SUSTAINABLE LAND AND WATER MANAGEMENT
PROJECT The use of Bamboo for restoration of degraded land
byIsaac C. Acquah Jnr. of
Environmental Protection Agency of Ghanaat the
Regional Workshop on Bamboo and RattanHotel Mont Febe
Yaoundé, Camaroon
Outline of Presentation Background and Introduction; Project Overview; Multi-sectorial Nature of the Project; Major Activities being undertaken by the
Project; Some types of Land Degradation; Bamboo-based Sustainable Land
Management Technologies
Background
The SLWMP is a flagship project derived from Ghana’s Strategic Investment Framework (GSIF) for SLM which was prepared in 2010
The GSIF identified the northern savannah zone of Ghana as critical landscape for intervention.
SLWMP started in the year 2011 The project is designed around three components:
(1) Capacity building for integrated spatial planning; (2) Land and Water Management, and (3) Project management and coordination.
Project Area
TARGET LANDSCAPE
Ghana SLWMP Project Overview As part of the WBG’s Sahel and West Africa Programme (SAWAP) in Support of the
Great Green Wall Initiative, and with financing support from GEF (US$ 16.9 million),
Ghana has laid a strong foundation in developing and implementing innovative and
effective SLM programs and partnerships.
Integrated landscape approach through Participatory watershed planning in 10
districts in the Northern Savannah Zone of Ghana
Project Objective: to expand the area under sustainable land and water
management practices in selected watersheds (unchanged).
Multi-Stakeholder & Multi Sector Project Multi- stakeholder
platforms strengthened to support upscaling of integrated natural resources management across scales and sectors
Implementing agencies and partners
National Agencies Ministry of Environment,
Science, Technology and Innovation,
Environmental Protection Agency,
Ministry of Food and Agriculture,
Forest Services Division, Wildlife Division,
Regional agencies• 3 Regional EPA offices• 3 Regional Departments of
Agriculture • 3 Regional Managers of
Forest Services Division• Regional Manager of Wildlife
Division• Park managers• Regional Water Resources
Commission• 3 Regional Coordinating
Councils• Survey and Mapping
Department• National Fire Service• Private sector
Implementing agencies and partners
Implementing agencies and partners cont’d
District level agencies Community level
• District Planning Office• Department of Agriculture• District Gender Office• National Fire Service• Community Water and
Sanitation• Forest Services Division• Wildlife Division
• Traditional authorities • Opinion leader• Assembly Man• Farmers • Community members
MAJOR ACTIVITIES : •District / community watershed planning •Engaging NGO’s /CS0 to promote SLWM• Performance based Incentive structure for extension officers•Capacity building for community level structures (CWMTs, CRMCs) and farmers (i.e local sturdy tour, farmer to farmer extension)•Establishment of demonstrations•Strengthen the NSLMC•Implementation of community sub-projects (riparian vegetation, SLWM technologies (including root and tuber), water management systems, rangeland management , restoration of degraded lands)•Natural resource based livelihood support activities •Post harvest management •Implementation of CREMA management plans •Piloting the PES•Project Impact Evaluation•Monitoring by local, Region and National level structures•Maintaining the GIS M&E system•Independent field verification by the NSLMC•Regional learning workshops •Project documentary
Community level activities Community Sensitization Watershed
management Planning
Output of community participatory watershed management planning
Community watershed management plan This is used by community members to develop
sub-projects to address identified problems within the community landscape
Election of Community Watershed Management Team (CWMT) to supervise implementation of community interventions
SLWMP support agricultural and natural resources management interventions,
Interventions outside the scope of the project is taken up by the district planning officer for inclusion in the District Medium Term Development Plans
SLWM interventions
Interventions include soil, water and nutrient
managementagroforestry, livestock
husbandry, and forest and alternative
livelihoods
No burning Training of farmers on Land preparation
Land preparation: No-TillageSoil is covered with mulch at planting
Planting is done directly through the mulch
Maintaining soil health for increased productivity
Soil organic matter help maintain
biological processes, prevents erosion, improves plant
nutrients, increases soil carbon, increases resilience to climate
change
• Protects soil against direct impact of raindrops & sunshine
• Improves organic matter content of soil and plant nutrient
• Serves as feed for insects and soil organisms
• Slows down run off and increase water infiltration
Cover Crops
Water management technologies
In-field/on-farm water harvesting Earth bundingStone bunding
Bottle irrigation Buffer zone/Riverine re-
vegetation
Use of A-Frame District extension agents preparing to train farmers on the use of A-Frame for picking contours
Farmer demonstrating the use of A-Frame for constructing stone bunds to World Bank Mission Team
Earth bunding
Stone bunds wrongly constructed
The use of the A-Frame assisted farmers to correct wrongly done stone bunds and also to create more planting space.
Bottle Irrigation
Climate Change adaptation – ensuring that tree seedlings survive during the long dry season. NB without the mulch = high evaporation
Mulch plus
bottle irrigation
Buffer zone/riverine re-vegetation
Plant nutrient management technologies No burning of crop residue Compost preparation and use Cover cropping Crop rotation Mixed cropping
Crop Rotation
Soyabean field to be replaced with maize next season
Maize field to be replaced with soyabean next season
Mixed cropping
Intercropping Strip cropping
Compost preparation and use
Agroforestry and tree planting
Fruit tree cultivationAlley croppingWoodlot Boundary tree planting
Fruit tree cultivation
Tree growing
TEAK CASSIA
Pigeon pea planted as fodder banks
Harvested fodder bank for dry season feeding of livestock
Forest Management
Park management activitieslaw enforcement
Community engagement in tree nurseries CREMA
Activities - Bee keeping
Some types of Land Degradation
Pwalugu River
Sissili River at Domga; Sissili River at Nyandema/Kalaasa; Sissili river at Bechonsa
Restoring degraded land with Bamboo
Bamboo-based sustainable land management technologies Bamboo has great potential to help restore degraded lands and protect
watersheds; Bamboo rhizomes and roots develop remain alive and rooted in the soil,
producing new shoots each year and not destroy by wildfires; It is very resilient, able to withstand floods and wildfires; Bamboo leaves could play a potentially important role in providing a
sustainable source of fodder and feed; Bamboo can significantly reduce water runoff and soil erosion because of its
extensive rhizome and rooting system; Bamboo component of SLM is to improve bamboo-based livelihoods
and reduce land degradation through associated bamboo-based environmental services;
THANK YOU VERY MUCH