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    Equator Initiative Case StudiesLocal sustainable development solutions for people, nature, and resilient communities

    Senegal

    REGIONAL FEDERATION OFWOMENS ADVANCEMENTGROUPS, ZIGUINCHOR

    Empowered live

    Resilient nation

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    UNDP EQUATOR INITIATIVE CASE STUDY SERIES

    Local and indigenous communities across the world are advancing innovative sustainable development solutions that wo

    or people and or nature. Few publications or case studies tell the ull story o how such initiatives evolve, the breadth

    their impacts, or how they change over time. Fewer still have undertaken to tell these stories with community practition

    themselves guiding the narrative.

    To mark its 10-year anniversary, the Equator Initiative aims to ll this gap. The ollowing case study is one in a growing ser

    that details the work o Equator Prize winners vetted and peer-reviewed best practices in community-based environmenconservation and sustainable livelihoods. These cases are intended to inspire the policy dialogue needed to take local succ

    to scale, to improve the global knowledge base on local environment and development solutions, and to serve as models

    replication. Case studies are best viewed and understood with reerence to The Power of Local Action: Lessons from 10 Years

    the Equator Prize, a compendium o lessons learned and policy guidance that draws rom the case material.

    Click on the map to visit the Equator Initiatives searchable case study database.

    EditorsEditor-in-Chief: Joseph Corcoran

    Managing Editor: Oliver HughesContributing Editors: Dearbhla Keegan, Matthew Konsa, Erin Lewis, Whitney Wilding

    Contributing WritersEdayatu Abieodun Lamptey, Erin Atwell, Toni Blackman, Jonathan Clay, Joseph Corcoran, Larissa Currado, Sarah Gordon, Oliver Hughe

    Wen-Juan Jiang, Sonal Kanabar, Dearbhla Keegan, Matthew Konsa, Rachael Lader, Patrick Lee, Erin Lewis, Jona Liebl, Mengning Ma,

    Mary McGraw, Gabriele Orlandi, Brandon Payne, Juliana Quaresma, Peter Schecter, Martin Sommerschuh, Whitney Wilding, Luna Wu

    DesignOliver Hughes, Dearbhla Keegan, Matthew Konsa, Amy Korngiebel, Kimberly Koserowski, Erin Lewis, John Mulqueen, Lorena de la Pa

    Brandon Payne, Mariajos Satizbal G.

    AcknowledgementsThe Equator Initiative acknowledges with gratitude the Fdration Rgionale des Groupements de Promotion Fminine de la rgion

    Ziguinchor (FRGPF-Z), and in particular the guidance and inputs o Mme Sadio Thioune Seydi and Mme Rama Diatta Djibo. All pho

    credits courtesy o FRGPF-Z. Maps courtesy o CIA World Factbook and Wikipedia.

    Suggested CitationUnited Nations Development Programme. 2012. Regional Federation of Womens Advancement Groups, Ziguinchor, Senegal. Equator Ini

    tive Case Study Series. New York, NY.

    http://equatorinitiative.org/images/stories/events/2012events/Book_Launch/power%2520of%2520local%2520action%2520final%25202013%25208mb.pdfhttp://equatorinitiative.org/images/stories/events/2012events/Book_Launch/power%2520of%2520local%2520action%2520final%25202013%25208mb.pdfhttp://equatorinitiative.org/index.php?option=com_winners&view=casestudysearch&Itemid=858http://equatorinitiative.org/images/stories/events/2012events/Book_Launch/power%2520of%2520local%2520action%2520final%25202013%25208mb.pdfhttp://equatorinitiative.org/images/stories/events/2012events/Book_Launch/power%2520of%2520local%2520action%2520final%25202013%25208mb.pdf
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    PROJECT SUMMARYThe Fdration Rgionale des Groupements de PromotionFminine de la Rgion de Ziguinchor has worked since thelate 1980s in southwestern Ziguinchor, in a region knownas Lower Casamance. The regions wealth o vegetationmakes it an important orest reserve in Senegal, includingthe countrys largest population o mangroves.

    Twin threats o declining sh populations (impactingcatch sizes) and increasing soil salinity (a barrier to ricecultivation) were the catalysts or community-based actionin the late-1990s, when women volunteers undertook

    mangrove reorestation to tackle both problems. Thiswas supplemented by training in more sustainable oysterharvesting practices that conserved mangrove habitats. Theederation currently comprises a total o 30,919 membersrom 1,274 aliated womens groups throughout the regiono Ziguinchor.

    KEY FACTS

    EQUATOR PRIZE WINNER: 2008

    FOUNDED: 1987

    LOCATION: Ziguinchor region of south-west Senegal

    BENEFICIARIES: More than 30,000 women

    BIODIVERSITY: 184 hectares of mangrove restored

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    REGIONAL FEDERATION OF WOMENSADVANCEMENT GROUPS, ZIGUINCHORSenegal

    TABLE OF CONTENTS

    Background and Context 4

    Key Activities and Innovations 6

    Biodiversity Impacts 8

    Socioeconomic Impacts 8

    Policy Impacts 9

    Sustainability 10

    Replication 10

    Partners 10

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    Geography and biodiversity of southwestern Senegal

    Covering an area o 7,339 km2, the southwestern region o

    iguinchor, also known as Lower Casamance, is one o the smallest

    egions in Senegal. It is bound on the east by its sister region Kolda,

    o the west by the Atlantic Ocean (about 86 kilometers o coastline),

    o the north by the Gambia, and to the south by Guinea-Bissau.

    eceiving an average o 1,200 millimeters o rain per year, the region

    Ziguinchor has a tropical climate with a dry season rom October

    o May and a rainy season lasting our and a hal months. The region

    ncludes plateaus and terraces (lateritic, erruginous) o rice elds

    ear estuaries and along the rivers. Five major sub-basins surroundower Casamance: Bala (1645 km2), Bignona (750 km2), Kamobeul

    700 km2), Guidel (130 km2), and Agnack (133 km2).

    rom the water surace in the valleys to the Casamance River and its

    ributaries, the salinity o soils in the coastal areas was exacerbated

    y years o drought. However, rains in recent years have watered

    own this salinity. Its wealth o vegetation makes Ziguinchor one

    the last orest reserves o the country. Forests (o Kapok and ruit

    rees) and heavily-wooded savannas populate the plateaus and

    erraces; mangroves are ound in the halomorphic areas and palm

    roves in the hydromorphic areas.

    he marine areas o Casamance house the largest population omangroves in Senegal and are thereore home to a number o

    mportant species along its tributaries and bolongs (reshwater

    reeks). There are two dominant species o mangrove: Rhizophora

    acemosa (red mangrove) and Avicennia nitida (black mangrove).

    oil and climatic conditions (temperature, salinity, turbidity, tidal

    movements, etc.) in the region o Ziguinchor are conducive to oyster

    arming, especially o the genus Crassostrea sp (beach oysters) and

    he genus Ostrea sp (submerged oysters) with occasional ndings o

    he genus Pycnodonta sp.)

    From income-generation to mangrove restoration

    The Regional Federation o Womens Advancement Gro

    Ziguinchor (FRGPF-Z) was ounded as a result o decentraliza

    in the region o Ziguinchor, and the determination o local wo

    to engage in collective income-generating activities in the are

    agriculture, orest products, and dyeing. The group was orm

    incorporated under the authority o the Government o Sen

    in 1987. Initially, the group ocused on small-scale bus

    development, based largely on mangrove and marine resources

    local women quickly recognized, however, signicant decreas

    local sh populations (and catch size) and an inability to success

    cultivate rice. They identied the root cause o the problem adegradation o mangrove orests in the region, which were b

    unsustainably exploited or their roots in order to cultivate oys

    These problems were being urther exacerbated by climate ch

    and periods o drought which were leading to increased saliniza

    The area o mangrove orests in Casamance was estimated at 150

    hectares in the early 1980s. These orests were revalued in 19

    70 000 hectares. Despite a lack o current data, it is clear tha

    ecosystem sufers rom recurrent episodes o drought, uncontr

    and destructive exploitation or oyster harvesting, and exten

    deorestation.

    In the late 1990s, the women o Ziguinchor mobilized to add

    the problem, undertaking reorestation o the mangroves on a sscale in order to regenerate biodiversity and the proper unctio

    o local ecosystems. In 2003, the womens ederation was gra

    legal recognition as an economic interest group, as recorded i

    Trade and Credit Union Registry o Senegal. This same year

    ederation received its rst grant rom the UNDP implemented

    Small Grants Programme (SGP). It was this connection and cata

    unding which took FRGPF-Z rom a small-scale initiative to a la

    scale operation capable o having transormative impacts or

    economies and ecosystems. As a rst priority, the women want

    restore the mangroves and improve ood security by bringing

    Background and Context

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    he sh population and the ability to cultivate rice. In addition to

    his restoration, the women began technical trainings to learn new

    ustainable techniques or oyster extraction that would not require

    utting the roots o mangroves.

    A community-based womens federation

    he primary objective o Regional Federation o Womens

    Advancement Groups, Ziguinchor is the advancement o ruralwomen. The ederation aims to build the social, technical,

    nstitutional, and organizational capacities o its members while

    reaking the environmentally-destructive habits that are rooted

    n local practice. As a community-based organization, FRGPF has

    total o 30,919 members rom 1,274 aliated womens groups

    hroughout the region o Ziguinchor.

    Mangrove orests are the primary ocus o the ederation. They

    re the site o the majority o womens economic activities and the

    ource o womens earning capacity, so are thereore viewed as

    laying a central role in the redenition o societal norms and the

    edistribution o wealth. Mangroves are approached as a tool or

    ociocultural change, capable o strengthening the social standing

    nd economic power o women.

    As oysters are traditionally collected by cutting the roots o

    mangroves, FRGPF-Z strives to change this destructive habit by

    roposing a locally-appropriate alternative to traditional oyster

    arming. The organization has worked to make oyster arming a

    roductive, competitive, and sustainable source o jobs and income

    or local women. The signicant results achieved by FRGPF-Z

    ontribute to peace building and socioeconomic development in

    he region.

    n addition to its regional eforts, FRGPF-Z is a member o theNational Council o Rural Coordination and Cooperation (CRCR), a

    etwork o 26 Senegalese umbrella organizations with the goal o

    ontributing to the development o small-scale arming that ensures

    he sustainable economic advancement o arming amilies. The

    ederation is also a member o the West Arican Network o Farming

    Organizations and Producers (ROPPA), a ramework or knowledge

    xchange and inter-Arican solidarity.

    Governance and institutional framework

    The institutional structure o the ederation has been ormalize

    the Government o Senegal, and has representative divisions at

    level o government. At the departmental level, there is a edera

    o womens economic interest groups, the FDGPF. At the mun

    level, these same womens economic interest groups are represe

    in a union, the UCGPF. At the district and rural community le

    there are also comparable unions. It is a democratic and oundation that is representative, accountable and transpa

    It also holds as its base, the economic interest group, a m

    which has gained popularity in Senegal as a way o promoting

    economic development o rural communities, with women in

    lead. Economic interest groups oten unction as both savings

    microcredit schemes.

    Greater consideration needs to be given to environmental issues in state and international

    development policies. And involvement of grassroots organizations and communities in

    linking the two must be made a priority.

    Mme Sadio Thioune Seydi, FRGPF-Z

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    Key Activities and Innovations

    RGPF-Z seeks to raise the entrepreneurial prole o women by

    providing them the opportunity to develop livelihood strategies.

    his work is an appropriation and implementation at the local level

    o the three major strategies that the Government o Senegal is in

    he process o executing, namely: i) a poverty reduction strategy

    hat has been in place since 2002 through the strategic document

    or poverty reduction (DRSP) and is translated into action by

    upporting the productive sectors which provide ood and generate

    ncomes; ii) an accelerated economic growth strategy (SCA) in place

    ince 2005, which is achieved locally through a commodity-chain

    pproach, structuring the production, conservation, processing, and

    marketing o oysters; and iii) the national biodiversity conservation

    trategy, launched by the Senegalese government ollowing the Rioe Janeiro summit in 1992, aims or ecological sustainability through

    he preservation and saeguarding o the mangrove through the

    promotion o eco-riendly alternative technologies.

    Sustainable oyster farming and mangrove reforestation

    As a regional umbrella organization, FRGPF-Z ocuses on sustainable

    evelopment through community mobilization, direct action, and

    obbying. Since 2003, the ederation has promoted sustainable

    oyster arming and mangrove reorestation. While these activities

    re carried out across Ziguinchor, a ew projects are worth noting.

    Reorestation has taken place at teen sites in the municipality

    o Dioloulou, two in the department o Ziguinchor, three in the

    epartment o Oussouye, and two in the rural community o Niaguis.

    he ederation oversees a regional project on sustainable mangrove

    management, unded at 27 million CFA by the Global Environment

    und. Reorestation activities are complemented and bolstered

    by capacity-building and training in sustainable oyster arming

    echniques, including oyster domestication through suspension

    n shallow waters. The ederation also supports networking and

    xchange between oyster producer groups, and has established a

    evolving credit und or sustainable oyster arming.

    The initial grant rom SGP was implemented in a two-year c

    Over the course o the rst year, FRGPF-Z selected harvesting

    constructed production acilities, and put in place the nece

    investments and equipment. Also prioritized were the cre

    o management bodies (ad hoc committees), the clear

    inclusive articulation o local charters (to provide a transpa

    and accountable governing ramework), and the other institut

    and organizational tools needed or the execution o produc

    activities. The production method promoted amongst

    producers was elevated suspension in deep water. Oysters in

    larval stage (spat) are captured using the garlands o dead o

    shells which are hung on strings and attached to stationary post

    stakes. Over the course o the second year, the ederation ocuseoyster growth and ensuring that cultivated oysters reached a ma

    enough size to bring in extra income at local and regional mar

    To acilitate this growth, oysters are allowed to mature in clay b

    where they are washed, sorted, graded, stocked, packaged

    shipped. The ederation also promotes the dtroquage o oyst

    method which enables selective harvesting o mature oysters w

    preserving standing mangrove orests. This second stage then

    dedicated to oyster harvesting, processing, packing, and marke

    While the ederation does not strictly adhere to this two-year c

    the techniques and processes advanced during this period re

    in place today. These processes have successully convinced

    populations that oyster domestication is an agreeable alternati

    the extraction o mangrove roots.

    Agriculture and grain mills

    FRGPF-Z carries out a number o activities beyond oyster harve

    and mangrove reorestation, including: sustainable agriculture

    as the harvesting o rice, vegetables, sesame, cassava and maize

    cultivation o micro-gardens, so ederation members with litt

    no land can participate in agricultural initiatives; livestock rea

    including cattle and poultry; value-added secondary proces

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    n particular the processing o ruits, vegetables and sh products

    nto juices and other marketable products; support to local artisanal

    crats such as pottery, soap-making, dyeing abrics, sewing, and

    he extraction o palm oil or cooking; micro-credit loans and the

    operation o nancial systems that make unds available in ve

    ocales outside o Ziguinchor (saving women transportation costs);

    and beekeeping.

    The ederation currently leads a number o agricultural projectswith 45 women working in sesame cultivation, 176 women in maize

    cultivation, and 143 women in cassava cultivation. The majority

    o women are devoted to production, processing, and marketing

    activities or household gardens, sh products, and crat-making.

    Federation women are supported to participate in the International

    Fair o Dakar (FIDAK), the International Fair o Agriculture and Animal

    Resources (FIARA), the International Agriculture Fair (SIAGRO).

    n addition, FRGPF-Z has a mill in almost every village, which is

    operated by a ederation member. Women pay a small ee to use

    he mill, a ee which is invested back into community development

    activities. These grain mills reduce the workload o women and

    provide a revenue stream and savings system that allow ornvestments in village inrastructure and service delivery.

    Lobbying and health education

    FRGPF-Z has positioned itsel on the regional and national

    institutional chessboard as a key player whose role is recognized

    through its many contributions to the social and econ

    development in the region o Ziguinchor. The organizatio

    becoming more and more dominant in decision making proce

    and is achieving increasing successes in lobbying. Lobb

    has ocused on womens land rights, rural access to tech

    expertise and training, and assistance with marketing products

    monitoring results. In addition, ederation members work to reg

    Ramsar sites. The Ramsar Convention, an international treat

    the conservation and sustainable use o wetlands, identiesdeclares sites as Wetlands o International Importance. The wo

    o FRGPF-Z are working on registering various sites in the re

    o Ziguinchor, and regularly lobby the Senegalese governmen

    support in this undertaking.

    The ederation has also served as a platorm or comm

    education and outreach, particularly in the areas o health

    communicable disease control. FRGPF-Z leads a 16 million

    project on sexually transmitted diseases, with a particular emp

    on HIV/AIDS, unded by the National Council or the Fight ag

    AIDS. This has included implementation o train the tra

    program or 120 women rom throughout the region who

    disseminate inormation in their respective communities. Simthe ederation oversees a number o Inormation, Education

    Communication (IEC) projects, which bring together wome

    the ght against malaria (through the promotion o bed nets)

    educate on reproductive health, maternal and child diseases

    emale genital mutilation.

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    Impacts

    BIODIVERSITY IMPACTS

    Positive changes in targeted biodiversity have been observed since

    he project started. These include the mitigation o anthropogenic

    pressures on the mangroves, the adoption o sustainable methods

    or harvesting oysters, the preservation o the mangrove, mangrove

    eorestation, behavior change among those who harvest oysters,

    he establishment o marine protected areas, and the growth o a

    onsultative and cooperatives process among the various users o

    he mangroves.

    A look at the numbers alone not to mention the co-benets is

    eally very remarkable. Since the ederation began operating, 184hectares o mangrove have been reorested, 1,014,805 propagules

    or shoots) have been planted, ve 1,000-meter dams have been

    built to recover and protect rice-growing land, 1,200 people have

    been trained in nursery and mangrove reorestation techniques,

    nd land recovery has taken place over 1,132 hectares o land (in

    Edioungou, Oussouye and Kalabone) resulting in renewed capacity

    o produce rice. Approximately 2,264 tons o rice paddy and 1,811

    ons o white rice have been produced. Equally remarkable has

    been the sheer reach o the ederation, which has established three

    ommunity development plans and over 30 village conventions on

    he sustainable management o mangroves.

    Rhizophora and Avicennia are the mangrove species protectedn the area o project intervention. Impacts are measured by the

    number o propogules planted, the number o hectares reorested,

    nd observed changes based on trainings and experience. Through

    he recovery o rice-growing land and mangrove reorestation, local

    people have helped to promote and develop balanced rates o

    pecies reproduction and economic productivity or the welare o

    endemic biodiversity. The oyster industry seeks to consolidate its

    chievements in order to demonstrate that oyster harvesting can

    ake place while preserving the mangroves.

    As the mangroves have been reorested, and as surroun

    ecosystems have been restored, marine resources have bec

    more abundant. This has had the positive efect o providing

    local population with greater natural wealth. It has also, how

    attracted the attention o a greater number o people to the sh

    and marine resources sectors. The ederation has set a gold stan

    in its oyster arming techniques and illustrated how to gre

    production chain or efective and sustainable marine resou

    management.

    SOCIOECONOMIC IMPACTS

    The region in which the ederation operates is culturally divand inhabited by a mosaic o ethnic groups including the D

    Fulani, Mandinka, Mancagne, Manjacque, Balanta, Banounk, W

    and Serer peoples. The administrative ramework o the regio

    Ziguinchor consists o the departments o Bignona, Oussouye

    Ziguinchor; the municipalities o Bignona Oussouye, Thionck E

    Ziguinchor, and Diouloulou; eight districts; 25 rural municipa

    and 502 villages.

    Oyster domestication provides a solution to the downward t

    seen in oyster harvesting and is gradually becoming a positive d

    o the local and sub-regional shing economies. The potentia

    job creation or women, as well as greater nancial independ

    and empowerment, is high. The incomes o women involved iproject have increased signicantly. The oysters they sell in the m

    are now o a higher quality, which return a higher premium an

    aster. Improvements in local womens incomes have translate

    investments in youth and education, village and household

    inrastructure, ood security and nutrition, and health services.

    The socioeconomic strategy employed by FRGPF-Z is base

    a gender and development approach, which aims to prom

    community development strategies that are designed and articu

    by women. Participating women have been provided acces

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    capacity building and training in the areas o oyster harvesting,

    quality control, packaging, and marketing. So too though, these

    rainings have ofered a platorm or literacy education, with many

    women learning to read and write through ederation programs.

    POLICY IMPACTS

    FRGPF-Z provides local women with a platorm and institutional

    ramework through which to lead community cooperation, village-evel committees on sustainable land management, and income-

    generating strategies that also restore mangrove orests. The

    ederation has strategically leveraged its collective bargaining

    capacity to lobby and advocate or policies that empower local

    women. FRGPF-Z lobbying has brought about changes in local,

    municipal or national laws. The ederation lobbies through awareness

    aising and the involvement o local and administrative actors. They

    have been particularly successul in lobbying or womens land rights

    by way o direct appeals to the presidents o local cooperatives,

    village leaders, religious leaders, and the presidents o rural

    communities. These individuals and groups represent the leverage

    points o policy change. In addition to direct appeals, the ederation

    also works to educate and inorm communities o prevailing localand national laws to make them aware o their rights.

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    In recent years, there has been a high degree of salinization in rice fields and severe degradatio

    of mangrove ecosystems. To solve this problem, we have constructed anti-salt dykes, reforeste

    our mangroves, and raised local awareness of the key drivers of biodiversity loss.

    Mme Sadio Thioune Seydi, FRGPF-Z

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    Sustainability and Replication

    USTAINABILITYeveral stakeholders are closely and actively involved in management

    the project, which gives the ederation a greater chance o long-

    rm sustainability and reduces its dependence on individual

    artners (or contributors). In short, it improves the ederations

    stitutional resilience. The women who make up the ederation also

    ome rom ethnically diverse backgrounds, making the organization

    ynchpin o social and economic cooperation.

    he commitment and contributions ofered by local partners also

    rengthen the ederations long-term sustainability. Partners such

    the National Agency or Agricultural and Rural Council (whichas a permanent eld operation in Ziguinchor), the Regional

    spectorate o Water and Forests, and the Regional Directorate or

    ural Development all provide trainings and expert guidance. At the

    me time, the ederation has developed methods or sel-suciency

    nd nancial autonomy such as the Fund to Support Environment

    nd Development Activities (FAED), a rotating credit mechanism

    support activities related to the environment. The ederation

    so aims to diversiy its activities into beekeeping or mangrove

    oney, household gardens, arboriculture (and the instillation o drip

    stems), and the continued recovery o rice-growing land.

    EPLICATION

    he ederation oyster arming model has been replicated by other

    omens organizations, by research organizations and by student

    oups in the region. In addition to peer-to-peer knowledge

    xchanges and site visits, the ederation runs a weekly radio show

    Dioloulou. Currently, 19 villages in the region are applying the

    RGPF-Z model o mangrove restoration. Knowledge transer

    as been restricted mostly to coastal regions, as inland travel is

    ohibitively expensive. Beyond the borders o Casamance, the

    deration has had a ripple efect.

    Through oyster arming, FRGPF-Z has demonstrated a transera

    ungible, and competitive model or other segments o

    aquaculture industry.

    PARTNERSFRGPF-Z collaborates with the National Agency or Agricultural

    Rural Council (ANCAR). The council shares a common goal with

    ederation o increasing agricultural productivity and improv

    local livelihood prospects. Federation members approached AN

    with a request or technical support, which marked the beginno what has been a ruitul partnership. The council has suppo

    with awareness-raising and outreach eforts, project developm

    and the secondment o a permanent eld staf or on-the-gro

    monitoring activities. IREF and the Fishing Service have also b

    important partners, the rst in the identication o reoresta

    sites and the second in the identication and installation o oy

    aring blocks.

    FRGPF-Z also relies on a natural partnership between civil soc

    groups and armer organizations which notably includes

    National Council or Rural Cooperation and the Network o Far

    Organizations and Producers in West Arica. These partners h

    allowed FRGPF-Z to obtain and successully conduct a numbeprojects in mangrove reorestation, the recovery o rice-grow

    land, reproduction o oyster species, and more. One-of train

    have been provided by the State o Senegal Ministries o Agricult

    o Livestock and o the Environment. Catalytic unds to launch

    initiative were provided by the UNDP implemented GEF-Sm

    Grants Programme.

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    FURTHER REFERENCE

    FRGPF-Z Photo Story (Vimeo)http://vimeo.com/28105095

    Sarr, F. 2001. Etude pour la prise en compte de la dimension genre dans le programme de relance des activites economiques et social

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