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4-1. Extension measures

27. Dissemination of agricultural and forest conservation practices through Farmer Field Schools (FFS) in areas of soil erosion and low agricultural productivity

1. Approach's Outline and Features The Farmer Field School (FFS) approach is a suitable extension methodology for promoting agroforestry and sustainable natural resource management, as farmers frequently apply the skills they learn in the process, such as soil conservation, agroforestry practices, fruit tree planting, vegetable farming, perennial fodder production and woodlot development. The following issues underpin this approach: Tree intercropping: Although people used to protect trees on th...
2022.07.22
4-1. Extension measures
4-1. Extension measures

28. Equal opportunity / low-input extension approach, PRRIE

1. Approach’s Outline and Features This is a community-based extension approach named PRRIE, or Participatory Rural Development and Resource Management by Integrated Training for Equal Opportunity. It involves harmonizing efforts to conserve soil and boost the quality of life of local communities by assuring equal opportunities for all in a highly cost-effective manner. How does PRRIE assure equal opportunities economically?By providing wide-ranging training themes for the local community: More ...
2022.07.22
4-1. Extension measures
4-2. Securing funding

29. Promotion of sustainable forest conservation management by restructuring “various conservation management measures” and the “process of securing funds”

1. Approach’s Outline and Features This is an approach to enhance sustainability of forest conservation management through an integrated approach which is composed of developing a long-term strategic plan which restructures governmental organizations’ and communities’ activities, and of establishing its implementation structure and its underpinning financial mechanisms in collaboration with multi-stakeholders including private sector. Restructuring of governmental organizations’ and communities’...
2022.07.22
4-2. Securing funding
4-2. Securing funding

30. Support for Access to Finance through Guiding, Facilitating and Matching Assistance under a Regional Cooperation Framework

-African Initiative for Combating Desertification - 1. Approach’s Outline and Feature This approach involves supporting concerned countries for access to finance by guiding, facilitating and matching assistance but not direct financing under a regional cooperation framework. The approach was organized through trial and error within the framework of the African Initiative for Combating Desertification to Strengthen Resilience to Climate Change in the Sahel and the Horn of Africa (AI-CD), in which...
2022.07.22
4-2. Securing funding