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East and South Africa

Mama Fatuma and the seaweed farming development in the south coast of Kenya

Melckzedeck

Osore

Mama Fatuma seaweed farmer champion

High potential for seaweed value addition on the market

Adequate technical, infrastructure and financial support

East Asia

Enhancing Community-School-University Partnership for Rural Landscape Conservation, Taiwan

Kuang-Chung

Lee

East Asia

Enhancing Community-School-University Partnership for Rural Landscape Conservation, Taiwan

Kuang-Chung

Lee

East Asia

Enhancing Community-School-University Partnership for Rural Landscape Conservation, Taiwan

Kuang-Chung

Lee

Business development

Trained in sheep husbandry, ration balancing and formulation, entrepreneurship and marketing.

The Ethiopian government and the private sector need to invest in strategies around Community Based Breeding Programs to make the programme work and be sustainable in low‐input systems. Institutional arrangements including the establishment of breeders’ cooperatives to support functionality and sustainability of the programs.

Productivity per animal and flock offtake are both low because of the absence of appropriate breeding programmes, lack of technical capacity, poor‐quality feeds, diseases leading to lamb mortality, and underdeveloped markets in terms of infrastructure and information. Sustainable cooperatives develop it develops confidence in local communities as it is based on existing management and breeding practices.

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Training and building local capacity

Transfer of knowledge that are locally based and training to farmers to sustain the solution into the future.

The effectiveness comes from the inclusion of local knowledge, its participatory approach and the fact that it is owned by farmers themselves. In comparison to conventional breeding schemes that do not address the core development challenge and are often unsuccessful. Unlike conventional breeding programs involving nucleus schemes and or importation of exotic germplasm for crossbreeding (both requiring infinite support and inputs from the implementing organization).

CBBPs which focus on indigenous stock and consider farmers’ decisions and active participation, from inception through to implementation, are identified as programmes of choice because they fit in different production systems and agroecologies. CBBP has potential for replication because it develops confidence in local communities as it is based on existing management and breeding practices and because of failure of earlier centralized schemes people are desperate for a new approach.

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Holistic management of grasslands and forests to improve the quality of life of communities

Juan Carlos Escobedo

knowing new varieties of forage for high mountains

Luis Miguel Argueta

Holistic management can repair the cycles of water, minerals, organic matter and microbiology in mountainous territories. In addition, we can generate higher profitability, improve animal and plant health, and strengthen forest and grassland restoration in a more sustainable way. Well-managed livestock is the solution to many interconnected problems, starting with climate change, reducing the production of greenhouse gases and as carbon sinks. All of the above must be planned and developed with families in mind, since they are a fundamental axis for a successful implementation.

- Commitment of local actors who participated in the implementation and decision-making of the project

- Livestock work measures should take into account the impact that they can have on key ecosystem services

- CONANP and communities coordinated work

- Strenghtening processes that extended the capacities of local actors and the protected areas personnel, so they could implement actions in livestock farming with an AbE approach.

- Dialogue and awareness processes at the local level to improve natural resources conservation

- Commitment and willingness of all actors involved in order to establish agreements to create a sustainability process

- The relationship of the communities with the ecosystem services, as well as the social fabric in a community must be taken into account for a adecquate implementation

- It is necessary to create emotional awareness for the population and all the actors involved, seek coordinated work with the authorities, and dedicate sufficient time to strengthen activities through appropriate organization

- Communities have now various projects including those of dairy products, sheep production, reforestation, tourist proposals, among others.

- The support and accompaniment of institutions such as the CONANP resulted necessary to support the community in the management of the protected area and in the generation of alternative proposals that could generate income opportunities for families

Capacity building through the creation of Farmer Field Schools

High Mountain Field Farmers School in Mexico

Luis Miguel Argueta

developing capacities

Alejandra Molina

Farmer Field Schools (FFS) help ranchers learn through observation and experimentation within their own pens and grazing areas. The FFS strengthen the technical and functional capacity of the participants. In addition, they promote the creation of inclusive community development, through the empowerment of women and gender equality and by creating mutual trust within the community.

- Technical support from a professional with knowledge regarding productivity, social aspects and natural resource management

- Have tools such as the GRAMSE plus (Acronym in Spanish for Genetics, Reproduction, Food, Management, Health and Economy plus governance, gender equity, administration, bi-trade and regeneration), for the development of the processes

- Leadership and organization of the community for the fulfillment of agreements

- Sustainable livestock practices can improve the income of various families

- Sustainable livestock is a mean to improve high mountain ecosystem services

- Good livestock practices can serve as guides towards sustainable and friendly livestock farming

Implementation

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Analysis of the economic and socio-environmental situation

Community participation is important for territorial governance.

Juan Carlos Escobedo

Integration of women into development plans

Luis miguel Argueta

The analysis allowed us to create alternatives for the management of the territory. Here, a participatory commitment was generated with the communities, in order to understand the main vulnerabilities of protected areas to climate change. We use tools, such as the Analysis of Social Vulnerability to Climate Impacts at the local level within protected areas of the CONANP (National Commission of Protected Natural Areas). This tool helped to identify the level of access or control over natural resources and the collective capacity of the inhabitants to adapt to adverse changes.

- Active participation and collaboration with the community

- Technical support from experts in social approaches, livestock and natural resource management

- Willingness of the community to form a work team and form resource management committees which were granted authority to act on behalf of the community

-Ability to identify the needs, vulnerabilities and capacities of women from the beginning of the project and thus to be able to integrate them into the design, management, implementation and evaluation of projects

- We must motivate people to obtain changes in their development processes.

- Planning under a holistic approach helps decision makers to reduce the risks caused by livestock activities.

- Empowering women herders strengthens the livelihoods of mountain communities

- Working under a social inclusion approach helps people to benefit from the advantages of teamwork, to strengthen their social network and improve their coexistence in communities.

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Resource management

Although each child pays a fee to attend the camp, this fee is less than the actual cost of the camp, so it is essential to seek additional donations.

Partnerships with non-profit organizations to provide access to donations.

It is important to publicize information about how the camps are doing in order to attract donors to provide additional resources.

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