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Chris Reij
ESTABLISHED 1982
TRANSFORMING LANDSCAPES IN THE SAHEL:
SOME EXAMPLES
Vegetation in Galma in 1975 and 2003
Vegetation in Galma in 1975 and 2003
(before and after)
1975 2003
FARMERS INVEST IN AGROFORESTRY
NIGER: 5 million ha new AGF parkland
MALI: 0.5 million ha on the Seno Plains
and 6 million ha « ageing » AGF parkland
SENEGAL: several million ha old and
new AGF parkland
This is what it looks like on the ground
In southern Zinder
FARMER-MANAGED RE-GREENING IN
NIGER
• 5,000,000 ha re-greened in 20 years
• 200 million new trees (not planted)
• additional cereal production/year: 500,000 ton
• 2.5 million people fed
• 1.25 million farm households involved
1990
WATER HARVESTING AND AGROFORESTRY
2004
Demi lunes
Combretum glutinosum
Zaï
Simple techniques
Piliostigma reticulatum
Important impacts
MALI:
RAPID DISAPPEARANCE OF NATURAL VEGETATION,
BUT INCREASE IN ON-FARM TREES
6 MILLION HA OF AGROFORESTRY PARKLAND IN
SOUTHERN MALI: DYNAMICS?
NEW AGROFORESTS ON MALI’S
SENO PLAINS (450,000 ha)
SCALE UNCOVERED IN 2011
SENO PLAINS:
THIS IS WHAT IT LOOKS LIKE ON THE GROUND
SENO PLAINS:
SOIL ORGANIC MATTER, SHADE AND FIREWOOD
WHERE IS THE LOW HANGING FRUIT FOR
SCALING REGREENING?
►HIGH POPULATION DENSITIES
►CURRENTLY LOW ON-FARM TREE DENSITIES
►WALL-TO-WALL AGRICULTURE
►RAINFALL: AT LEAST 400 mm
►SANDY SOILS
►FARMER OWNERSHIP OF TREES !!!
►NGO SUPPORT FOR PEER TO PEER
TRAINING, COMMUNICATION
►POLICY SUPPORT FOR DECENTRALIZED NRM