Enhancing Resilience of Communities to the Adverse Effects of Climate Change on Food Security in Mauritania
Category: MCF
PARSACC Project Completion Report on Enhancing Climate Resilience for Food Security in Mauritania, March 2020
The Enhancing Resilience of Communities to the Adverse Effects of Climate Change on Food Security in Mauritania (PARSACC) project, as detailed in its March 2020 Completion Report, aimed to improve adaptation strategies within Mauritania's food security sector. The project's core purpose was to assist the Mauritanian government in enhancing technical services available at the community level. This support was intended to empower village residents, identified as those most vulnerable to climate change impacts, to conduct their own analyses of these effects and subsequently develop detailed adaptation plans. The scope of these plans included harmonized strategies for key natural resource areas: livestock management, land management, water management, and overall natural resource utilization. Key obligations involved providing technical assistance, building capacity at institutional, technical, and community levels, and facilitating the community-led planning process. Affected sectors included food security, agriculture, livestock, land use, water management, and natural resource management. The document is a completion report dated March 2020, indicating the project concluded around this time; no future deadlines or compliance dates are specified within the provided text.
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PARSACC PROJECT Enhancing Resilience of Communities to the Adverse Effects of Climate Change on Food Security in Mauritania (PARSACC) PROJECT COMPLETION REPORT March 2020 Table of Contents List of Acronyms ........................................................................................................................................................ 4 List of Figures ............................................................................................................................................................. 5 List of tables ................................................................................................................................................................ 5 I. HISTORY OF THE PROJECT ...................................................................................................................... 6 II. CONCEPT OF THE SETTING UP OF THE PROJECT .......................................................................... 7 III. PROJECT INTERVENTION AREAS .......................................................................................................... 8 IV. IMPLEMENTATION STRUCTURE OF THE PROJECT ...................................................................... 10 IV.1. The Project Steering Committee ............................................................................................... 10 IV.2. The Technical Advisory Group ................................................................................................. 10 IV.3. Multilateral Implementing Entity ............................................................................................. 11 IV.4. The Project Management Unit (PMU) ..................................................................................... 11 IV.5. Regional teams ......................................................................................................................... 11 V. INTERVENTION APPROACH AND INVOLVEMENT OF PARTNERS ......................................... 12 VI. PROCESS FOR IMPLEMENTING PROJECT ACTIVITIES ................................................................. 12 VII. SUMMARY OF PROJECT ACHIEVEMENTS ....................................................................................... 13 VII.1. Capacity building review......................................................................................................... 13 VII.1.1. Institutional capacity building ......................................................................................................... 13 VII.1.2. Strengthening the technical capacities of partner institutions .......................................................... 14 VII.1.3. Community technical capacity building ........................................................................................... 15 VII.2. Assessment of adaptation measures to combat desertification and land degradation ............ 16 VII.2.1. Fight against sand advancing .......................................................................................................... 16 VII.2.2. Village plantation for firewood ........................................................................................................ 17 VII.2.3. Setting up community pastoral reserves ........................................................................................... 18 VII.2.4. Restoration of degraded land ........................................................................................................... 19 VII.3. Assessment of adaptation measures to diversify and strengthen the most vulnerable population livelihoods ......................................................................................................................................... 20 VII.3.1. The fruit tree promotion program. ................................................................................................... 20 VII.3.2. The poultry promotion program ....................................................................................................... 21 VII.3.3. Support for market gardens establishment ....................................................................................... 22 VII.3.4. Beekeeping promotion ..................................................................................................................... 24 VII.3.5. Income Generating Activities (IGAs) ............................................................................................... 24 VII.3.6. Support for access to water .............................................................................................................. 26 VII.3.7. Promotion of the use of improved stoves .......................................................................................... 26 VIII. PROJECT IMPACTS ASSESSMENT ....................................................................................................... 27 VIII.1. Impacts on institutional capacity building ............................................................................. 27 VIII.2. Participatory development ..................................................................................................... 28 VIII.3. Ecological impacts ................................................................................................................. 29 VIII.4. Impact on community’s food security and living conditions .................................................. 30 2 VIII.5. Impacts on livestock ............................................................................................................... 31 VIII.6. Improved access to water ....................................................................................................... 31 VIII.7. Gender approach and empowerment of women..................................................................... 32
Tags: Adaptation, Adaptation Planning, Agriculture, Climate Change, Climate Change Risks, Desertification, Development, Food, Food Security, Governance, Grant, Institutions / Administrative Arrangements, Land Use, Livestock, Natural Resources, Planning, Water, Water Management
Sector: Food Security