The document summarizes an impact study conducted on natural resource management interventions implemented by the MENARID project in the Kamkooyeh village of Iran. A set of interventions were implemented including improving irrigation water supply, rangeland rehabilitation, cultivation of medicinal plants, vermicompost production, beekeeping, raising public awareness, and establishing a village development group and microcredit fund. The study used an ex-ante evaluation methodology to predict the economic, environmental, and social benefits of each intervention over 20 years by calculating factors like carbon sequestration, water conservation, increased productivity, and employment effects. Educational workshops were expected to increase the effectiveness of other interventions, and the microcredit fund was predicted to increase agricultural
Develop and piloting implement of Participatory Rangeland Management as an effective land use planning and natural resource management system in Bamyan’s rangelands;
Improve pastoral livelihoods and the productivity of the rangelands and enhance their contribution to national poverty reduction, food security and economic growth;
Contribution to sustainable natural resource management especially rangeland and watershed;
Building communities’ ownership of the natural resource;
Introduction, stages and steps of participatory rangeland managementILRI
Participatory rangeland management (PRM) has been piloted and upscaled in several countries since the 1990s. While PRM has improved local planning processes and governance, it has failed to strengthen land tenure security or integrate well within governments. Organizations implementing PRM also failed to adequately measure impacts. The typical PRM process involves mapping rangeland resources, establishing management councils, developing management plans, and limited implementation. Mapping is an important first step to understand resources and document pastoral land use.
This document provides personal and professional details of Abdul Basit, an environmentalist. It summarizes his 7 years of experience working on various environmental projects, including with The Urban Unit, Pak Green Enviro-Engineering Pvt. Ltd., Solution Environmental & Analytical Laboratory, and JAMVI Development Organization. It also lists his education qualifications of an MPhil in Environmental Sciences and BSC in Agriculture. His responsibilities have included environmental impact assessments, monitoring, training, and developing management plans to address environmental and social issues.
Integrated Pro-poor Water and Wastewater Management in Small Towns Project Im...Oswar Mungkasa
Presented at
the ESCAP Workshop on knowledge transfer and
capacity building for water and sanitation services in
Asia and the Pacific Bangkok, 17-19 February 2009
by Urban and Regional Development Institute and Serang District Authority
The project aims to improve food security, income, and natural resource management for local communities through participatory development approaches. It targets 320,000 households in rural areas of Karak and Tafila governorates. Community participation is a core principle, with local committees involved in planning, implementing, and monitoring community action plans and annual work plans over three-year cycles. The project finances infrastructure and agricultural activities through these participatory processes to empower disadvantaged community members and strengthen local institutions.
The document summarizes a slum upgrading project in Agra, India. The project aimed to improve living conditions for slum residents through inclusive strategies like building toilets and improving access to services. Over 1,000 toilets were constructed through community participation and partnerships between government agencies, non-profits, and the private sector. As a result, slum residents saw health, income, and quality of life improvements. The project also strengthened local capacity and partnerships for continued pro-poor development efforts.
Progress and Achievements of the Kagera River Basin Transboundary Agroecosyst...FAO
http://www-test.fao.org/kagera
This presentation gives the progress and achievements of the Kagera TAMP project for its first three years of implementation.
20 sep 2011 Digital Green Partner Meeting PRADANCSISA
This document summarizes PRADAN's partnership with digitalGREEN to produce agricultural education videos for rural communities. It outlines that PRADAN operates in 7 states, 44 districts, and works with over 225,000 households. The partnership has resulted in 415 videos being produced, covering over 6,700 villages and 13,000 communities. It also identifies opportunities for improving dissemination skills, diversifying content, and better tracking video adoption. The document provides contact information for the PRADAN partnership and a link to their website for more information.
Develop and piloting implement of Participatory Rangeland Management as an effective land use planning and natural resource management system in Bamyan’s rangelands;
Improve pastoral livelihoods and the productivity of the rangelands and enhance their contribution to national poverty reduction, food security and economic growth;
Contribution to sustainable natural resource management especially rangeland and watershed;
Building communities’ ownership of the natural resource;
Introduction, stages and steps of participatory rangeland managementILRI
Participatory rangeland management (PRM) has been piloted and upscaled in several countries since the 1990s. While PRM has improved local planning processes and governance, it has failed to strengthen land tenure security or integrate well within governments. Organizations implementing PRM also failed to adequately measure impacts. The typical PRM process involves mapping rangeland resources, establishing management councils, developing management plans, and limited implementation. Mapping is an important first step to understand resources and document pastoral land use.
This document provides personal and professional details of Abdul Basit, an environmentalist. It summarizes his 7 years of experience working on various environmental projects, including with The Urban Unit, Pak Green Enviro-Engineering Pvt. Ltd., Solution Environmental & Analytical Laboratory, and JAMVI Development Organization. It also lists his education qualifications of an MPhil in Environmental Sciences and BSC in Agriculture. His responsibilities have included environmental impact assessments, monitoring, training, and developing management plans to address environmental and social issues.
Integrated Pro-poor Water and Wastewater Management in Small Towns Project Im...Oswar Mungkasa
Presented at
the ESCAP Workshop on knowledge transfer and
capacity building for water and sanitation services in
Asia and the Pacific Bangkok, 17-19 February 2009
by Urban and Regional Development Institute and Serang District Authority
The project aims to improve food security, income, and natural resource management for local communities through participatory development approaches. It targets 320,000 households in rural areas of Karak and Tafila governorates. Community participation is a core principle, with local committees involved in planning, implementing, and monitoring community action plans and annual work plans over three-year cycles. The project finances infrastructure and agricultural activities through these participatory processes to empower disadvantaged community members and strengthen local institutions.
The document summarizes a slum upgrading project in Agra, India. The project aimed to improve living conditions for slum residents through inclusive strategies like building toilets and improving access to services. Over 1,000 toilets were constructed through community participation and partnerships between government agencies, non-profits, and the private sector. As a result, slum residents saw health, income, and quality of life improvements. The project also strengthened local capacity and partnerships for continued pro-poor development efforts.
Progress and Achievements of the Kagera River Basin Transboundary Agroecosyst...FAO
http://www-test.fao.org/kagera
This presentation gives the progress and achievements of the Kagera TAMP project for its first three years of implementation.
20 sep 2011 Digital Green Partner Meeting PRADANCSISA
This document summarizes PRADAN's partnership with digitalGREEN to produce agricultural education videos for rural communities. It outlines that PRADAN operates in 7 states, 44 districts, and works with over 225,000 households. The partnership has resulted in 415 videos being produced, covering over 6,700 villages and 13,000 communities. It also identifies opportunities for improving dissemination skills, diversifying content, and better tracking video adoption. The document provides contact information for the PRADAN partnership and a link to their website for more information.
The document compares and contrasts the Integrated Development Plan of Nelson Mandela Bay Metropolitan Municipality in South Africa from 2006-2011 with the City Development Plan of Greater Visakhapatnam Municipal Corporation in India from 2005-2025. Both plans aim to address issues like poverty reduction, service delivery, infrastructure development, and economic growth. Key differences are that Nelson Mandela Bay's plan emphasizes integration and financial sustainability more while Visakhapatnam's plan stresses slum upgrades and public-private partnerships. The Visakhapatnam plan received a higher overall rating due to its longer time horizon and emphasis on creating opportunities.
The document summarizes the activities of the Cassava Weed Management Project communication/extension component in Ogun State, Nigeria. It discusses major activities including training of extension agents, community entrance visits, on-farm demonstrations, farmers' field days, and collaboration with government agencies and media organizations to disseminate information on cassava weed management. Gender disaggregated data indicates a total of 5,104 farmers, including 3,315 males and 1,789 females, benefited from project activities in Ogun State.
The Kagera Transboundary Agro-ecosystem Management Programme aims to adopt an integrated ecosystem approach for sustainable land management in the Kagera River Basin shared by 4 countries. The project will restore degraded land, improve productivity, promote carbon sequestration, conserve agrobiodiversity, enhance food security and livelihoods, and protect transboundary waters. It will implement improved land practices on 100,000 hectares benefiting over 120,000 people and build capacity on sustainable land management.
Soils are important for food production, water storage and regulation, carbon storage, and biological activity. Soils support food security by enabling food availability, access, utilization, and stability. However, population growth is increasing pressure on soils and food production must increase 60% to meet future demand. Sustainable soil management is needed to close yield gaps and ensure continued food security. The Global Soil Partnership works to improve governance and management of soil resources through regional partnerships and plans of action focused on sustainable management, investment, research, data collection, and methods harmonization.
Umar Mehmood is a Pakistani professional with experience in renewable energy, water management, agriculture, and environmental issues. He has worked on projects in solar energy, irrigation systems, and water resource management. Mehmood received further training in the US on topics like leadership, project management, and strategic negotiation through programs like the Hubert H. Humphrey Fellowship.
The document discusses the City of Rancho Cucamonga's Healthy RC initiative to promote healthy and sustainable lifestyles. Key points include:
- The population has grown significantly but health indicators show high obesity and heart disease rates.
- Healthy RC takes a comprehensive, multi-departmental approach to influence the built environment, policies, programs and community engagement.
- Examples provided include general plan policies on mobility, community forums, youth empowerment programs, and infrastructure projects to encourage walking and biking.
- The goal is to make healthy living accessible through a collaborative, community-based approach.
1) The document outlines the proceedings of the National Consortium on SRI's annual partners' meeting held in Gaya, India from January 23-25, 2012.
2) It discusses how SRI has significantly benefited smallholder farms and livelihoods in rainfed areas by increasing yields and incomes while reducing costs, water use, and dependency on external inputs.
3) It provides an overview of the major actors promoting SRI in India including CSOs, government agencies, research organizations, donors, and private sector groups. It also outlines the consortium's objectives, governance structure, and key action items for the next year to further promote the adoption and study of SRI practices
The document provides an overview of participatory rural appraisal (PRA) tools and methods that can be used for participatory land use planning. It defines key terms like PRA and participatory land use planning. It then describes several commonly used PRA tools - focus group discussions, social mapping, historical profiling, seasonal calendars, wealth ranking, Venn diagrams, impact diagrams, case studies, and SWOT analysis. It provides details on how each tool is conducted and the types of information it can provide. The document concludes with proposing the structure and content for final group reports on participatory land use planning exercises.
The Learning Route on Natural Resource Management and Climate Change Adaptation best practices, the experience in Kenya; took place between the 6-13 July 2014 in several counties in Kenya.
The objective of this learning route is to scale up through peer to peer learning the Kenyan best multi stakeholders' strategies, tools and practices to fight environmental degradation and to adapt to climate change with the aim of improving the livelihoods of people living in affected communities.
The learning Route has been developed by International Fund for Agricultural Development (IFAD) CARE (relief agency) in Kenya and the Cgiar Research Program on Climate Change & Food Security, in partnership with Procasur Africa.
Here we have an overview of the all the second experience of the three host case studies that were visited:
Case 2: the CCAFS and dryland Agriculture site in Wote (Makueni)
Torabi s menarid-iran-icarda_ex-ante_assessment-kamkouyeh_villagegroundwatercop
This document discusses plans for an ex-ante impact assessment case study of projects implemented by the MENARID Iran project in Kamkouyeh Village. The assessment will be conducted by ICARDA to capture the adoption of integrated natural resource management technologies. It will provide an independent evaluation and help validate best practices. The village projects include an irrigation water supply system, rangeland rehabilitation, cultivation of medicinal plants, vermicompost production, beekeeping, public awareness workshops, and an institutional strengthening project. The document recommends that the assessment team have diverse expertise, identify best practices and indicators, follow the methodology systematically, and ensure adequate data collection and coordination to produce a credible study.
This document summarizes the process and findings of implementing a partnership framework in Tunisia to develop an integrated management plan for the Oum Zessar watershed. Key steps included:
1) Assessing the situation through stakeholder workshops and identifying scenarios.
2) Designing options through thematic and territorial working groups to identify actions.
3) Integrating options into a participatory integrated action plan for the Oum Zessar watershed through a steering committee validation process.
4) Testing and implementing the strategy through extrapolation to other watersheds. Regular stakeholder engagement was emphasized throughout the process.
Rural Infrastructure Development Projects Under MGNREGA, Clean Village : A St...'Denish Makvana'
(1)Rural Infrastructure Development Projects Under MGNREGA,
(2)Clean Village : A Step Towards Clean India Campaign,
(3)Concept Sustainable Planning Of feasible Infrastructure Facilities And Tourism Site Development.
Third party evaluation of SRSP programme (AusAid-EERP) miantosef
This document provides an executive summary of a report that evaluated the immediate impacts of community physical infrastructure projects implemented under the Expanded Early Recovery Project in Malakand Division, Pakistan. The summary outlines the project background, scope of work, approach/methodology, and key findings. Regarding findings, it notes that most documentation was available and adequate, though some engineering designs were incomplete. It also found that most projects addressed community priorities, had community participation in planning/implementation, and are functioning effectively to provide intended benefits, though some had design or quality issues impacting sustainability.
The document provides a summary of the professional experience and qualifications of Gitachu Peterson Munge. It details his experience working for over 10 years in Water, Sanitation and Hygiene (WASH) programs in several countries in Africa and Asia, holding roles such as WASH Consultant Project Manager, WASH Expert, WASH Emergency Support Manager, and WASH Program Manager. It also lists the educational qualifications and technical skills of Gitachu Peterson Munge, including a diploma in groundwater technology and ongoing studies for a bachelor's degree in environmental health.
This document summarizes the Comprehensive Watershed Development Project (CWDP) in Madhya Pradesh, India. The CWDP uses a participatory approach involving communities in planning, implementing, and sustaining watershed development interventions. Key aspects of the approach include creating awareness in communities, forming and building capacity of village watershed development committees, micro-planning using participatory rural appraisal, ensuring cost and benefit sharing between stakeholders, and eventually transferring management responsibilities to user groups. The project aims to empower communities and ensure the sustainability of development efforts.
Bringing evidence to bear on negotiating ecosystem service and livelihood tra...africa-rising
Presented by Leigh Winowiecki, Hadia Seid, Mieke Bourne, Constance Neely, Kiros Hadgu, Niguse Hagazi and Fergus Sinclair (ICRAF) at the SAIRLA Second National Learning Alliance Workshop, ILRI, Addis Ababa, 23 November 2017
The document discusses several initiatives that the Asian Development Bank (ADB) is undertaking to promote sustainable blue economies and reduce plastic pollution in Southeast Asia. Specifically:
1) The ADB has committed $5 billion by 2024 for projects supporting healthy oceans and blue economies through its Blue Southeast Asia Finance Hub.
2) The Hub aims to develop bankable blue projects worth $300 million by 2024, including two projects in Indonesia's pipeline in 2023-2024 related to integrated fishing ports and reducing marine debris.
3) Other ADB projects provide support to Indonesia and other countries for city-level action plans to reduce plastic waste, pilot projects testing digital solutions to improve recycling, and a $100 million
The document discusses several initiatives that the Asian Development Bank (ADB) is undertaking to promote sustainable blue economies and reduce plastic pollution in Southeast Asia. Specifically:
1) The ADB has committed $5 billion by 2024 for projects supporting healthy oceans and blue economies through its Blue Southeast Asia Finance Hub.
2) The Hub aims to create bankable blue projects worth $300 million by 2024, including two projects in Indonesia's pipeline in 2023-2024 related to integrated fishing ports and reducing marine debris.
3) ADB is also providing $7.7 million in grants for a project to reduce marine plastic pollution across Asia Pacific through city-level action plans, pilot projects, and knowledge sharing
Pillar 2: Execution of the Implementation Plan | Lucrezia Caon, GSP SecretariatFAO
The document discusses the Soil Doctors Global Programme, which aims to build capacity for sustainable soil management among smallholder farmers. It does this by identifying and training "champion farmers", called Soil Doctors, to educate other farmers in their communities about soil science principles and sustainable practices. Soil Doctors would create a self-sufficient training system to promote sustainable soil management independently of financial resources. The programme also seeks to strengthen relations between farmers and organizations, and support soil data collection and monitoring. Details are provided on how to implement the programme, including manuals, education materials, and assessing critical soil parameters in the field with minimal equipment.
The document compares and contrasts the Integrated Development Plan of Nelson Mandela Bay Metropolitan Municipality in South Africa from 2006-2011 with the City Development Plan of Greater Visakhapatnam Municipal Corporation in India from 2005-2025. Both plans aim to address issues like poverty reduction, service delivery, infrastructure development, and economic growth. Key differences are that Nelson Mandela Bay's plan emphasizes integration and financial sustainability more while Visakhapatnam's plan stresses slum upgrades and public-private partnerships. The Visakhapatnam plan received a higher overall rating due to its longer time horizon and emphasis on creating opportunities.
The document summarizes the activities of the Cassava Weed Management Project communication/extension component in Ogun State, Nigeria. It discusses major activities including training of extension agents, community entrance visits, on-farm demonstrations, farmers' field days, and collaboration with government agencies and media organizations to disseminate information on cassava weed management. Gender disaggregated data indicates a total of 5,104 farmers, including 3,315 males and 1,789 females, benefited from project activities in Ogun State.
The Kagera Transboundary Agro-ecosystem Management Programme aims to adopt an integrated ecosystem approach for sustainable land management in the Kagera River Basin shared by 4 countries. The project will restore degraded land, improve productivity, promote carbon sequestration, conserve agrobiodiversity, enhance food security and livelihoods, and protect transboundary waters. It will implement improved land practices on 100,000 hectares benefiting over 120,000 people and build capacity on sustainable land management.
Soils are important for food production, water storage and regulation, carbon storage, and biological activity. Soils support food security by enabling food availability, access, utilization, and stability. However, population growth is increasing pressure on soils and food production must increase 60% to meet future demand. Sustainable soil management is needed to close yield gaps and ensure continued food security. The Global Soil Partnership works to improve governance and management of soil resources through regional partnerships and plans of action focused on sustainable management, investment, research, data collection, and methods harmonization.
Umar Mehmood is a Pakistani professional with experience in renewable energy, water management, agriculture, and environmental issues. He has worked on projects in solar energy, irrigation systems, and water resource management. Mehmood received further training in the US on topics like leadership, project management, and strategic negotiation through programs like the Hubert H. Humphrey Fellowship.
The document discusses the City of Rancho Cucamonga's Healthy RC initiative to promote healthy and sustainable lifestyles. Key points include:
- The population has grown significantly but health indicators show high obesity and heart disease rates.
- Healthy RC takes a comprehensive, multi-departmental approach to influence the built environment, policies, programs and community engagement.
- Examples provided include general plan policies on mobility, community forums, youth empowerment programs, and infrastructure projects to encourage walking and biking.
- The goal is to make healthy living accessible through a collaborative, community-based approach.
1) The document outlines the proceedings of the National Consortium on SRI's annual partners' meeting held in Gaya, India from January 23-25, 2012.
2) It discusses how SRI has significantly benefited smallholder farms and livelihoods in rainfed areas by increasing yields and incomes while reducing costs, water use, and dependency on external inputs.
3) It provides an overview of the major actors promoting SRI in India including CSOs, government agencies, research organizations, donors, and private sector groups. It also outlines the consortium's objectives, governance structure, and key action items for the next year to further promote the adoption and study of SRI practices
The document provides an overview of participatory rural appraisal (PRA) tools and methods that can be used for participatory land use planning. It defines key terms like PRA and participatory land use planning. It then describes several commonly used PRA tools - focus group discussions, social mapping, historical profiling, seasonal calendars, wealth ranking, Venn diagrams, impact diagrams, case studies, and SWOT analysis. It provides details on how each tool is conducted and the types of information it can provide. The document concludes with proposing the structure and content for final group reports on participatory land use planning exercises.
The Learning Route on Natural Resource Management and Climate Change Adaptation best practices, the experience in Kenya; took place between the 6-13 July 2014 in several counties in Kenya.
The objective of this learning route is to scale up through peer to peer learning the Kenyan best multi stakeholders' strategies, tools and practices to fight environmental degradation and to adapt to climate change with the aim of improving the livelihoods of people living in affected communities.
The learning Route has been developed by International Fund for Agricultural Development (IFAD) CARE (relief agency) in Kenya and the Cgiar Research Program on Climate Change & Food Security, in partnership with Procasur Africa.
Here we have an overview of the all the second experience of the three host case studies that were visited:
Case 2: the CCAFS and dryland Agriculture site in Wote (Makueni)
Torabi s menarid-iran-icarda_ex-ante_assessment-kamkouyeh_villagegroundwatercop
This document discusses plans for an ex-ante impact assessment case study of projects implemented by the MENARID Iran project in Kamkouyeh Village. The assessment will be conducted by ICARDA to capture the adoption of integrated natural resource management technologies. It will provide an independent evaluation and help validate best practices. The village projects include an irrigation water supply system, rangeland rehabilitation, cultivation of medicinal plants, vermicompost production, beekeeping, public awareness workshops, and an institutional strengthening project. The document recommends that the assessment team have diverse expertise, identify best practices and indicators, follow the methodology systematically, and ensure adequate data collection and coordination to produce a credible study.
This document summarizes the process and findings of implementing a partnership framework in Tunisia to develop an integrated management plan for the Oum Zessar watershed. Key steps included:
1) Assessing the situation through stakeholder workshops and identifying scenarios.
2) Designing options through thematic and territorial working groups to identify actions.
3) Integrating options into a participatory integrated action plan for the Oum Zessar watershed through a steering committee validation process.
4) Testing and implementing the strategy through extrapolation to other watersheds. Regular stakeholder engagement was emphasized throughout the process.
Rural Infrastructure Development Projects Under MGNREGA, Clean Village : A St...'Denish Makvana'
(1)Rural Infrastructure Development Projects Under MGNREGA,
(2)Clean Village : A Step Towards Clean India Campaign,
(3)Concept Sustainable Planning Of feasible Infrastructure Facilities And Tourism Site Development.
Third party evaluation of SRSP programme (AusAid-EERP) miantosef
This document provides an executive summary of a report that evaluated the immediate impacts of community physical infrastructure projects implemented under the Expanded Early Recovery Project in Malakand Division, Pakistan. The summary outlines the project background, scope of work, approach/methodology, and key findings. Regarding findings, it notes that most documentation was available and adequate, though some engineering designs were incomplete. It also found that most projects addressed community priorities, had community participation in planning/implementation, and are functioning effectively to provide intended benefits, though some had design or quality issues impacting sustainability.
The document provides a summary of the professional experience and qualifications of Gitachu Peterson Munge. It details his experience working for over 10 years in Water, Sanitation and Hygiene (WASH) programs in several countries in Africa and Asia, holding roles such as WASH Consultant Project Manager, WASH Expert, WASH Emergency Support Manager, and WASH Program Manager. It also lists the educational qualifications and technical skills of Gitachu Peterson Munge, including a diploma in groundwater technology and ongoing studies for a bachelor's degree in environmental health.
This document summarizes the Comprehensive Watershed Development Project (CWDP) in Madhya Pradesh, India. The CWDP uses a participatory approach involving communities in planning, implementing, and sustaining watershed development interventions. Key aspects of the approach include creating awareness in communities, forming and building capacity of village watershed development committees, micro-planning using participatory rural appraisal, ensuring cost and benefit sharing between stakeholders, and eventually transferring management responsibilities to user groups. The project aims to empower communities and ensure the sustainability of development efforts.
Bringing evidence to bear on negotiating ecosystem service and livelihood tra...africa-rising
Presented by Leigh Winowiecki, Hadia Seid, Mieke Bourne, Constance Neely, Kiros Hadgu, Niguse Hagazi and Fergus Sinclair (ICRAF) at the SAIRLA Second National Learning Alliance Workshop, ILRI, Addis Ababa, 23 November 2017
The document discusses several initiatives that the Asian Development Bank (ADB) is undertaking to promote sustainable blue economies and reduce plastic pollution in Southeast Asia. Specifically:
1) The ADB has committed $5 billion by 2024 for projects supporting healthy oceans and blue economies through its Blue Southeast Asia Finance Hub.
2) The Hub aims to develop bankable blue projects worth $300 million by 2024, including two projects in Indonesia's pipeline in 2023-2024 related to integrated fishing ports and reducing marine debris.
3) Other ADB projects provide support to Indonesia and other countries for city-level action plans to reduce plastic waste, pilot projects testing digital solutions to improve recycling, and a $100 million
The document discusses several initiatives that the Asian Development Bank (ADB) is undertaking to promote sustainable blue economies and reduce plastic pollution in Southeast Asia. Specifically:
1) The ADB has committed $5 billion by 2024 for projects supporting healthy oceans and blue economies through its Blue Southeast Asia Finance Hub.
2) The Hub aims to create bankable blue projects worth $300 million by 2024, including two projects in Indonesia's pipeline in 2023-2024 related to integrated fishing ports and reducing marine debris.
3) ADB is also providing $7.7 million in grants for a project to reduce marine plastic pollution across Asia Pacific through city-level action plans, pilot projects, and knowledge sharing
Pillar 2: Execution of the Implementation Plan | Lucrezia Caon, GSP SecretariatFAO
The document discusses the Soil Doctors Global Programme, which aims to build capacity for sustainable soil management among smallholder farmers. It does this by identifying and training "champion farmers", called Soil Doctors, to educate other farmers in their communities about soil science principles and sustainable practices. Soil Doctors would create a self-sufficient training system to promote sustainable soil management independently of financial resources. The programme also seeks to strengthen relations between farmers and organizations, and support soil data collection and monitoring. Details are provided on how to implement the programme, including manuals, education materials, and assessing critical soil parameters in the field with minimal equipment.
Menarid: Case study of Kamkouyeh Village, IranICARDA
This document discusses a proposed ex-ante impact assessment case study of Kamkouyeh Village in Iran by the International Center for Agricultural Research in the Dry Areas (ICARDA) as part of the MENARID project. The study would assess the adoption of integrated natural resource management technologies implemented by MENARID in Iran. Benefits of the study include an independent assessment, knowledge sharing in the region, validation of best practices, and developing a practical methodology. The village has implemented several projects, including irrigation, rangeland rehabilitation, cultivation of medicinal plants, vermicompost production, beekeeping, and awareness workshops. The document provides recommendations for the study, such as assembling a multidisciplinary team
Project improved water management for sustainable mountain agriculture jordan...ICARDA
The document summarizes an annual consultation meeting for a project aimed at improving water management for sustainable mountain agriculture. The goal is to promote sustainable agriculture through better water management. The project has four components: developing water harvesting guidelines, improving water management, assessing policies, and capacity building. It is active in Jordan, Lebanon, and Morocco, working with local partners in each country. It focuses on developing and demonstrating improved irrigation, crop management, and diversification practices. The emphasis in 2014 is on disseminating results through expanded demonstrations, training, and publications. While progress has been made, more time is needed to fully utilize results and maximize impacts on natural resources and perennial crops.
The Danube - Black Sea Strategic Partnership Program: Progress, Issues and Wa...Iwl Pcu
Jitendra Srivastava & Meeta Sehgal
Environmentally and Socially Sustainable Development Unit
Europe and Central Asia Region, World Bank
U.S.A.
Moldova, October 2006
This document provides a summary of a baseline study report on marginalized farmers' rights in Nepal. It describes the study's objectives to collect baseline data and build capacity of field workers. Household and participatory surveys were conducted in 214 communities across 10 districts. Challenges included collecting sensitive data and ensuring data quality. Findings are presented according to the program's indicators to inform targeted interventions. The report structure includes background, findings, and conclusions/recommendations.
The document outlines the Community Sustainability and Resiliency Special Initiative (CSR SI), which aims to facilitate sharing of urban environmental and societal data, information, and tools. The CSR SI has established an international forum for urban practitioners and policymakers to share best practices. Its expected outcomes within 5 years include building a common knowledge platform, connecting urban professionals globally, increasing capacity to use geospatial data/tools, and providing value to policymakers. Projects under the initiative work on developing frameworks and datasets to support urban planning and management.
This document provides an overview of the CPWF Volta Basin Project "Integrated Management of Rainwater for Crop-Livestock agro-ecosystems" (V2) which aims to increase crop and livestock productivity through identifying, evaluating, adapting and disseminating best-fit integrated rainwater management strategies. The project is being conducted in northern Ghana and Burkina Faso, with research questions focusing on determining best strategies under different conditions, assessing impacts on productivity, and fostering adoption. Key outputs include baseline characterization, recommendations, tools for analysis, dissemination, and capacity building.
Promoting Community-Based Adaptation in Uganda; experiences, lessons, emergin...Dr. Joshua Zake
This power point presentation was presented during the 1st National Symposium on Community Based Adaptation (CBA), held on 16th June 2017 at Hotel Africana, Kampala - with the purpose of developing a country Position on CBA for presentation during the 11th CBA conference, scheduled on 22nd - 29th June 2017, Royal Suits Hotel, Kampala.
It provides an highlight of Environmental Alert's experiences experiences, lessons, emerging issues and recommendations (for policy and practice) based on Environmental Alert led initiatives, for consideration in Uganda's Position on CBA.
Results-based Monitoring and Evaluation Systems and Knowledge-SharingICARDA
The document summarizes ICARDA's role in supporting monitoring and evaluation systems and knowledge sharing activities across the GEF MENARID program. ICARDA implemented an IFAD-funded project focused on knowledge management and harmonization of monitoring and evaluation systems. Key outputs included developing cross-cutting indicators, an online monitoring database, guidelines for M&E and RBM, and capacity building. ICARDA also established a knowledge management platform and organized learning workshops. Lessons learned include the need for greater capacity building in M&E and knowledge management, and ensuring ownership of knowledge products.
The document summarizes the responsibilities of a Research Associate working on 4 environmental and social safeguard projects in Pakistan:
1. The Punjab Cities Governance Improvement Project aimed to improve urban management and transparency at the city level. Responsibilities included environmental impact assessments and community mobilization.
2. The Gender Management Information System project developed a centralized database on women's issues. Responsibilities included collecting gender-related data and ensuring gender issues were addressed.
3. The Punjab Saaf Pani Project installed water filtration plants across Punjab. Responsibilities included contamination mapping, identifying priority districts, and arranging meetings.
4. The Riverfront Urban Development Project developed zones along the Ravi River in Lahore. Responsibilities included
Can we measure female social entrepreneurship? ICARDA
1st Annual Conference of the Private Sector Development Research Network:Private Enterprise and Inclusion12-13 December 2019
Presentation by Anastasia Seferiadis, Sarah Cummings and Bénédicte Gastineau
Building Climate Smart FARMERSThe Indian PerspectiveICARDA
Presented by
DR. KIRIT N SHELAT, I.A.S. (Rtd)
National Council for Climate Change, Sustainable Development and Public Leadership (NCCSD)
AHMEDABAD - INDIA
The document discusses the concepts of Food, Energy, and Water (FEW) and their interlinkages. It describes the Solar Universities Network (SUN) which has 72 registered universities working towards sustainability goals. The network is establishing guidelines around campus water, energy, and plastics use to help universities become carbon neutral. It also presents various perspectives on FEW such as production for food versus fodder, large versus small systems, and using FEW for multiple purposes.
Just Add Water: Approaches to Smart Agricultural Water ManagementICARDA
1) The document discusses approaches to smart agricultural water management including using water more productively, increasing water availability through small reservoirs and managed aquifer recharge, and bringing innovations such as solar irrigation under smarter water management.
2) It notes that water is the first and worst hit resource by climate change and is vital, connecting sectors. The Global Commission on Adaptation report emphasizes helping small-scale producers manage risks and making agriculture climate smart.
3) Pilot projects on on-grid and off-grid solar solutions for irrigation can provide energy access, food security, and incomes while diversifying power grids and reducing costs for farmers.
The DryArc Initiative aims to develop innovative and resilient agri-food systems in dryland regions through a global partnership. It will pursue two pathways: 1) combining existing technologies into systemic innovations tailored to each context, and 2) accelerating the scaling up of impact-targeted innovations. Over four phases from 2019-2030, DryArc will co-design solutions with stakeholders, strengthen capacities, and establish an enabling environment through decision support, monitoring and evaluation, and attracting investment. The goal is to transform agri-food systems and support food/nutrition security and employment in dryland regions vulnerable to problems like land degradation, water scarcity, and climate change impacts.
SUSTAINABLE SILVOPASTORAL RESTORATION TO PROMOTE ECOSYSTEM SERVICES IN TUNISIAICARDA
25 - 29 November 2019. Antalya, Turkey. Near East Forestry and Range Commission (NEFRC) - 24th Session
Presentation by Dr. Mounir Louhaichi
Rangeland Ecology & Management
International Center for Agricultural Research in the Dry Areas
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Menarid: Impact Study on Iran
1. Habib Shahbazi,
Mirghasemi. S. A
Abbasifar. A
Pakravan. M. R
Consultants for ICARDA
17th June 2014
Institutional strengthening and coherence for
Integrated Natural Resources Management
(GEF-MENARID-Iran)
Impact Study on the
MENARID Intervention/Practices
in Behabad site (Kamkooyeh village)
2. • ICARDA Jordan for their kind support & overall coordination, and
also for technical support in development of the methodology;
• ICARDA Iran for local coordination & support
• MENARID Iran Team for their kind support and collaboration in data
collection and providing useful information, reports and documents
about their activities/interventions/technologies in the project
especially in the selected pilot village.
• To Ms. Torabi, our contact person in the project team and also
Mr. Bagheri (provincial project manager in Yazd province) and his
colleagues.
• Finally, my special thanks goes to kind members of the targeted
community at Kamkooyeh village for their hospitality and also their
cooperation in filling questioners and sharing their perception and
ideas about the project.
Appreciation & Acknowledgement
3. Background & Scope of the Work
• Within the scope of MENARID, ICARDA plans to support a full
and details impact study that captures the adoption of all INRM
technologies implemented by the Iran MENARID project titled
"Institutional strengthening and coherence for Integrated
Natural Resources Management",
• Assess a few high potential technologies selected in close
collaboration with the local project team,
• Such a study should also explore the gender aspect of the
technologies analyzed.
• This approach should contribute to decisions related to up
scaling of the activities within and outside of the target project
area as wells as learning for policy and decision making in
integrated NRM development under similar conditions in the
future.
4. The impact study will focus on attribution and contribution of these
technologies in bringing about desired changes, and will also cover relevance,
effectiveness, efficiency, impact and replicability. To achieve this goal, it will :
• determine extend and depth of the use of the technologies/practices by the
target beneficiaries,
• measure the economic and environmental benefits of using this technology;
and
• Undertake a cost-benefit analysis of the technology, considering the full cost
of the technology (costs of utilization, costs of promotion, subsidies and etc.).
Evaluate ex-ante the contribution of the activities in restoring and maintaining
the ecosystems functions and productivity, and improving targeted
communities economic and social well-being;
National project team has selected/introduced a village in the Behabad site (its
name is Kamkooyeh) which by following participatory approaches (social
mobilization and micro credit mechanism) and capacity building, a “Village
Development Group” (VDG) has been established in that village.
Background & Scope of the Work
5. Location Map of Yazd Province &
Behabad Township in Iran
Map of Iran
Map of Yazd Province
Map of Behabad Township
6. Google earth
Image of the study
area
Behabad city in
upper left corner
of the image
Kamkooyeh village
in lower left of the
image
7. Meeting with local community for
designing irrigation water supply
Beekeeping training in Kamkooyeh village
Interview with local communities
Studying rangelands of Kamkooyeh
by Dr Mosleh Arani
8. Sample photos of VDG meetings and holding training workshops at village level
9. The selected Activities in Kamkooyeh Village
for assessing their impacts
A set of complementary activities and measurements have been designed and implemented
in the study area by consultation and active participation of the local
community/beneficiaries, including:
• (P1): Implementation of irrigation water supply project - pipeline system for improving
water supply efficiency;
• (P2): Rangelands rehabilitation through different SLM practices like seeding and
plantation in hilly landscapes/terrains;
• (P3): Cultivation of medicinal plants;
• (P4): Vermicompost production;
• (P5): Beekeeping and Honey production
• (P6): Raising public awareness at communities level through workshops and field visits;
• (P7): Institutional strengthening by establishment of the VDG, establishment of micro
credit fund for providing financial support for the project interventions at village level.
11. Fulfilled Activities
• Preparing a draft methodology (on 18th March 2014).
• Holding several meeting with MENARID-Iran team to
discuss about the methodology and also selecting the
proper site to do the impact study.
• Collecting all existing data & reports about the
Behabad & Kamkooyeh site.
• Reviewing the collected reports/data and extracting
required data.
• Revising the methodology based on the available data
• Contacting with provincial team of MENARID in Yazd.
12.
13. • Meeting with provincial & local staff of the
project.
• Interview with partner experts about the
project and its approach & impacts (Filling in
a special questioner to evaluate the
expected impacts based on their
experiences).
Fulfilled Activities
14. Dr. Mosleh Arani (Dean of NRM Faculty in
Yazd University)
Mr. Hajihosseini (Head of Extension Office
in Yazd Agriculture Organization)
Mr. Bagheri (Provincial Manager of
MENARID in Yazd)
Ms. Zahmatkesh (Local Alternative
Livelihood Expert of MENARID in Yazd)
15. • Field visit and collecting more data about the pilot
site.
• Interview with different community members
(Filling in a special questioner to evaluate the
expected impacts based on their expectation).
Fulfilled Activities
16. • Analyzing the collected questioners.
• Identifying gaps in the collected data and searching for
suitable references/literature for covering those gaps
and doing ex-ante evaluation of the impacts.
• Holding coordination meeting with the MENARID team.
• Analyzing the collected data and calculating different
costs and benefits of the MENARID interventions at
Kamkooyeh village.
Fulfilled Activities
18. The selected Activities in Kamkooyeh Village
for assessing their impacts
• (P1): Implementation of irrigation water supply project - pipeline system for improving
water supply efficiency;
• (P2): Rangelands rehabilitation through different SLM practices like seeding and
plantation in hilly landscapes/terrains;
• (P3): Cultivation of medicinal plants;
• (P4): Vermicompost production;
• (P5): Beekeeping and Honey production
• (P6): Raising public awareness at communities level through workshops and field visits;
• (P7): Institutional strengthening by establishment of the VDG, establishment of micro
credit fund for providing financial support for the project interventions at village level.
19. The Applied Methodology
Since the project interventions are short lived (the largest
one is about one year) and we don't expect to see impacts
in such a short period, therefore, an ex-ante study (for
predicting potential impacts in the future) has been done.
The project team are recommending that the whole package
of the activities in that village should be considered in the
evaluation of the expected impacts, therefore, for
evaluation of these practices (technologies) on maintaining
or restoring or improving of productivity, ecosystem
functioning and social well-being of local communities,
each practice or activity should be separately assessed for
a 20 years of life time by considering the following steps:
20. Step 1 to Step5:
Calculation of economic (improving of productivity), ecosystem functioning
(environmental, biophysical and biological impacts) and social
benefits/well-being of (P1 ~ P5) activities has been calculated (details in
the report).
• Ecosystem functioning (environmental, biophysical and biological) benefits
of these activities are including: "Carbon sequestration & CO2
sequestration", “saving of the evaporated water from open canal” and
"prevention of deposited sediment" in the canal and reservoir pool, water
conservation and "increasing water infiltration", and as a result,
"increasing ground water recharge" plus “reducing flood hazard” plus "soil
erosion control", improving natural vegetation cover, “biodiversity value”,
"soil erosion control“, reducing fertilizer and pesticide uses, reducing
tillage practice, increasing soil fertility, increasing water productivity,
increasing soil fertility, Increasing quantity and quality of produced crops
and also improving biodiversity because of pollination by honeybees .
The Applied Methodology
21. Step 6. Calculation of social benefits of (P6) activity:
According to Shahbazi (2013), the elasticity of education/training (formal and
informal) on Iran's productivity in agricultural and natural resources sector, is
about 1.44. Elasticity of Iran's productivity in agricultural and natural resources
sector on social benefits, according to Hosseini and Shahbazi (2013) is about 0.62.
Therefore, the elasticity/effect of education (formal and informal) on social
benefits is about 0.8928 (= 0.62 × 1.44). It means that the social benefit of project
with the conducted training workshops is 0.89 percent more than social benefit of
the project without the educational/training workshops. There is an expectation
that education/training workshops improves/increases the effectiveness of the
implemented practices (P1~ P5). So, calculation of social benefits of P6 is as the
following equation:
Where SVP6 is social benefit of (P6) activity because of conducted educational/training
workshops. SVPi is Social benefits of ith practice and EMPi is employment value of ith
practice (i=1 ~ 5).
The Applied Methodology
22. Step 7. According to Shahnooshi and Shabanzadeh (2012), micro credit fund
effect/ elasticity on Iran's agricultural and natural resources productivity
is about 0.16 percent. Therefore, social benefit of project in case of
existence of the micro credit fund is 0.16 percent more than social
benefit of project in case of no micro credit fund. There is an expectation
that micro credit fund supports will increase the effectiveness of
practices (P1~P5). So, calculation of social benefits of (P7) is as the
following:
Where SVP7 is social benefit of (P7) because of supportive impact of micro
credit fund mechanism. SVPi is Social benefits of ith practice and EMPi is
employment value of ith practice (i=1 ~ 5).
The Applied Methodology
23. Step 8. Cost benefit analysis of P1~P7 activities.
Net annual equivalent uniform benefits of P1~P6 could be calculated according
to SVP1~SVP7 for life period of the projects (for example, 20 years) and then
Net annual uniform cost of P1~P7 activities for useful life period of the
projects. Cost-benefit analysis would be determined based on the following
equation:
Where SVPi is annual social benefits of P1~P7 activities and EMPi is
employment value of P1~P5 activities. CPi is net annual uniform cost of
P1~P7 activities.
“CPi “ is Capital Cost of the project (Operational & Overhead Expenses), “ n “ is
the life time of the project and “ r ” is the annual discount rate. Also “KPi” is
the annual Working Capital Cost (Operational & Overhead Expenses +
Maintenance cost).
The Applied Methodology
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24. Step 9. Impacts on economic (improving of productivity), ecosystem functioning
(environmental, biophysical and biological) and social benefits/well-being
because of P1~P7 activities.
For assessment of P1~P7 activities and other factors (variables) impacts on
ecosystem functioning (environmental, biophysical and biological) benefit,
regression analysis will be used as the following:
Where, VPj is social benefit share of jth beneficiary. P1~P7 are preferences or degree
of agreement with a P1~P7 effect on improving of social benefits (as Strongly
Disagree, disagree, neither, agree, strongly agree). AGE is age of beneficiary
(Young, middle age or old), LIT is literacy level of beneficiary (in unit of years),
EXP is beneficiary’s experience in production system (in unit of years) and OTH is
other variables such as case history (illness-as dummy variable) and gender (as
dummy variable). e is residual term in econometric regression. β0- β11 are
coefficients that are representing extent and depth of this variable such as P1~P7
on social benefits
The Applied Methodology
25. • The required data for doing this impact study are collecting from
different sources. The first part are those data that could be extracted
from existing reports (base line study, NGO questioners), field visit
and so on.
• For implementation of step 8, the designed questioners would be
used. The questioners have been prepared in 2 levels (for the
farmers and for those experts that know the MENARID project at
different level).
• In a general summery, extracted data from the questioners show
that in implementation of interventions 1 to 7, most of the experts
believe that these type of activities could have significant impacts on
improving income and welfare of villagers.
• Most of the experts are quite agree with public awareness and
establishment of micro credit fund (P6 & P7) which are very
effective for capacity building and empowering of local
communities.
The Collected Data and their sources
26. Preliminary results for each activity
Summary of the Results (Impact Study on MENARID-Iran Activities in Kamkooyeh Village)
Project code
Total Social
Benefits
Total
Project cost
BenefitsB/C
Discount Rate (scenario)Discount Rate
121311121311
139744.843873517109.2517437.5216787.622.322.282.37
25687.9722902012.972032.381993.962.832.802.85
336279.26947612152.4112232.7212073.732.992.973.00
452006.44347616067.2916096.7516038.433.243.233.24
514443.7495965617.825699.155538.152.572.532.61
6230979.621175870868.0370967.6870770.413.263.253.26
734631.361178911967.7012067.6211869.822.892.872.92
Overall413773.2287120135795.49136533.83135072.123.053.033.06
27. Chalenges in doing the study
(at national level)
• Calculation and evaluation of environmental and social
benefits are very complex and sophisticated issues and it
is almost new even at global level. There are many
knowledge gaps in this regard, especially in developing
countries like Iran so main challenges in doing this study
is poor access to useful references or literatures in the
related topics such as:
• Lack of research and studies on valuing ecosystems
services and also calculation of environmental benefits
• Unreliable results of EIA studies in the region
• Assessment of biodiversity values especially for
beekeeping activities
• Difficulties and complexity of measuring social benefits of
such interventions
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28. • Illiteracy of local farmers
• High level of farmer’s age (oldness / elderly)
which is a barrier for doing extension and
promotion activities
• Short period of time passing after
implementation of the interventions
• High level of poverty at village level
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Chalenges in doing the study
(at community level)
29. Solutions
• Doing ex-ante evaluation
• Using relevant expertise in the team of consultant
(economist, environmental economist, agricultural
economist, socio economic expert, civil engineer and …)
• Searching in internet (and available literature) for
finding relevant and reliable references
• Interview with different stakeholders and collecting
their expert opinion about the interventions.
• Contacting senior experts at provincial & national level
and also local experts at community level (Skillful users)
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30. Recommendations:
• Pilot Site selection is very important for success
in doing such a study (the selected site should
have enough potential and environmental and
social capacity for development).
• Working at community level and its complexity
(operational and execution challenges), maybe
cause less attention to the spirit of INRM
(institutional strengthening and coherence) in
the MENARID project.
• Doing accurate Base Line study and collecting
enough data about the situation before the
project interventions.