Breve descripción de la práctica óptima

The Sustainable Land Management Programme for Livelihood Development in Lebanon will assist the Lebanese Government in identifying the specific problems and obstacles encountered in the long-term process of reducing land degradation and achieving sustainable land management. The programme will focus on integrated rural livelihood development by integrating sustainable natural resource management with better alternatives in agricultural production and enhancing proper market linkages. The programme will explore industrial hemp, which does not require pesticide applications, as an alternative to the high THC cannabis plant in the Bekaa for improving the livelihood of rural communities and reducing land degradation.

Lugar

Bekaa Valley - Lebanon

Breve descripción del entorno natural en el lugar especificado

The Bekaa valley is the most important agricultural region in Lebanon. The Northern Bekaa is a semi-arid region
Mainly Mediterranean red soil
Mainly plain, with some slopes and mountains|

Condiciones socioeconómicas imperantes de los habitantes del lugar o las proximidades

Traditionnaly and for several years, production of illicit crops, mainly cannabis and poppy. Poverty signs started to show once the illicit crops were stopped.|
Agriculture.
Private and public lands (including lands owned by religious communities) with user rights through rent

¿En base de qué criterios o indicadores (no relacionados con la Estrategia) se ha considerado la práctica propuesta y la tecnología correspondiente como ‘óptima’?

The war situation, which prevailed in Lebanon for decades, has negatively affected the livelihood of local communities mainly in remote rural areas. Environmental degradation causes additional socio-economic burden on the livelihood of rural communities. The illicit production of cannabis and poppys has severely affected the social structure in the region. The project is proposing the replacement of cannabis plantations, by indistrial hemp which is very adapted to the local condidtions. The income generated by this industrial crop may somehow compensate for the loss occured after the cannabis cultivation was banned.|

Principales problemas que trata la práctica óptima

Drylands with low potential for conventional agricultural production.
Poor socio-economic conditions with local communities severely affected by successive war events and by drylands and drought.

Explique los problemas específicos de la degradación de las tierras que trata la práctica óptima.

Severe land degradation and soil erosion caused by unsustainable land use practices

Especifique los objetivos de la práctica óptima.

Industrial hemp promoted as a potential alternative to narcotic plants in the Bekaa for improving the livelihood of rural communities

Breve descripción de las principales actividades, por objetivo

Technical capacity building to produce and market Industrial Hemp.
Selection of hemp variety and farming areas.
Implementation of Industrial Hemp.

Breve descripción y especificaciones técnicas de la tecnología

Test the production of industrial hemp on 2,000du. Develop links with the private sector in order to market the products and to finance further development of the production. Provide financial and technical support to farmers to continue the production beyound the end of the project.|

Nombre y dirección de la institución que desarrolla la tecnología

Ministry of Agriculture|Ministry of Agriculture/ Director of Studies and Coordination
Bir Hassan - Beirut - Lebanon

¿La tecnología se desarrolló en una alianza?

Sí

enumere los asociados:

Local farmers

Especifique el marco en el que se promovió la tecnología

• Iniciativa nacional – gubernamental
• Iniciativa basada en un programa/proyecto

¿La participación de interesados locales, incluidas las organizaciones de la sociedad civil, favoreció el desarrollo de la tecnología?

Sí

enumere los interesados participantes:

Local farmers

Detalle la función de los interesados enumerados anteriormente en cuanto a diseño, introducción, uso y mantenimiento de la tecnología, en su caso.

The local farmers are in charge of the production and maintenance of the industrial hemp and of the maintenance and sustainability beyound the life span of the project.

¿La población que habitaba en el lugar o en las proximidades participó en el desarrollo de la tecnología?

No

Describa los impactos in situ (los dos principales impactos por categoría).

Sustainable agricultural production in the drylands
Prevention of erosion and further land degradation
Shifting from illicit crops to legal and productive crops in a region where agricultural production is becoming a major challenge
Provision of an economical alternative to illict crops
development of a good source of income and access to credits and investment facilities
Development of a new line of a products in the drylands of Lebanon

Describa los dos principales impactos fuera del lugar (por ejemplo, que no se registran en el lugar, pero sí en las zonas próximas).

Provision of an alternative production in region where agricultural production is challenging

Impacto en la diversidad biológica y el cambio climático

Justifíquelo:

The sustainable management of the natural resources and the sustainable management of the drylands contributes to the conservation of the local biodiversity, through the conservation of soils and water and prevention of erosion|
Hemp is tolerant to drought and offers a good alternative to agricultural crops in dry areas and areas affected by drought

¿Se ha elaborado un análisis costo-beneficio?

¿Se ha elaborado un análisis costo-beneficio? :

No

¿La tecnología se difundió o introdujo en otros lugares?

¿La tecnología se difundió o introdujo en otros lugares? :

No

¿Puede identificar las tres principales condiciones para el éxito de la práctica óptima/tecnología presentada?

The programme focuses on integrated rural livelihood development by integrating sustainable natural resource management with better alternatives in agricultural production and enhancing proper market linkages.
It explores industrial hemp, which does not require pesticide applications, as an alternative to the high THC cannabis plant in the Bekaa for improving the livelihood of rural communities and reducing land degradation.

Replicabilidad

¿En su opinión, la práctica óptima/la tecnología que ha propuesto se puede reproducir en cualquier otro lugar con un cierto nivel de adaptación?

Sí

¿A qué nivel?

• Local
• Subnacional
• Nacional
• Subregional
• Regional
• Internacional

En relación con los recursos humanos

The project is not finished and no lessons can be drawn yet

En relación con los aspectos financieros

The project is not finished and no lessons can be drawn yet

En relación con los aspectos técnicos

The project is not finished and no lessons can be drawn yet