Partners
Main goals
Contribute to strengthening the resilience of households' livelihoods in the face of climate change.
Specific objectives
Specific objective 1 “The resilience of farming households is strengthened”
Specific objective 2 “Forest landscapes are managed sustainably”
Specific objective 3 “Social and territorial cohesion is strengthened”
Beneficiaries
Targeted households: 7,560
Results
Outcome 1 "Resilient agriculture is practiced by households"
Outcome 2 "The resilience of vulnerable groups is strengthened"
Outcome 3 “Forest landscapes are restored”
Outcome 4 "The Beampingaratsy ecological corridor is conserved"
Outcome 5 "Sustainable and participatory forest management is supported"
Outcome 6 "The implementation of municipal land-use planning tools is supported"
Activities
Component 1. Adaptation of agriculture to climate change (CC).
Supporting the evolution and resilience of agricultural production systems by (i) establishing and facilitating an information and advisory support system for CC-resilient agriculture, (ii) promoting diversification and improving the resilience of livestock farming, (iii) soil conservation and the development of sensitive agricultural areas, (iv) technical and material support for the structuring of resilient sectors, (v) improving farmers' access to improved resilient seeds.
Component 2. Restoration and sustainable management of forest landscapes and water source protection areas
Restore landscapes and forests by (i) establishing landscape and forest management plans, (ii) implementing landscape and forest restoration (LFR) through community, lineage, and individual approaches, (iii) implementing LFR in degraded forest areas under management transfer, (iv) developing specific activities to protect springs and riverbanks.
Component 3. Contribution to social and territorial cohesion
Support the coordination of development activities at the regional level by (i) supporting the structuring of the Anosy Region's Land Use Planning Department, (ii) strengthening the Region's mapping capabilities.
Support the implementation of territorial planning tools at the municipal level by (i) strengthening the capacity of municipalities to implement local planning documents, (ii) facilitating the land use planning process at the municipal level, and (iii) contributing to the implementation of municipal climate change adaptation projects.
Component 4. Project management, coordination, and monitoring and evaluation
This component will cover all management costs related to project implementation, including the deployment of activities in the field, with the management costs of the operating NGOs and the functioning of the UGP.
Related people
Selido Ravelopisaorana
He is a technician specializing in cash crops, trained by the FITARIK'ANDRO school then he continued his studies at the University in the National Center for Distance Education of Madagascar in Fort-Dauphin
Tsoa Andrianamenosoa Rakotondrasoa Miaratiana
Engineer in Agricultural Sciences from the University of Antananarivo, holder of a Master 2 in planning and management of tropical ecosystems (University of Lomé), a Master in Agroecology, Biodiversity and Climate Change (University of Antananarivo and Montpellier SupAgro) and a Master in Agroecology and Resource Management from Bordeaux Sciences Agro. He coordinates the Nitidæ sub-office in Fort-Dauphin and brings his expertise to the setting up and coordination of two major projects in the southern and southeastern part of Madagascar: Talaky Be financed by AFD and the European Union and Beampingaratsy National Protected Area financed by the Rainforest Trust Foundation
Eddie Rakotondrasoa
Holder of a specialized higher education diploma in environmental sciences from the Faculty of Sciences (University of Antananarivo), he brings his expertise in the field of conservation and management of projects financed by the AFD or the European Union. His skills are currently exercised in the Beampingaratsy forest corridor, a forest in the southern part of Madagascar, currently being converted into a New Protected Area as part of the Beampingaratsy National Protected Area project
Michelle Robertha Razafindramarakoma
She holds a degree in environmental science with an option in management and conservation of the natural environment. She worked in forest management at Asity (Bird Protection League) in Fort Dauphin in 2016 and then was hired on the Talaky project in 2020 as a value chain, territory and gender technician
Elodie Marie Princia Randrianantenaina
An Agricultural Engineer by training, specialized in Tropical Agriculture and Sustainable Development, she has 5 years of experience in the field of rural development. She brings her expertise on the development of cash crops value chains in order to contribute to strengthening the resilience of households to climate change in Madagascar.
Miarintsoa Rakotondrabe
Forest engineer graduated from the Higher School of Agronomic Sciences - Department: Water and Forests - University of Antananarivo (Madagascar) and graduated with a Master 2 in Development, Environment and Society within the Faculty of Economic, Social, Political and of communication Catholic University of Louvain (Louvain La Neuve - Belgium).
Guy Manu Arihery
He has an engineering degree in agriculture from the Ecole Supérieure des Sciences Agronomiques (ESSA). He worked within the NGO CTAS before joining the team in May 2024. He brings his expertise in the field of agro-ecology and landscape management as part of the Talaky Be project.
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