PRM2 - Preserve the biodiversity of Mabi-Yaya & Strengthen the socio-economic development of the Mé
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Main goals
Contribute to the resilience of landscapes through the concerted management of natural resources and the promotion of zero deforestation agriculture at the territorial level. The project contributes to the improvement of the living conditions of the populations, to the protection of the forests of Mabi-Yaya and to the strengthening of the resilience of the territory of the Mé to climate change
Specific objectives
SO1. Promote Income Generating Activities with Ivorian Civil Society Organizations, involving young people and women, which are adapted to climate change and which contribute to the protection of protected areas and remaining forest cover.
SO2. Support for the transition of production methods and investment in natural capital, by restoring degraded land and forests on the outskirts of the Mabi Yaya Nature Reserve.
SO3. Strengthen land use planning, the management of protected areas, and land and forest governance in the Mé region.
SO4. Measure the impact of the project and construction of a "Zero deforestation territory" standard
Beneficiaries
- Village communities
- Male and female farmers
- Smallholder foresters
- Ivorian Civil Society Organizations (CSOs)
- Institutional partners (OIPR, Mé Regional Council)
- Young entrepreneurs and beekeepers
- Savings and Credit Groups made up of women from the targeted villages, and groups of women processors of attieké
- Traditional charcoal producers
Results
R1. The Mé region has a local network of Civil Society Organizations engaged in income-generating activities adapted to climate change, favorable to the protection of protected areas and forest cover
R2. Agricultural and forestry producers in the Mé region are adapting their practices to the challenges of climate change, socially and economically enhancing natural resources and contributing to the restoration of degraded land in the peripheral area
R3. Territorial development and planning is promoted and strengthened, and the peripheral communities of the Mabi Yaya Nature Reserve are engaged in land and forest governance in the Mé region
R4. Impacts are measured and a "Zero Deforestation" reference system is built
Activities
A1. Training and support for 20 young people from classified forests in IGAs in the field of renewable energies
A2. Training and support for 10 young people to launch a beekeeping activity
A3. Training and support of 15 charcoal burners in improved carbonization
A4. Establishment of women's savings and credit groups for the creation of Income Generating Activities in 8 villages
A5. Construction and installation by local artisans of improved cooking equipment in 2 groups of attiéké processors
A6. Strengthen the technical and organizational skills of the Mé Cooperative of Organic Cocoa Producers (SCOOP PCBM), and engage 60 producers in organic production
A7. Accompany and technically support farmers in the diversification and improvement of their production system with a view to transitioning production methods and adapting to climate change (food crops and cash crops)
A8. Accompany and technically support small forest owners in the rural domain in order to relaunch a development process
A9. Reforest 30 ha in the rural domain
A10. Set up an Independent Observation process on the outskirts of Mabi-Yaya
A11. Carry out a territorial diagnosis for the Mé Region
A12. Supporting the Mé Regional Council for forest monitoring
A13. Support OIPR for deployment in the Mabi-Yaya Nature Reserve
A14. Write the local development plans of 8 peripheral villages of the Mabi Yaya Nature Reserve
A15. Support and contribute to the realization of at least 8 village projects supported and implemented by local development committees
A16. Officially delimit 4 villages on the outskirts of the Mabi Yaya Nature Reserve
A17. Mapping over the entire territory of vegetation, resources, land cover and its changes
A18. Definition of a baseline for evaluating the monitoring and impacts of territorial programs/projects in rural areas
A19. Characterize the determinants of a zero-deforestation territorial approach in the Mé region
A20. Construction of "Sector" and "Territory" standards certified "zero deforestation"
Related documents
Arounankro - Local Development Plan (LDP), co-constructed as part of the PRM2 Project
Bassadzin - Local Development Plan (LDP), co-constructed as part of the PRM2 Project
Danguira - Local Development Plan (LDP), co-constructed as part of the PRM2 Project
Koutoukro 1 - Local Development Plan (LDP), co-constructed as part of the PRM2 Project
M'Bohoin - Local Development Plan (LDP), co-constructed as part of the PRM2 Project
Yakassé-Comoé - Local Development Plan (LDP), co-constructed as part of the PRM2 Project
Nyan - Local Development Plan (LDP), co-constructed as part of the PRM2 Project
Presentation - Mapping of plant biodiversity in the Mabi-Yaya Nature Reserve in Côte d’Ivoire
Rapport de stage - Internship report - Mapping of plant biodiversity in the Mabi-Yaya Nature Reserve in Côte d’Ivoire
PRM2 Newsletter - Preserve the biodiversity of Mabi-Yaya & Strengthen the socio-economic development of the Mé
Presentation to the Steering Committee of the results obtained (August 2023) of the PRM2 project Preserve the biodiversity of Mabi-Yaya & S…
Mapping of land occupation and use in the Mé Region and analysis of changes between 2016 and 2022
PRM2 Leaflet - Preserving the biodiversity of Mabi-Yaya & Strengthening the socio-economic development of the Mé
Presentation of the results of the PRM2 project at the 5th meeting of the project's Steering Committee.
Related people
Tieba Awebouna Coulibaly
Graduated with a professional license in economics and agro-pastoral management obtained from Peleforo Gon University in Korhogo. He has expertise in agricultural project management, feasibility study, research support, agricultural advice, local development support. He is a member of the working group of the ECOTER project and of the DISSA in the Béré region
Onkado Valentin Gonto
Holder of a higher technician's certificate in Mining, Petroleum Geology, he has held various positions including: agricultural advisor on the SAME program with ACF France for the agricultural revival of rehabilitation and good agricultural practices (horticulture and lowland rice), the creation and integrated management of rubber plantations with FIRCA, supervisor and coordinator of savings and credit groups, water quality assistant at Oxfam GB and stock management and food distribution at Care International
Cédric Goore
Registered in Master of Agroecology, he holds a license in Agroecology from the Eudist Technological University Institute of Africa (IUTEA) and a Certificate of Higher Agricultural Technician obtained at the Regional School of Agronomy of the South of bingerville. He worked for 7 years at ECOM Cote d'Ivoire and Syngenta Cote d'Ivoire in the context of audit and certification project management in cocoa sustainability. Since 2022 he has joined Nitidae as an Agricultural Trainer Advisor on the PRM2 project.
Virginie Vergnes
She holds a Master's degree in Science and Anthropology (Primatology) from the University of Montreal and has a background in environmental sciences. She has been working for several years in Africa (Côte d'Ivoire, Guinea, Liberia and Cameroon) on the themes of ecological monitoring, surveillance and forest governance, FLEGT, institutional, civil society and community capacity building, as well as on compensation measures in the context of mining extractions. She brings its expertise in particular to the support of sustainable and private forestry, forest governance and support to the management of protected areas
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Renaud Lapeyre
PhD in environmental and development economics (ENS Cachan, University of Versailles St Quentin-en-Yvelines), he is expert in conservation finance, including through ecotourism and innovative financial mechanisms (PES), and he specialised in international cooperation programs. He worked several years in Namibia, Morocco, and Kenya. In 2012, he joined Iddri (SciencesPo Paris) as senior researcher in biodiversity economics, before joining WWF France in 2017, as a manager for public sector partnerships. At Nitidae since September 2021, Renaud was PRM2 Project Manager from 2021 to March 2024
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Cédric Rabany
Holder of a Master of Science, "Agricultural Engineer and territories development" from the Institut Supérieur d’Agriculture (ISARA Lyon), he brings his expertise in agro-food/agricultural sectors' analysis and development, strengthening of supplychain actors (producers, private/public actors, agro-food industries...), socio-economic analysis of agricultural chains and his great knowledge of companies in these markets
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Benjamin Garnier
Agricultural Engineer, specialised in "quality of the environment and resources management", from the French National School of Agricultural Science and Engineering of Toulouse (INP ENSAT). He brings his expertise in feasibility studies for investment funds, agricultural markets studies and analysis of value chains
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Dihe Paris Toman
Senior Technician in Farm Management, Paris held various positions (Livestock Facilitator with GTZ, Trainer and Food Security with Action Against Hunger, etc.) before joining the team of the REDD + Project of the Mé in January 2017 as an Agricultural Trainer Adviser.
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Alimata Lorn-Konaté
Holder of a Master 2 in Finance, Alimata worked for seven years for the NGO Search for Common Ground before joining Nitidæ in January 2017. She currently holds the position of Administrative and Financial Manager of our representation in Côte d'Ivoire
Noémie Rullier
Holder of an Engineering diploma in Agronomy, specializing in Sustainable agricultural & Agri-Food systems for the South, from Montpellier SupAgro- Institut des Régions Chaudes (IRC), she brings her expertise to support technical changes and development processes in rural area; to support farm advisory, training engineering and plant biology research
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Youssoufou Soumahoro
Based in Abidjan, Youssouf holds the position of driver of the REDD + Project of the Mé and of the fleet manager of Nitidæ Ivory Coast
Eugène Nzebo
He was a driver for the ONF-CI as part of the National Forestry and Animal Inventory, then an ambulance driver for the national police provident fund, he joined the PRM2 team in Adzope
Apolline Reboud
A graduate of the Montpellier SupAgro school of agriculture with a course in Sustainable Agricultural and Agrifood Systems in the South, she also specialized in Environmental Management of Ecosystems and Tropical Forests at AgroParisTech. After having worked at CIFOR Cameroon on the subject of community forests and in an association managing carbon offset projects (reforestation, agroforestry and rural development) as project coordinator, she comes to bring her plural approach between management of agricultural systems and forest preservation
Paul Martin Kouakou
Holder of a higher technician's certificate in farm management, he worked for 7 years at ECOM Côte d'Ivoire as head of agricultural and environmental programs within the framework of cocoa certification and sustainability projects
Bertrand Descours
Graduated with a Master 1 in International Projects Coordinator (ESCD 3A LYON), he started as a humanitarian logistician from 2016, first in the NGO ACTED as well as at the French Red Cross and at Solidarités International. He then specialized in emergency epidemic or conflict missions through his missions abroad. He moved to the Lyon region and joined the team in September 2023
Jacques Anzian Bilé
Currently in Master 2 research in physical geography and hie environment option physical geography and geomatics, he also has a higher technician diploma in IT option Computer Network and Communication. He has been assistant cartographer then land planning assistant on the F4F (Forest For Future) project
Elvira Dje Lou
Based in Abidjan, she holds a BTS in Finance Accounting and Business Management from the private University IVESTP
Aimé Magatou
He holds a higher technician certificate in Tropical Agriculture, Plant Production Option obtained from INPRAT. He was a trainee technician at COOPCA KF on the Equity 2 program led by AVSF in the Koun-fao Department, senior technician at the PHYTO+ Agricultural Service Center as well as inspector and coach of a Cargill plantation
Camara Tiemoko
He holds a BTS in agriculture, crop production option. His first work focused on estimating the yield of cassava production under the state PUAPV program in 2017. He then worked at ICRAF (International Center for Agroforestry Research) as agricultural technician from 2018 to 2020, then as assistant botanist on the Forest4Future project for GIZ
Beatriz Bellón
With a doctorate in geomatics (AgroParisTech/CIRAD), she brings her expertise in remote sensing and modeling to various R&D projects of the association, and in particular on the biodiversity and degradation and restoration components of forest landscapes. At the same time, she carries out studies and technical support (capacity building, technology transfer) within the association. She joined the N’Lab in Nitidæ in 2024 after completing a thesis on the mapping of agricultural systems, and five years of postdoctoral research on the links between landscape changes and biodiversity in different tropical countries. Her research work has resulted in operational mapping and modeling tools and numerous scientific publications of international rank.
Zoé Galliath
Agricultural engineer graduated from VetAgro Sup Clermont Ferrand (specialty: Engineering and eco-territorial development strategy). Since 2018 she has worked in Côte d'Ivoire in the recycling of plastic waste before joining the team in 2024 to coordinate development projects around the Mabi Yaya reserve
Antoine Aupois
Graduated with a Master's degree in "Dynamics of emerging and developing countries", specializing in Agricultural Development (Université Paris-Saclay). He is completing a thesis at Nitidæ and with the UFR of Comparative Agriculture at AgroParisTech. His work focuses on understanding the effects of introducing the carbon dimension on the content of agricultural development projects, and the resulting impacts on agrarian trajectories.
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