Land management through soil rehabilitation and creation of seed banks.
Land management through soil rehabilitation and creation of seed banks.
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 for charcoal 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 district.
 
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Project Snapshot

Grantee:
Mara Ressetlement Farm
Country:
Namibia
Area Of Work:
Land Degradation
Grant Amount:
US$ 2,000.00
Co-Financing Cash:
Co-Financing in-Kind:
US$ 1,865.00
Project Number:
NAM/SGP/OP4/CORE/08/06
Status:
Satisfactorily Completed

SGP Country office contact

Mr. Nickey Lazarus Gaseb
Phone:
+264 61 431 7700
Email:

Address

C/O Environment Investment Fund of Namibia, 8933 Heinitzburg Heights. c/o Heinitzburg & Dr. Theo-Ben Gurirab Streets, Klein Windhoek, Windhoek 9000, Khomas. Namibia.

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