoral spaces are operationalised".

The project provides for the restoration and securing, through the development of 15 land charters, 10 800 hectares (ha) of pastoral areas in addition to the 8 500 ha of the previous phase, the marking of 60 kilometers of trails livestock and rest areas, the creation of 10 water points, the valorisation of sites restored by mowing and conservation of hay, the development of income-generating activities related to small livestock farming and the sale of carbon credits. The expected effects are the increase of functional pastoral areas, the securing of pastoral activities and the reduction of conflicts between farmers and pastoralists, an improved representativeness of women in local authorities, the extension of the duration of cattle feeding in the villages. village lands and improved coverage of livestock feed requirements, as well as improved income for women and poor people for promoted activities.

Project beneficiaries

The project will operate in seven provinces in the Sahel, North and North Center regions, out of a total of 22 municipalities. The direct beneficiaries and main actors are the pastoralists and agropastoralists, the populations having the right to restored pastoral spaces, with particular attention for women, the young and the poor, the local authorities and their land commissions, the MRAH and the Ministry Environment, Green Economy and Climate Change, NGOs and contractualised development associations.

The security context in the region and the impact of climate change on pastoral resources are the main threats to the implementation of the project, which is expected to start in the second half of 2018.