| Project Detail |
The overall objective of the project is to contribute to an agroecological transformation of agro-pastoral systems adapted to climate change in order to make them more productive, resilient and healthy for animals, humans and the environment . Specifically, this project co-financed by the European Union (EU) and the Spanish Agency for International Development Cooperation (AECID) , implemented by the Belgian Development Agency (Enabel) , AECID and LuxDev, aims to: improve the availability of and access to pastoral resources through sustainable management practices adapted to climate change, tested by research and known by technical and social actors; improve the availability and access to quality livestock feed at the regional level, through better production and distribution organization; limit the risks linked to the consumption of local milk for human health through better control of zoonoses; ensure consistent consultation with the main influential and potentially impacted stakeholders of the action and initiate a dialogue with decision-makers to improve sectoral policies. Project intervention strategy The project aims to promote the consideration of climate change issues, the securing of pastoral systems and agro-pastoral development in various policies by supporting regional orientations and the construction of a shared vision of mobile pastoral systems in West Africa, particularly in the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) zone. It will also make contributions to complement various regional research or development projects in synergy with them. By aiming to produce applied research results, PRISMA supports regional policies. It is based on a participatory and multisectoral approach, involving North-South partnerships, and relies on strong mobilization of local operational structures, both public and private. The goal is to promote research results by local stakeholders and political decision-makers. In other words, the intervention strategy involves three steps: the production of knowledge , resulting from research work (capitalization, action research), which will be valued within the framework of strengthening the skills of local actors; the scaling up of innovations and good practices analyzed and validated by local stakeholders; bringing the main results and recommendations of the research into dialogue with political decision-makers, which will enable them to be taken into consideration to guide sectoral policies. Specifically, regarding the improvement of pastoral resource management and adaptation to the effects of climate change , PRISMA will capitalize on pasture restoration and management initiatives, significant alternatives to the exploitation of pastoral resources, carbon credit mechanisms to promote mitigation/attenuation initiatives in agro-pastoral environments and will promote their scaling up. Enabel, together with LuxDev, is ensuring the implementation of this specific objective 1 of PRISMA; each agency has specific activities (Enabel for pastoral resource management and LuxDev for carbon credit mechanisms). However, given the growing context of insecurity in the Sahel, the project will adapt to this context by modifying its investigation areas if necessary. Specific objective 2 of improving access to livestock feed is implemented by AECID and will consist of improving the livestock feed distribution network through storage banks. It will also involve strengthening the production of quality livestock feed and setting up efficient mechanisms to make livestock feed available, especially during lean periods, through index insurance systems and technical support for production and estimation of import needs. Regarding the limitation of zoonoses in the dairy sector , this objective 3 of the project is implemented by Enabel. It will involve providing data on the prevalence of tuberculosis and brucellosis and strengthening the capacities of epidemiological surveillance networks. The project will collaboratively diagnose the access of dairy sector stakeholders to epidemiological information, facilitate co-creation and pilot innovative solutions for the prevention or management of zoonoses in the dairy sector. Finally, regarding the contribution to national and regional sectoral policies and strategies , PRISMA will facilitate consultation between various actors, political dialogue, information awareness/training as well as sharing in high-level events. This fourth objective of PRISMA is jointly implemented by the three agencies in order to ensure consistency in the achievement of results. PRISMA will establish three thematic groups linked to the three components (pastoral resource management and climate change; livestock feed; and zoonotic disease prevention and control). Each partner will lead a given thematic area: LuxDev for pastoral resource management and climate change, Enabel for zoonotic disease prevention and control, and AECID for livestock feed. These thematic groups will be frameworks for discussion and sharing of action research results. The three project implementing agencies are assisted by a Strategic Orientation Committee (COS) as a consultative body. |
