Desire for Greener Land

Land L user involvement
Phase
Involvement
In nitiation/motivattion
Self-mobilisation
Planning
Im mplementation
Monitoring/evalu
M
uation Self-mobilisation
Research R
Differences D between
particippation
of men and women: Yes, moderate e
Traditionally, T
woomen
have beeen
more respon nsible for the hhouse
and the area a close to it t. They are lesss
involved in th he field activitiees
of
th he agave forestry
project, but are involved in n production annd
commercialization.
On the e other hand, wwomen
are worried
about the
possible
impacts
of alcoholic ddrink
on communities,
becausse
alcoholism is
a social conc cern.
In nvolvement off
disadvantageed
groups: Ye es, high
There T has beenn
no discriminattion
inside the communities uup
to now
Technical T suupport
Interacctive
Self-mobilisation
Interacctive
Training T / awaareness
raisinng:
Training was w provided fo for the land us sers, field staff f/agricultural addvisors.
Training
was on-thee-job
and
during d public mmeetings.
Trainiing
focused on explaining whhich
plants to se elect for seeds,
how to createe
and maintain plants in greenhouses,
how h to transplaant
them and how
to organise e their planting in the field dep pending on the e aim (scatteredd
for productio on or in rows too
create a
green g barrier foormed
from treees,
shrubs, gra asses and agaaves)
Advisory A serviice:
Name: N Plant (native
agave, treees,
shrubs, gr rasses) producction
advises.
Key K elements:
1. 1 Plant selectioon
2. 2 Management
of plants undeer
greenhouse e
The T extension ssystem
is well suited to ensur re continuationn
of activities
Research: R Yess,
a considerabble
amount. To opics covered iinclude
econom mics / marketin ng, ecology, tecchnology.
Mos stly on-station rresearch.
No N information exists about thhe
production conditions c of thhis
agave spec cies, especially concerning thee
sugar quantity
and quality pproduced
by b the plant wwhich
will be uused
for alcoho olic drink prodduction
(e.g. whether w it grow ws better in thhe
shade or in n full sunlight, or more
appropriate a for mature or young
plants).
External E material
suppoort
/ subsidie es
Contribution C
pper
area (statee/private
secto or): No
Labour: L Volunttary,
paid in caash.
AActivities
BBalance
alternatives
and take e decision to teest
the agave fo orestry
PPlanning,
orga anizing and programming
the project, definin ng responsibilitties,
ttime
and initial investment. Id dentification of agave seeds and a a proper place
to
iinstall
the gree enhouse and nu ursery.
BBuilding
and maintenance m
of greenhouse annd
nursery, selecting
the sitees
for
tthe
plantation and a planting. Training T of landd
users by othe er land users too
pproduce
mesca al according to quality rules foor
a recognized d product.
IIn
each field: monitoring m plant
growth, statuss
of the protec ction against caattle
ggrazing,
indica ations of soil ero osion.
MMonitoring
by some s land users
of some parrameters
define ed by scientistss.
Works shop with wome en from eight rrural
communit ties of the Calaabozo
-
Potrerillos
watershed d. They are deffining
their problems
and proposing
solutio ons. EU-DESIR RE project annd
small catch hments SEMAARNAT
project t, San Rafael Coapa commmunity,
Morelia
municipalityy,
April
2010 (Photo: ( C. Prat)
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