Component A

COMPONENT A: DRY LAND MANAGEMENT

Support Strategic Watershed Planning processes, prioritize major investments to address desertification and land degradation in Zamfara State, and complement investments at the community level.

COMPONENT A: DRY LAND MANAGEMENT

WATERSHED MANAGEMENT

  • Identification of strategic watershed boundaries
  • Establish a knowledge base on watersheds in Zamfara State.
  • Stakeholder engagement/ Inter-ministerial coordination mechanism for enhanced planning in Zamfara State.
  • Performance analysis of institutional framework
  • Field Trip, knowledge exchange visit in Zamfara State.
  • Development of watershed management plans in Zamfara State.
  • Prioritization workshop on investments in the watersheds
  • Appraisal and validation of plans (20 watershed plans) in Zamfara State.
  • Capacity building and training of Catchment Management Structures in Zamfara State.

SPECIAL ECOSYSTEM

  • Wetlands restoration and management in Zamfara State.
  • Desert oases management in Zamfara State.
  • Protected Area management( Woodlands) in Zamfara State.
  • Procurement, Construction, and support establishment of infrastructures and equipment for special ecosystem in Zamfara State.

LANDSCAPE INVESTMENT

  • Sand dune establishment interventions including the establishment and maintenance of plant nurseries of assorted species and post-planting operations in Zamfara State.
  • Watershed and catchment management interventions to better control sedimentation into existing dams
  • Construction or rehabilitation of integrated small storage/small dams multipurpose reservoirs and irrigation development
  • Flood control and erosion works to improve landscape functions, and sensitization, mobilization, and organization of communities to manage erosion and prevent disasters in Zamfara State.
  • Identification and development of recharge areas to protect groundwater resources in Zamfara State.
  • Large-scale agricultural investments such as rangeland management through the improvement of fooder and fooder nurseries as well as an integrated pest management program in Zamfara.

Zamfara ACReSAL