Breve descrição da melhor prática

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.

Localização

Bekaa Valley - Lebanon

Breve descrição do ambiente natural dentro do local 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|

Condições socioeconômicas prevalecentes das pessoas que vivem no local e/ou nas 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

Com base em quais critérios e/ou indicadores (não relacionados com a Estratégia) a prática proposta e a tecnologia correspondente foram considerados como "melhores"?

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.|

Principais problemas abordados pelas melhores práticas

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.

Esboçar problemas específicos de degradação do solo abordados pelas melhores práticas

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

Especificar os objetivos das melhores práticas

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

Breve descrição das principais atividades, por objetivo

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

Breve descrição e especificações técnicas da tecnologia

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.|

Nome e endereço da instituição que desenvolve a tecnologia

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

A tecnologia foi desenvolvida em parceria?

Sim

Liste os parceiros:

Local farmers

Especificar a estrutura dentro da qual a tecnologia foi promovida

• Iniciativa nacional - liderada pelo governo
• Programa/iniciativa baseada em projetos

A participação das partes interessadas locais, incluindo as OSCs, foi fomentada no desenvolvimento da tecnologia?

Sim

Lista das partes interessadas locais envolvidas:

Local farmers

Para os participantes listados acima, especifique seu papel no projeto, início, uso e manutenção da tecnologia, se houver.

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.

A população que vive no local e/ou nas proximidades estava envolvida no desenvolvimento da tecnologia?

Não

Descreva os impactos no local (os dois principais impactos por categoria)

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

Descreva os dois principais impactos fora do local (isto é, não ocorrendo no local, mas nas áreas circunvizinhas)

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

Impacto sobre a biodiversidade e a mudança climática

Explique as razões:

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

Foi realizada uma análise de custo-benefício?

Foi realizada uma análise de custo-benefício?

Não

A tecnologia foi disseminada/introduzida para outros locais?

A tecnologia foi disseminada/introduzida para outros locais?

Não

Você pode identificar as três principais condições que levaram ao sucesso das melhores práticas/tecnologias apresentadas?

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.

Replicabilidade

Na sua opinião, a melhor prática/tecnologia que você propôs pode ser replicada, embora com algum nível de adaptação, em outro lugar?

Sim

Em que nível?

• Local
• Sub-nacional
• Nacional
• Sub-regional
• Regional
• Internacional

Relacionado a recursos humanos

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

Relacionado aos aspectos financeiros

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

Relacionado a aspectos técnicos

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