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SUSTAINABLE LAND AND WATER MANAGEMENT PROJECT
1. SUSTAINABLE LAND AND WATER
MANAGEMENT PROJECT
The use of Bamboo for restoration of degraded land
by
Isaac C. Acquah Jnr. of
Environmental Protection Agency of Ghana
at the
Regional Workshop on Bamboo and Rattan
Hotel Mont Febe
Yaoundรฉ, Camaroon
2. Outline of Presentation
๏ต Background and Introduction;
๏ต Project Overview;
๏ต Multi-sectorial Nature of the Project;
๏ต Major Activities being undertaken by the
Project;
๏ต Some types of Land Degradation;
๏ต Bamboo-based Sustainable Land Management
Technologies
3. Background
๏ต The SLWMP is a flagship project derived from Ghanaโs
Strategic Investment Framework (GSIF) for SLM which
was prepared in 2010
๏ต The GSIF identified the northern savannah zone of
Ghana as critical landscape for intervention.
๏ต SLWMP started in the year 2011
๏ต The project is designed around three components:
๏ต (1) Capacity building for integrated spatial planning;
๏ต (2) Land and Water Management, and
๏ต (3) Project management and coordination.
7. Ghana SLWMP Project Overview
๏ต As part of the WBGโs Sahel and West Africa Programme (SAWAP) in Support of
the Great Green Wall Initiative, and with financing support from GEF (US$ 16.9
million), Ghana has laid a strong foundation in developing and implementing
innovative and effective SLM programs and partnerships.
๏ต Integrated landscape approach through Participatory watershed planning in 10
districts in the Northern Savannah Zone of Ghana
๏ต Project Objective: to expand the area under sustainable land and water
management practices in selected watersheds (unchanged).
8. Multi-Stakeholder & Multi
Sector Project
๏ต Multi- stakeholder platforms
strengthened to support
upscaling of integrated natural
resources management across
scales and sectors
๏ต Implementing agencies and
partners
๏ต National Agencies
๏ต Ministry of Environment,
Science, Technology and
Innovation,
๏ต Environmental Protection
Agency,
๏ต Ministry of Food and
Agriculture,
๏ต Forest Services Division,
๏ต Wildlife Division,
Regional agencies
โข 3 Regional EPA offices
โข 3 Regional Departments of
Agriculture
โข 3 Regional Managers of Forest
Services Division
โข Regional Manager of Wildlife
Division
โข Park managers
โข Regional Water Resources
Commission
โข 3 Regional Coordinating Councils
โข Survey and Mapping Department
โข National Fire Service
โข Private sector
Implementing
agencies and partners
9. Implementing agencies and
partners contโd
District level agencies Community level
โข District Planning Office
โข Department of Agriculture
โข District Gender Office
โข National Fire Service
โข Community Water and
Sanitation
โข Forest Services Division
โข Wildlife Division
โข Traditional authorities
โข Opinion leader
โข Assembly Man
โข Farmers
โข Community members
10. MAJOR ACTIVITIES :
โข District / community watershed planning
โข Engaging NGOโs /CS0 to promote SLWM
โข Performance based Incentive structure for extension officers
โข Capacity building for community level structures (CWMTs, CRMCs) and farmers
(i.e local sturdy tour, farmer to farmer extension)
โข Establishment of demonstrations
โข Strengthen the NSLMC
โข Implementation of community sub-projects (riparian vegetation, SLWM
technologies (including root and tuber), water management systems, rangeland
management , restoration of degraded lands)
โข Natural resource based livelihood support activities
โข Post harvest management
โข Implementation of CREMA management plans
โข Piloting the PES
โข Project Impact Evaluation
โข Monitoring by local, Region and National level structures
โข Maintaining the GIS M&E system
โข Independent field verification by the NSLMC
โข Regional learning workshops
โข Project documentary
12. Output of community participatory
watershed management planning
๏ต Community watershed management plan
๏ต This is used by community members to develop sub-
projects to address identified problems within the
community landscape
๏ต Election of Community Watershed Management Team
(CWMT) to supervise implementation of community
interventions
๏ต SLWMP support agricultural and natural resources
management interventions,
๏ต Interventions outside the scope of the project is taken
up by the district planning officer for inclusion in the
District Medium Term Development Plans
16. Maintaining soil health for
increased productivity
Soil organic matter help
maintain biological
processes, prevents
erosion, improves plant
nutrients, increases soil
carbon, increases
resilience to climate
change
โข Protects soil against direct impact
of raindrops & sunshine
โข Improves organic matter content of
soil and plant nutrient
โข Serves as feed for insects and soil
organisms
โข Slows down run off and increase
water infiltration
Cover Crops
17. Water management technologies
๏ต In-field/on-farm water harvesting
๏ตEarth bunding
๏ตStone bunding
๏ต Bottle irrigation
๏ต Buffer zone/Riverine re-vegetation
18. Use of A-Frame
District extension agents
preparing to train
farmers on the use of A-
Frame for picking
contours
Farmer demonstrating the
use of A-Frame for
constructing stone bunds to
World Bank Mission Team
20. Stone bunds wrongly
constructed
The use of the A-Frame
assisted farmers to correct
wrongly done stone bunds
and also to create more
planting space.
21. Bottle Irrigation
Climate Change
adaptation โ
ensuring that tree
seedlings survive
during the long
dry season. NB
without the
mulch = high
evaporation
Mulch plus
bottle
irrigation
38. Bamboo-based sustainable land
management technologies
๏ต Bamboo has great potential to help restore degraded lands and protect
watersheds;
๏ต Bamboo rhizomes and roots develop remain alive and rooted in the soil,
producing new shoots each year and not destroy by wildfires;
๏ต It is very resilient, able to withstand floods and wildfires;
๏ต Bamboo leaves could play a potentially important role in providing a
sustainable source of fodder and feed;
๏ต Bamboo can significantly reduce water runoff and soil erosion because of its
extensive rhizome and rooting system;
๏ต Bamboo component of SLM is to improve bamboo-based livelihoods
and reduce land degradation through associated bamboo-based
environmental services;