• Zamfara ACReSAL

    Component B

COMPONENT B: COMMUNITY CLIMATE RESILIENCE

Improve agro-climatic resilience at community and household levels by promoting locally adapted Sustainable Land and Water Management (SLWM) strategies and through climate-smart approaches to agricultural and natural resource management in Zamfara State.

COMPONENT B: COMMUNITY CLIMATE RESILIENCE

COMMUNITY STRENGTHENING

  • Micro-watershed planning (200 micro-watersheds)
  • Formation or strengthening of inclusive community groups in Zamfara State.
  • Community sensitization in Zamfara State.
  • Peacebuilding initiatives to promote ownership, access, and use of natural resources in a non-violent manner in Zamfara State.
  • Establishment of NRM committees in each community, which will include representatives from different livelihood groups and NRM user groups as well as vulnerable and marginalized groups as outlined above as well as local leaders
  • Social marketing campaigns to promote changes in behavior that encourage gender-based violence (GBV)
  • Agro-climatic resilience training and participatory information dissemination in Zamfara State.
  • Group management training in Zamfara State.
  • Conflict management training in Zamfara State.

COMMUNITY INVESTMENT

  • Community-led landscape restoration through engagement with FAO for technical assistance and the procurement of Delfino ploughs.
  • Capacity building on landscape restoration and revegetation of degraded lands and rangelands
  • Establishment of revolving funds to finance the continuing operation of community investments
  • Establishment community nurseries for selected agro-forestry projects and piloting hybrid agroforestry models on communal lands
  • Expanding agroforestry and agro-silvo-pastoral enterprise models.
  • Promoting sustainable production of non-timber forest products (NTFPs) value chains
  • Climate smart rainfed agriculture through extension services technical assistance and financial management system and business skills for farmer groups.
  • Improving market access through shared transport logistics and provision of timely market information on crops.
  • Constructing small-scale community storage and agro-processing facilities in Zamfara State.
  • Farmer-led irrigation development through awareness campaigns, establishment of community revolving funds, and improved access to markets and value chains in Zamfara State.
  • Water and soil conservation practices in Zamfara State.
  • Improved crop varieties in Zamfara State.
  • Use of technology to optimize farm management in Zamfara State.

Zamfara ACReSAL