Senegal Farming & Reforestation
About
GPF1 is a new model working with women's groups in Senegal. This consists of 25 women's groups with 100 women in each group. They were previously provided a well and metal fencing, but the fencing is deteriorating, so as part of this project they will plant a permanent living fence (a key part of the Forest Garden Approach) and will jointly develop a forest garden on their land.
The importance of this project:
100,000+ 🌳
Trees will be planted.
26 🌳
Different species of tress to be planted across all projects.
2,500 🙎
Number of women planting through all projects.
1 🏞
Hectare of land will be allocated to each group, consisting of 25 women per group.
Community Benefits:
The forest garden approach is working with thousands of farmers in the area to develop forest garden projects that not only restore the landscape through tree planting in diverse forest gardens, but also equip farmers with the skills to improve soils, produce an abundance of fruits and vegetables and grow the natural resources they need most.
Issues to be Addressed:
- Severe food insecurity: The UN Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) estimates that by 2030 Africa will lose two-thirds of its arable land if the march of desertification (the spread of arid, desert-like areas of land) is not stopped.
- Increasing dryland: Disappearance of trees and vegetation due to overgrazing, loss of soil fertility, need for fuelwood, and climate impacts.
- Increased conflicts: Clashes between farmers and herder over limited natural resources.
- Livelihoods challenges: Loss of livestock; dropping production and productivity of agricultural activities and malnutrition.
- Migration: Due to all of the problems above, and a growing youth population with no access to meaningful work.