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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.
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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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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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