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Bush Thinning and Biomass Processing by Manual or Mechanised Means
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Bush Thinning and Biomass Processing by Manual or … [Namibia]

In Namibia, excess bush is harvested to reduce competition with other plants, especially grasses. Bush can be thinned manually (e.g. with axes), semi-mechanised (e.g. chainsaws) or fully mechanised (e.g. customised equipment). After cutting, the bush is left to dry and then processed into chips or other products.

  • Compiler: Johannes Laufs
Combined herding for planned grazing
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Combined herding for planned grazing [Namibia]

Daily combining of livestock from all households into a single herd to be driven to different designated portions of the communal grazing area. Grass can then recover by replenishing its reserves before being re-grazed some months later.

  • Compiler: Ibo Zimmermann
Community participation in large-scale land restoration for Africa’s Great Green Wall programme
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Community participation in large-scale land restoration for Africa’s … [Niger]

The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) has been using a participatory approach to implement large-scale restoration of degraded land in the Sahel. Communities have been central to the programme. In the framework of the Great Green Wall initiative, adapted and useful native tree species, shrubs, and …

  • Compiler: Vivian Onyango
‘Travail contre argent’ de la Cellule Crises Alimentaires/Cabinet du Premier Ministre
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‘Travail contre argent’ de la Cellule Crises Alimentaires/Cabinet … [Niger]

L'approche 'Travail contre argent' de la Cellule Crises Alimentaires/Cabinet du Premier Ministre est une approche communautaire et participative de réalisation de mesures anti-érosives (technologies de CES/DRS - Conservation des Eaux et des Sols/Défense et Restauration des Sols - ou de gestion durable des terres) à travers des travaux HIMO (Haute …

  • Compiler: Soumaila Abdoulaye
Pastoralism in Niger: monitoring system for movements and spatial adaptation strategies of transhumant livestock keepers
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Pastoralism in Niger: monitoring system for movements and … [Niger]

This approach, traditional in nature and supported by the National Mechanism for the Prevention and Management of Disasters and Food Crises (DNPGCCA), consists of a Geographical Information System, which integrates the water resources, the movement of populations, and the spatial distribution of grazing land, also in terms of the quantities …

  • Compiler: Soumaila Abdoulaye
Management of transboundary transhumance
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Management of transboundary transhumance [Niger]

Management of transboundary transhumance in order to create the conditions for conflict-free access to resources for livestock keeping in Niger and northern Benin.

  • Compiler: Issaka DAN DANO
Champ Ecole Pastorale
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Champ Ecole Pastorale [Niger]

Le Champ Ecole (CE) Pastorale, une école «sans murs», est un cadre de rencontre et de formation pour un groupe de 20 à 30 éleveurs de la zone pastorale du Niger, qui se déroule sur une aire de pâturage communautaire, tout au long de l'année. C’est un lieu d’échange d’expériences …

  • Compiler: Soumaila Abdoulaye
Fixation des dunes sur des terres communautaires sylvo-pastorales (cuvettes oasiennes) des départements de Gouré et de Maïné-Soroa
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Fixation des dunes sur des terres communautaires sylvo-pastorales … [Niger]

La lutte contre l'ensablement des cuvettes oasiennes dans les départements de Gouré et de Maïné-Soroa est réalisée à travers deux techniques de fixation des dunes: (i) la fixation mécanique ou primaire (palissades inertes, fascines) qui stabilise les masses sableuses en mouvement ou empêche la formation de ces masses sableuses sur …

  • Compiler: Soumaila Abdoulaye
Assisted Natural Regeneration on agro-pastoral, sylvo-pastoral and pastoral land
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Assisted Natural Regeneration on agro-pastoral, sylvo-pastoral and pastoral … [Niger]

Assisted Natural Regeneration (ANR) in pastoral zones is a simple and low-cost agroforestry technique. It involves locating and preserving shoots from stumps of woody and herbaceous vegetation on communal land used for agro-pastoralism, sylvo-pastoralism or pastoralism. The aim is to accelerate the process of natural regeneration resulting from natural seedlings …

  • Compiler: Soumaila Abdoulaye