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Cabo verde
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Land Degradation
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2012
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19,000.00
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OP5 - Y2 (Jul 12 – Jun 13)
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Project Number: CPV/SGP/OP5/Y2/CORE/LD/12/08 |
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One of main problems in Achada Furna local community in Fogo Island is land degradation, consequently loss of topsoil. Given that the majority of locals rely on agriculture, the Associação Comunitária de Achada Furna, in partnership with Parque ( ... )
l do Fogo, applied for an SGP grant to tackle the issue. 350m3 of anti-erosion dikes will be constructed on community lands. These structures will be built by locals under the supervision of park
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Cabo verde
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Land Degradation
Land Degradation
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2012
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19,000.00
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OP5 - Y2 (Jul 12 – Jun 13)
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Project Number: CPV/SGP/OP5/Y2/CORE/LD/12/06 |
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Over the years, Achada Mentirosa, like of rural communities in Fogo Island, has experienced continued land degradation problems. The problems specifically, exacerbate loss of agricultural land (loss of topsoil), loss of soil nutrients, and organic ( ... )
al. These issues have impacted negatively the local community, which livelihoods depends on agriculture. As a response to this, the local association projects the construction of anti-erosion mechanical barriers, as well as implementation biological
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Tanzania
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Land Degradation
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2012
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50,000.00
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OP5- Y1 (Jul 11 - Jun 12)
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Project Number: TAN/SGP/OP5/Y1/STAR/LD/12/04 |
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Context
Due to increased water demand by population near Same Ceramic center and beyond, the Same Urban Water Supply & sanitation Authority (SAUWASA) is unable to supply enough water to SCC, forcing Same Ceramic center to use other alternative ( ... )
of getting water through collection, using tankers to supplement the little water supplied by SAUWASA. SAUWASA supplies about 50% of all water needed per month which is 500m3, while SCC fetches the remaining 50% of water needed totaling to 500m3. The increase in cost of fetching water has a negative effect on ceramic table-ware and low voltage insulators production and undermines the expansion of
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Albania
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Land Degradation
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2012
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10,000.00
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OP5- Y1 (Jul 11 - Jun 12)
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Project Number: ALB/SGP/OP5/CORE/LD/12/10 |
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The main problem of shepherds in dry summer months in this area is the lack of water and the stress that the animals incur due to the long distance needed to be covered to reach drinking water. Due to these constraints flocks of animals reside and ( ... )
e near drinking points exerting a very high grazing pressure on the habitat.
In order to realize this objective it is necessary to provide the necessary infrastructure, mainly watering ponds (lera) in the alternative grazing grounds. This project will retrofit 2 ponds with a concrete grid that is necessary for holding in place the stones placed in the topmost layer. Stones function as a
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Cuba
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Land Degradation
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2012
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40,000.00
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OP5- Y1 (Jul 11 - Jun 12)
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Project Number: CUB/SGP/OP5/Y1/STAR/LD/12/07 |
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El presente proyecto se ejecutará en áreas agrícolas de la CCSF ?Pedro San Martín?, ubicada en el municipio Corralillo, provincia Villa Clara. Esta cooperativa se localiza dentro del área del Archipiélago Sabana-Camagüey, un ecosistema de ( ... )
mportancia para la conservación de la diversidad biológica y el desarrollo sostenible en la región del Caribe Occidental.
Es objetivo de este proyecto disminuir los niveles de erosión y salinidad que presentan los suelos de la cooperativa como contribución al mejoramiento de las condiciones ambientales de este frágil ecosistema; para ello se concibe la realización de una serie de
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Cuba
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Land Degradation
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2012
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30,000.00
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OP5- Y1 (Jul 11 - Jun 12)
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Project Number: CUB/SGP/OP5/Y1/STAR/LD/12/09 |
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La problemática ambiental identificada en la Cooperativa de Producción Agropecuaria (CPA) ?Raúl Días Alonso?, del Consejo Popular de Palmira Sur, en el municipio Palmira, provincia Cienfuegos está relacionada con la degradación de los ( ... )
, la deforestación y la pérdida de la diversidad biológica.
Los suelos han sido explotados desde los tiempos de la colonia en la siembra de caña de azúcar; producto al reordenamiento de la industria azucarera la mayoría de las áreas se han visto reorientadas a la producción de cultivos varios y la ganadería fundamentalmente, no obstante, actualmente la cooperativa cuenta con 298
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Cuba
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Land Degradation
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2012
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40,000.00
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OP5- Y1 (Jul 11 - Jun 12)
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Project Number: CUB/SGP/OP5/Y1/STAR/LD/12/08 |
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El presente proyecto se desarrollará en áreas de la Cooperativa de Créditos y Servicios Fortalecida (CCSF) ?El Vaquerito?, ubicada en el Consejo Popular ?Zaza del Medio?, en el municipio de Taguasco, provincia de Sancti Spíritus. La referida ( ... )
ativa se localiza dentro del área de la cuenca hidrográfica del río Zaza, una de las ocho cuencas de interés nacional y donde han sido identificados como los principales problemas ambientales: la degradación de los suelos, la deforestación, la pérdida de la diversidad biológica, entre otros.
Los objetivos que persigue este proyecto se centran en contribuir al mejoramiento y la
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Togo
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Land Degradation
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2012
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24,619.00
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OP5- Y1 (Jul 11 - Jun 12)
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Project Number: TGO/SGP/OP5/CORE/LD/06/03 |
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Kpomé est l?un des cantons du sud-est Togo où sont exploités les minerais de phosphates à ciel ouvert. Cette exploitation a induit des impacts négatifs sur le plan environnemental et social.
Sur le plan socioéconomique, la zone de projet ( ... )
ractérisée par une pauvreté endémique avec un coût de vie excessivement élevé du fait de la présence de l?unité d?extraction des phosphates. 97% de la population active sont des agriculteurs dont les zones de cultures ont été occupées par les carrières de phosphates. Les activités économiques principales des populations autochtones sont l?exploitation du bois de chauffe,
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Uzbekistan
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Land Degradation
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2012
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42,869.06
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OP5-Y3 (Jul 13 - Jun 14)
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Project Number: UZB/SGP/OP5/Y2/STAR/LD/2012/13 |
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The aim of the project is assistance in the creation of the Center for dissemination of the technology and practice of growing industrial plantations of pistachios to Fergana Valley.
This technology is aimed at the rehabilitation of land and low ( ... )
ll areas by making full use of trees and shrub (pistachio) and herbaceous vegetation, landscape restoration of arid zone, to obtain agricultural production and income with both theoretical and practical trainings on all proposed agronomic techniques for farmers and other stakeholders ofFergana
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Cabo verde
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Land Degradation
Land Degradation
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2012
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19,000.00
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OP5 - Y2 (Jul 12 – Jun 13)
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Project Number: CPV/SGP/OP5/Y2/CORE/LD/12/19 |
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Lompelado is a small rural and farming community, with high potential for agriculture, located within the Monte Gordo Natural Park buffer zone. During the last decade or so, its lands have been under tremendous land use pressures, and obviously, ( ... )
rosion has been on the high. Soil erosion has also been exacerbated by the torrential rains of 2009 and 2010.
Given the importance that agriculture represents for the community, it is required to do run off corrections and restoration of agricultural land by building anti-erosion terraces, planting endemic plant species to sustain step slopes terrain, as well as construction of a dike to
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Malaysia
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Land Degradation
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2012
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25,000.00
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OP5 - Y2 (Jul 12 – Jun 13)
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Project Number: MAL/SGP/OP5/Y2/STAR/LD/12/23 |
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Executive Summary
This project aims to teach laymen residents how to detect signs of landslides, know
what to do when such signs are observed, take action on mitigation measures and know
what to do when landslides strike. It combines disaster ( ... )
eduction with overtones of
environmental awareness, as one of the key messages calls for residents to regularly
scan natural and built environment for any changes in their surroundings.
Activities. The main activities that the project shall engage in are:
? Community talks and presentations (awareness and education)
? Training workshops on starting a community?based monitoring
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Madagascar
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Land Degradation
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2012
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49,000.00
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OP5- Y1 (Jul 11 - Jun 12)
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Project Number: MDG/SGP/OP5/Y1/STAR/LD/12/11 |
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Objectif global: contribuer à l'électrification rurale de la commune d'Andina suivant une technologie propre, respectueuse de l'environnement
Objectif spécifique1: protection de la source d'eau en amont de la centrale hydrolélectrique ( ... )
hariana
R1.1:Dispositif de protection du bassin versant de la pico centrale d'Andohariana mise en place
R1.2: Les acquis en matière de reboisement communautaire sont capitalisés et diffusés auprès des partenaires
R1.3: Dispositif de pérennisation des parcelles de reboisement mis en place et appliqué
R2.1: Piste reliant la centrale d'Andohariana au chef lieu de commune pour la mise
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Kazakhstan
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Land Degradation
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2012
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43,300.00
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OP5 - Y2 (Jul 12 – Jun 13)
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Project Number: KAZ/SGP/OP5/Y2/STAR/LD/12/33 |
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Project aim:
Creation of highly productive forage grasslands on degraded lands and use of water saving technologies for solving socio-economic problem of oralmans on the example of Shygys settlement in East Kazakhstan Oblast
Project tasks:
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ng of rural production cooperative on rational use of lands, conducting demonstrational seminar and promotion of project?s achievements
- Demonstration of drip irrigation system as a water saving technology for prevention of degradation processes on homestead land of needy families
- Introduction of the remote livestock farming scheme on remote pasture in foothills of Ayirtau for keeping
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Belarus
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Land Degradation
Land Degradation
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2012
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49,347.00
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OP5- Y1 (Jul 11 - Jun 12)
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Project Number: BLR/SGP/OP5/CORE/LD/12/02 |
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The main purpose of the project is to improve the efficiency and prevention of land degradation, preventing the dispersal of dangerous invasive species - the giant hogweed Sosnowski; instilling in students, future professionals in agricultural ( ... )
tion, respect for the land.
To achieve the objectives of the Project following tasks need to be accomplished:
1. Create the apple orchard on the environmental area of 5 acres near the village Ulla Beshenkovichi district, Vitebsk region.
As part of this task will be performed the following activities:
- To carry out cleaning the garden from the municipal solid waste with the participation of
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Namibia
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Land Degradation
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2012
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5,000.00
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OP5- Y1 (Jul 11 - Jun 12)
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Project Number: NAM/SGP/OP5/CORE/LD/11/10 |
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The project is on de-bushing and improvement of grazing through land management. It intends to de-bush the invading thorny bushes that have encroached heavily on the grazing area. The invaders will be used as a marketable energy source and grazing ( ... )
e improved via a better soil management
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Kazakhstan
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Land Degradation
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2012
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27,226.00
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OP5 - Y2 (Jul 12 – Jun 13)
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Project Number: KAZ/SGP/OP5/Y2/STAR/LD/12/30 |
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Project aim:
Assistance in restoring and conserving soil productivity in Turkestan district of South-Kazakhstan oblast through introduction of payment for ecosystem service (PES) mechanism taking into account necessity of adaptation to climate ( ... )
Project tasks:
- Conduct complex assessment of the territory with development of recommendations on improving land use in Turkestan district of South-Kazakhstan oblast
- Develop and introduce sustainable scheme of payments for ecosystem services on pilot territory
- Increase awareness of local communities, state and private bodies on payments for ecosystem services and best practices
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Kazakhstan
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Land Degradation
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2012
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35,450.00
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OP5- Y1 (Jul 11 - Jun 12)
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Project Number: KAZ/SGP/OP5/STAR/LD/12/05 |
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Fast degradation of pastures around the settlements, water, sowing lands, forage for livestock deficiency lower farms efficiency, decreasing villagers living scale a lot. System of land management needs to be changed to provide people with normal ( ... )
scale, increase their capacity in both nature conservation and economical activities management for sustainable development.
Project aim:
Decrease pastures degradation around Ulguli aul via use of summer and distant pastures with adherence of science-based scheme of pasturing and creation of forage base for livestock.
Project tasks:
- Introduction and use of seasonal pasturing on
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Ethiopia
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Land Degradation
Land Degradation
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2012
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19,875.00
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OP5 - Y2 (Jul 12 – Jun 13)
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Project Number: ETH/SGP/OP5/STAR/LD/2012/52 |
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The project aims to improve livelihood of the Community by different innovative income generating activities such as fattening, beekeeping, selling of seedlings of multipurpose trees and Conservation of Biodiversity through rehabilitation of the ( ... )
egradation through rehabilitating 156.6 ha of communal degraded land through area closure; implementing soil and water conservation activities on 156.6 ha of communal degraded land as well as 250 ha degraded land of private farm lands; improving soil fertility through application of 8,225 m3 compost on 250 ha degraded private farm lands; enhancing and strengthening the capacity of 377 members of
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Ethiopia
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Land Degradation
Land Degradation
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2012
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19,647.00
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OP5 - Y2 (Jul 12 – Jun 13)
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Project Number: ETH/SGP/OP5/STAR/LD/2012/53 |
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The project aims to improve livelihood of the Community by different innovative income generating activities such as fattening, beekeeping, selling of seedlings of multipurpose trees and Conservation of Biodiversity through rehabilitation of the ( ... )
environment through enhancing rehabilitation of 300 ha of communal degraded land by area enclosure; implementing soil and water conservation activities on 300 ha of communal degraded land as well as 223.2 ha degraded land of private farm lands; improving soil fertility through application of 8225m3 compost on 223.2 ha degraded private farm lands; enhancing and strengthening the capacity of 238
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Ghana
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Land Degradation
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2012
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26,200.00
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OP5- Y1 (Jul 11 - Jun 12)
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Project Number: GHA/SGP/OP5/CORE/LD/12/24/008 |
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DEFINITION OF THE PROBLEM
The project area has undergone serious land degradation over the last decade as manifested by decreasing land productivity, presence of uncontrollable weeds; destruction of water systems and bare grounds which cannot ( ... )
rate. The reasons for the land degradation are that about 40% of the supply of charcoal in the Brong Ahafo is obtained from area. Everyday several tons of charcoal from arable lands are transported from the area to Techiman, Sunyani, Kumasi and beyond. Farmers, mostly tenants, daily lose the farmlands to the charcoal dealers who claim they pay revenue to the District Assembly. The mode of
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