Restoration of degraded land for food security and poverty reduction in East Africa and the Sahel: Employing a farmer-centered approach in Ethiopia, Kenya, Mali and Niger
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Land degradation threatens the livelihoods and the food and nutrition security of the poorest, most vulnerable smallholder farmers and pastoralists. As a result, migration is accelerating, with an estimated 60 million people in Sub-Saharan Africa at risk of being displaced by desertification and land degradation by 2050.
Restoration of degraded land can be a key pathway to achieving food security and reducing poverty for some of the most vulnerable people living in Africa’s drylands. Landscape restoration is a process that aims to restore ecosystem functions and enhance human wellbeing. Restoration options need to be tailored according to biophysical and socio-economic conditions.
Land restoration and avoiding further degradation can be a key pathway to achieving food security and exiting poverty for some of the most vulnerable people living in drylands. Key to the restoration of degraded land is sustainable soil management locally appropriate agricultural practices.
Achieveing the sustainable developments goals through scaling land restoration and addressing land degradation. In order to achieve the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) of the United Nations (UN), successful restoration efforts need to be taken to scale, both reaching a larger number of farmers and covering larger areas (millions of hectares) over the coming decade.
The Agenda 2030 confir ms the important place of smallholder agriculture-led growth for achieving the SDGs contribute to the latest declaration - The UN Decade on Ecosystem Restoration.
In particular SDG 15 relating to life on land recognizes soil as the basis of food production on land, soil restoration can simultaneously increase food production, reduce greenhouse gas emissions by capturing carbon, and help communities adapt to climate change. Specifically target 15.3 “By 2030, combat desertification, restore degraded land and soil, including land affected by desertification, drought and floods, and strive to achieve a land degradationneutral
world”.
Other SDGs are closely linked to efforts to address land degradation, these include indicators on soil and land, SDG 2 - End hunger and achieve sustainable agriculture; SDG 6 - Protect and restore water-related ecosystems.
Restoration of degraded land can be a key pathway to achieving food security and reducing poverty for some of the most vulnerable people living in Africa’s drylands. Landscape restoration is a process that aims to restore ecosystem functions and enhance human wellbeing. Restoration options need to be tailored according to biophysical and socio-economic conditions.
Land restoration and avoiding further degradation can be a key pathway to achieving food security and exiting poverty for some of the most vulnerable people living in drylands. Key to the restoration of degraded land is sustainable soil management locally appropriate agricultural practices.
Achieveing the sustainable developments goals through scaling land restoration and addressing land degradation. In order to achieve the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) of the United Nations (UN), successful restoration efforts need to be taken to scale, both reaching a larger number of farmers and covering larger areas (millions of hectares) over the coming decade.
The Agenda 2030 confir ms the important place of smallholder agriculture-led growth for achieving the SDGs contribute to the latest declaration - The UN Decade on Ecosystem Restoration.
In particular SDG 15 relating to life on land recognizes soil as the basis of food production on land, soil restoration can simultaneously increase food production, reduce greenhouse gas emissions by capturing carbon, and help communities adapt to climate change. Specifically target 15.3 “By 2030, combat desertification, restore degraded land and soil, including land affected by desertification, drought and floods, and strive to achieve a land degradationneutral
world”.
Other SDGs are closely linked to efforts to address land degradation, these include indicators on soil and land, SDG 2 - End hunger and achieve sustainable agriculture; SDG 6 - Protect and restore water-related ecosystems.
Geographical Keywords
East Africa
Ethiopia
Mali
Niger
Sahel
Keywords
land degradation
desertification
food security
poverty reduction
SDGs targets
SDG 15
ecosystems restoration
lessons learned
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