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Samoa
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Land Degradation
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2008
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21,992.00
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OP4 - Y1 (Jul 07-Jun08)
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Project Number: WSM/SGP/OP4/CORE/08/Yr-4/67 |
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The project plans to address the discrepencies in water availability among villagers by helping to provide storage capacity to those families with the greatest need. The project will ensure that all families will have some rainwater collection and ( ... )
e capacity as well as increase the total capacity of the village as a
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Lebanon
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Land Degradation
Land Degradation
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2008
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30,000.00
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OP3 - Y2 (Mar 06 - Feb 07)
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Project Number: LEB/OP3/2/06/10 |
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I. OBJECTIVES
Improving rangeland management through cumulative experiences and improving feed quality and introducing new adapted forage plants. Accordingly, improvement of wool quality for carpet weaving and introducing it to new markets.
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II. ACTIVITIES
? Awareness Activities including:
1. Hold meetings with local people of Irsal highlighting the projects importance for them,
2. Strengthening and reactivating the herds owners cooperative,
3. Survey land use/classification in the area to decide on pilot areas and farmers,
4. Land preparation,
5. Decide on locations of water catchments ponds and establish them,
6. Grass
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Suriname
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Land Degradation
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2008
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50,000.00
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OP4 - Y2 (Jul 08 - Jun 09)
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Project Number: SUR/SGP/OP4/CORE/2008/Y2/01 |
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This project is set up as a mean for organic tropical greenhouse food production for communities dealing with alternative food production in pesticides affected areas. |
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Lebanon
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Land Degradation
Land Degradation
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2008
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43,000.00
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OP4 - Y1 (Jul 07-Jun08)
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Project Number: LEB/SGP/OP4/Y1/CORE/2008/03 |
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I. BACKGROUNG AND OBJECTIVES
The project concerns the region of Mayrouba (Keserouan- Mount Lebanon). This village is well known by the sand extraction. Many farmers are leaving the agriculture by selling their lands to contractors which are ( ... )
orming these lands into sand extraction premises which turned to be more benefiting on the short run.
This issue starts to be very popular in Mayrouba and this will lead to soil degradation, increasing soil erosion in addition to the pollution of the environment and decreasing the cultivated area.
The idea of the project is to transform some of these lands into organically cultivated
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Jamaica
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Land Degradation
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2008
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30,000.00
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OP4 - Y1 (Jul 07-Jun08)
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Project Number: JAM/OP4/1/CORE/08/02 |
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Recent changes in the international economy, such as the liberalization of the trading regimes for primary agricultural products, in particular banana, by the European Union, have serious implications for small Caribbean countries that, like ( ... )
a, rely on exports of one or a few commodities and are unable to compete in free markets. However, countries could reposition their agricultural sectors to take advantage of export niche markets and/or growing regional and tourism markets. In this regard, the approach recommended in the ECLAC study from 2004 ?Free Trade and the Development of Sustainable Agriculture in the Caribbean? is the
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Mali
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Land Degradation
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2008
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16,770.00
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OP4 - Y2 (Jul 08 - Jun 09)
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Project Number: MLI/CWI/08/08 |
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village de Sanankoroba chef lieu de la commune rurale de Sanankoroba est situé sur la route nationale 7 à environ quarante kilomètres (40km) au Sud du District Bamako. La commune couvre environ une superficie de 9.600 km pour une population ( ... )
©e à 22 251 Habitants (PNIR/DNH/ARP : Inventaire d?actualisation 2002) dont 11 459 femmes et 10 792 hommes. c?est ce village qui abritera ce présent.
Le projet contribuera à résoudre une partie du problème des communautés de cette localité dont l?une de leurs préoccupations majeures réside dans la satisfaction des besoins en eaux potables. Un point d?eau potable moderne sera offert par
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Ghana
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Land Degradation
Land Degradation
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2008
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22,000.00
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OP4 - Y2 (Jul 08 - Jun 09)
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Project Number: GHA/SGP/OP4/Y2/CORE /2008/030 |
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The people of Gbungbalga, Zugu and Banchiya communities with a combined total population of 4000 are facing serious land degradation emanating from persistent bushfires, sand wining and unsustainable farming practices. These trends have worsened the ( ... )
situation of the people thereby rendering most of the inhabitants vulnerable and voiceless in the society. The three target communities shared common boundaries at the southern end of Yendi Township. The activities of the inhabitants with regards to efficient land management systems are nothing to write home about. As a result, the area is gradually turning into desert as the lands continue to
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Ethiopia
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Land Degradation
Land Degradation
Land Degradation
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2008
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42,000.00
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OP4 - Y1 (Jul 07-Jun08)
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Project Number: ETH/RNE/Y1/08/02 |
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This project is designed to address issues related to climate change and will also be engaged in prevention of deforestation. The climate change components will be attained by executing of the activities, which contribute to reduction CO2 emission ( ... )
atmosphere, and adding more O2. With regard to a forestation of the area it has been planned to discourage the unwise use of fuel wood by introducing improved fuel saving stove and providing support for nursery hand in hand with intensive awareness raising and sensitization
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Kazakhstan
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Land Degradation
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2008
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32,762.00
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OP4 - Y1 (Jul 07-Jun08)
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Project Number: KAZ/SGP/OP4/Y1/CORE/07/09 |
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Now dry-steppe zone of Northern Kazakhstan has a limited number of hayfields. Besides, for the past years the number of the natural hayfields has reduced because of destruction of the dams ensuring water supply. Haymaking productivity is very low. ( ... )
e of lack of forages the cattle grows 20-25% less than it?s required. At the same Akmola area has large volume of the long-fallow areas (1571,2 hectares). Sustainable development of the cattle breading on the area is impossible without additional forage reserves.
The project anticipates different technological approaches to rational use of the long-fallow lands as natural and sowed (improved)
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Trinidad and tobago
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Land Degradation
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2008
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49,020.00
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OP4 - Y1 (Jul 07-Jun08)
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Project Number: TRI/SGP/OP4/CORE/08/02 |
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The Project will examine the issues associated with sustainable development of Maracas Valley as it relates to the optimum carrying capacity of the Valley in terms of settlement, mining, industry and roads.
Main Objectives include:
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older/Community consultations on priority concerns for Maracas Valley.
2. Issues associated with sustainable development of Maracas Valley as it relates to, inter alia, the optimum human activities and the distribution of services which can be sustained;.
3. Disseminate the findings of the study;
4. Use the findings of the study as a basis for seeking partnerships with regional and national
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Mongolia
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Land Degradation
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2008
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7,193.00
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OP4 - Y1 (Jul 07-Jun08)
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Project Number: MON/SGP/OP4/Core/07/16 |
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The project Kherlen Willows - Fruit Garden intends to strengthen its previous achievements in three grants implemented in 2006 and give the three grantees more opportunity to market their seedlings. |
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Thailand
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Land Degradation
Land Degradation
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2008
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34,259.14
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OP4 - Y1 (Jul 07-Jun08)
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Project Number: THA/SGP/OP4/Y1/CORE/2008/03 |
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Target Population / Location of project: 1,540 persons from 419 households 90 % of which earn living through planting corns and paddy. Classified as watershed area supplying water to the Nan River and the Gulf of Thailand, the location is under ( ... )
s from land encroachment for quick cash crop and mono-crop, land use conflict, and expansion of land salinity. Approximately 400 households are targeted as direct beneficiaries.
Main Anticipated Result:
1. One new established community organization collectively managing community forest of 3,200 ha
2. Closer cooperation and collective plan for managing environment between community
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Jamaica
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Land Degradation
Land Degradation
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2008
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2,000.00
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OP4 - Y2 (Jul 08 - Jun 09)
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Project Number: CBA/JAM/SPA/08/03 |
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(No co-financing required for concept)
The Cockpit country is Jamaica?s last remaining wilderness area with 50,000 acres of forest reserve, and large tracks of crown lands and private land holdings. The area experiences on average 250-380cm of ( ... )
ll annually (Windsor Research Centre), which recharges and supplies the main river systems. The heavy rainfall season of April - May and September - October account for 47% of the total annual rainfall.
Climate change impacts in Jamaica and the Caribbean as a whole will lead to increasing climate variability, and stronger storms and cyclones against a backdrop of overall declines in rainfall
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Namibia
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Land Degradation
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2008
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2,000.00
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OP4 - Y2 (Jul 08 - Jun 09)
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Project Number: NAM/SGP/OP4/CORE/08/06 |
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Planning phase project to combat land degradation:The resettled farm?s degraded soils is to be restored through soil rehabilitation processes and seed bank building. Prosopis species invasion will be controlled through harvesting and use the wood ( ... )
arcoal making or as firewood. As the community is stricken by poverty and through the existing good water supply they could reduce the poverty by starting a Lucerne project to support their livestock and vegetable gardening to ensure sustainable food security.
The project is located in the Hardap region in the Mariental
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Argentina
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Land Degradation
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2008
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19,932.00
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OP4 - Y1 (Jul 07-Jun08)
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Project Number: ARG/SGP/OP4/CORE/07/07 |
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Es objetivo del proyecto disminuir la erosión eólica e hÃdrica mediante el mejoramiento de la cobertura herbácea de los suelos y recuperar la productividad de los campos restaurando la pastura natural y promoviendo el desarrollo de pastoreo ( ... )
vo con una pastura implantada. El proyecto se implementa en la zona Sur de la provincia de La Rioja, en la región de los LLanos. Esta región se caracteriza por su sequedad extrema, con precipitaciones que oscilan entre 200y 350 mm por año, la vegetación corresponde al Parque Chaqueño Arido y las comunidades locales, pequeños campesinos, dedicadas a la "ganaderÃa de monte". Los
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Tunisia
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Land Degradation
Land Degradation
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2008
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40,000.00
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OP4 - Y1 (Jul 07-Jun08)
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Project Number: TUN/SGP/OP4/CORE/08/01 |
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Le projet Lutte contre la désertification à travers la valorisation des eaux de drainage dans les oasis de Hazoua, Gouvernorat de Tozeur vise à améliorer la fertilité du sol dans les oasis biodynamiques de Hazoua à travers le renforcement de ( ... )
duction du compost.
Les activités et résultats du projets:
Résultat 1 : La structure et la fertilité du sol dans les parcelles conduites en mode biodynamique sont améliorées.
Activités
Activité 1.1 : Optimiser l?utilisation de l?unité de compostage des déchets de l?oasis et accroître ses capacités de production et produire suffisamment de fertilisants organiques pour les
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Jamaica
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Land Degradation
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2008
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22,000.00
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OP4 - Y2 (Jul 08 - Jun 09)
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Project Number: JAM/OP4/1/CORE/08/03 |
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Land degradation n the Mafoota area has been a problem for a number of years. Poor agricultural practices by farmers including slash and burn agriculture, and shifting cultivation has resulted in deforestation and reduced capacity for carbon ( ... )
tration. Cutlivation on steep slopes, over ploughing and overuse of fertilizers and pesticides has also compounded the problem. Soil erosion due to excessive run off has been experienced, with little soil conservation being practiced. The pesticides and insecticides run off have adverse impacts on the Mafoota River which is a tributary of the Great River. The latter supplies all the domestic
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El salvador
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Land Degradation
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2008
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25,000.00
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OP4 - Y2 (Jul 08 - Jun 09)
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Project Number: ELS/SGP/OP4/Y2/CORE/08/16 |
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El proyecto busca ejecutar actividades que refuercen los medios de vida disponibles en la comunidad, para lo cual se ejecutaran los siguientes objetivos:
1) Implementar un programa de manejo integral con obras de conservación de suelos y agua en ( ... )
elas, Siembra de suazi en 10 parcelas, Acompañado con la elaboración y aplicación de abonos orgánicos fermentados, biofertilizantes y caldos minerales como sustitutos de productos quÃmicos.
Para la ejecución de dicho objetivo se comenzara con la capacitación para que los beneficiarios aplicando la metodologÃa de aprender haciendo, esto se aplica para la elaboración de todos los
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El salvador
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Land Degradation
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2008
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25,000.00
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OP4 - Y1 (Jul 07-Jun08)
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Project Number: ELS/SGP/OP4/Y1/CORE/08/014 |
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De acuerdo al diagnostico realizado por INTERVIDA en la microcuenca del rÃo Osicala, existen comunidades como la del cantón Agua Zarca, en la cual se tienen problemas de erosión de suelos, deforestación, uso inadecuado del suelo que va en ( ... )
ento de un medio de vida importante como lo es el sistema de producción de pequeñas ganaderias bovinas-granos básicos; de la cual tanto hombres como mujeres encuentran oportunidad de desarrollo socioeconómico.
Dentro de las actividades económicas productivas que les generán ingresos se mencionan: fibra de henequen, granos básicos, elaboración de dulce de panela, a partir del
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Dominican republic
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Land Degradation
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2008
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28,358.21
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OP4 - Y1 (Jul 07-Jun08)
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Project Number: DOM/SGP/OP4/CORE/08/02 |
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Establecimiento de 35 parcelas con sistemas agroforestales con la cual los productores aprenderán prácticas de de protección y conservación de recursos sin producir daños a la naturaleza utilizando prácticas sostenibles de producción en las ( ... )
laro, El Corozo y Los Indios, municipio Loma de Cabrera y Partido, provincia Dajabón,
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