Enhancing climate change adaptation and sustainable use of water and land resources among rural farmers in Makpele Chiefdom through the Integration of “EMAS” Innovative Irrigation Technology in agriculture
Enhancing climate change adaptation and sustainable use of water and land resources among rural farmers in Makpele Chiefdom through the Integration of “EMAS” Innovative Irrigation Technology in agriculture
Enhancing climate change adaptation and sustainable use of water and land resources among rural farmers in Makpele Chiefdom through the Integration of ?EMAS? Innovative Irrigation Technology in agriculture, which aims at alleviating poverty by strengthening community-level actions for food security and environmental resources management.
 

Project Snapshot

Grantee:
Centre for Environmental Management & Research
Country:
Sierra Leone
Area Of Work:
Climate Change Mitigation
Grant Amount:
US$ 25,000.00
Co-Financing Cash:
Co-Financing in-Kind:
US$ 9,500.00
Project Number:
SLE/SGP/OP5/ CORE/CC/14/02/47
Status:
Satisfactorily Completed
Project Characteristics and Results
Emphasis on Sustainable Livelihoods
The achievement of the project can be sustainable even at the end of the implementation because of the following: ? Increases the income earned by farmers ? by the technology will encourage the year round cultivation of the land which will result in increased yield and income at the end of the day. This could serve as a multination for the farmers wanting to continue and even scale up this innovation. ? Cheaper and easier to maintain: the technology itself is cheaper because it is made from material that are less expensive and easily available and because farmers will be trained operation and maintenance of the technology, it will ensure it smooth running. ? Availability of IVS that are seasonal: there are lots of IVS in these communities that can only be cultivated in the rains, and gets dried up in the dry season. The introduction of this technology will not only encourage the cultivation of the land but will also encourage dual season cultivation of the land. Also the results achieve at the end of the project could as a justification for CEMAR to source more funds for scale up of the project.
Inovative Financial Mechanisms
The achievement of the project can be sustainable even at the end of the implementation because of the following: ? Increases the income earned by farmers ? by the technology will encourage the year round cultivation of the land which will result in increased yield and income at the end of the day. This could serve as a multination for the farmers wanting to continue and even scale up this innovation. ? Cheaper and easier to maintain: the technology itself is cheaper because it is made from material that are less expensive and easily available and because farmers will be trained operation and maintenance of the technology, it will ensure it smooth running. ? Availability of IVS that are seasonal: there are lots of IVS in these communities that can only be cultivated in the rains, and gets dried up in the dry season. The introduction of this technology will not only encourage the cultivation of the land but will also encourage dual season cultivation of the land. Also the results achieve at the end of the project could as a justification for CEMAR to source more funds for scale up of the project. ? Reduces tension between communities and the National park authority: Because this project will be piloted in forest edge communities, it will help redirect the focus of communities from clearing forest for their farming activities to IVS farming activities that will prove to be more productive.
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