This area would be closely linked to National Action Programmes. Noting that the poor are both agents and victims of desertification, it is necessary that decentralized institutional arrangements and economic incentives be developed to assist the poor in managing natural resources. The Convention's poverty orientation explicitly reflects the main development challenges facing many of the signatory countries. To eradicate poverty, the Convention proposes measures linked to the development of rural markets, expansion of agricultural diversity, establishment of adequate price and tax policies, promotion of drought-resistant crops, and application of integrated dryland farming systems. The attainment of these aims not only demands a reappraisal of the financial aspects of the development process but also an intensive resource mobilization both domestically generated and through official development assistance.

The overall objective of this theme is to support a comparative analysis of locally developed initiatives undertaken by communities which adopt specific and innovative approaches in combating desertification. The intention is to pilot these experiences and consolidate the results for possible replication on a region-wide scale.
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