Chris Reij

ESTABLISHED 1982

TRANSFORMING LANDSCAPES IN THE SAHEL:

SOME EXAMPLES

Vegetation in Galma in 1975 and 2003

Vegetation in Galma in 1975 and 2003

(before and after)

1975 2003

FARMERS INVEST IN AGROFORESTRY

NIGER: 5 million ha new AGF parkland

MALI: 0.5 million ha on the Seno Plains

and 6 million ha « ageing » AGF parkland

SENEGAL: several million ha old and

new AGF parkland

This is what it looks like on the ground

In southern Zinder

FARMER-MANAGED RE-GREENING IN

NIGER

• 5,000,000 ha re-greened in 20 years

• 200 million new trees (not planted)

• additional cereal production/year: 500,000 ton

• 2.5 million people fed

• 1.25 million farm households involved

1990

WATER HARVESTING AND AGROFORESTRY

2004

Demi lunes

Combretum glutinosum

Zaï

Simple techniques

Piliostigma reticulatum

Important impacts

MALI:

RAPID DISAPPEARANCE OF NATURAL VEGETATION,

BUT INCREASE IN ON-FARM TREES

6 MILLION HA OF AGROFORESTRY PARKLAND IN

SOUTHERN MALI: DYNAMICS?

NEW AGROFORESTS ON MALI’S

SENO PLAINS (450,000 ha)

SCALE UNCOVERED IN 2011

SENO PLAINS:

THIS IS WHAT IT LOOKS LIKE ON THE GROUND

SENO PLAINS:

SOIL ORGANIC MATTER, SHADE AND FIREWOOD

WHERE IS THE LOW HANGING FRUIT FOR

SCALING REGREENING?

►HIGH POPULATION DENSITIES

►CURRENTLY LOW ON-FARM TREE DENSITIES

►WALL-TO-WALL AGRICULTURE

►RAINFALL: AT LEAST 400 mm

►SANDY SOILS

►FARMER OWNERSHIP OF TREES !!!

►NGO SUPPORT FOR PEER TO PEER

TRAINING, COMMUNICATION

►POLICY SUPPORT FOR DECENTRALIZED NRM