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36 Portfolio management highlights • 42 ongoing programmes and projects in 16 countries and territories in the two regions at the end of 2011 • US$698.3 million invested by IFAD in the regions’ ongoing portfolios • 6 new programmes and projects in Azerbaijan, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Egypt, Morocco, The Sudan and Yemen for a total IFAD investment of US$129.5 million • supplementary financing worth US$9.5 million provided to 2 ongoing projects in Tunisia Land and water management Most of the rural poor women and men in this arid region depend heavily on natural resources for their livelihoods. In the southern highlands of Jordan, we are helping to promote sustainable land and water management practices and environmental monitoring among poor farmers and landless women. Since 2005, our support has financed construction of cisterns that allow annual harvesting of around 80 million litres of water, serving 5,000 households. Water conservation is a key element of the IFADsupported Western Sudan Resource Management Programme, given the very limited rainfall in the semi-desert and arid zone of North Kordofan. The programme is helping to establish a number of IFAD is helping countries in the Near East and North Africa region to mainstream adaptation and mitigation activities into their development strategies. Water management, harvesting and storage are key activities across the region. We provide technical expertise for simple practices, such as introducing climate-resilient crops and capturing and storing floodwater, which conserve resources and build the resilience of rural communities. Morocco consists almost entirely of globally important semi-arid and arid ecosystems that are rich in habitat and species diversity. However, pervasive poverty, inadequate resource management and increasing pressure on the land are leading to widespread land degradation, depletion of water water conservation techniques that have so far led to a fourfold increase in yields of grains and crop residues. Links to markets Linkages to domestic and international markets – ranging from infrastructure to information – are often the weakest part of the value chain, and strengthening these links is a major focus of our work everywhere. In The Sudan, a gum arabic revitalization project is aiding small-scale producers by building on policy reforms that have liberalized the trade. This has led to remarkable improvements in the production, marketing and export of gum arabic in The Sudan. Exports reached more than 53,000 metric tons in 2010, an increase of more than 130 per cent compared with the 2007 to 2009 period. As a result, producers have tripled their revenues. Agricultural productivity In Dhamar, Yemen, new irrigation and resource management technologies supported by us are helping 40,000 farming households to improve their productivity. So far, an area of around 400 hectares has benefited from improved irrigation infrastructure. And three quarters of project participants have increased their agricultural and livestock production. During 2011, 17 new coffee production groups strengthened their links with processors and exporters, and more than 400 microenterprises Strengthening climate change coping strategies in Morocco resources, loss of wildlife habitats and growing susceptibility to drought and climate change. Initiatives to address these issues were incorporated into an IFAD-supported project to increase incomes and improve living conditions among poor rural people in the country’s eastern region. A grant from the Global Environment Facility supported the introduction of technologies that increase the levels of organic matter in the soil and improve the ability of soils to store carbon and retain water. The project also strengthened community capacities to adapt to the effects of climate change by developing coping strategies for drought and diversifying income-generating activities.
Story from the field Young women veterinary professionals break gender barriers in Yemen Al-Dhala governorate of Yemen will soon have eight new veterinary professionals, all of them young women. This unusual prospect – women in a deeply conservative country not only working but working in a traditionally male field – is the result of an IFADsupported project to improve living standards among economically vulnerable households. The initiative was organized by Aiman, the community and gender development officer of the Al-Dhala Community Resource Management Project. Its purpose was to provide communities with qualified professionals to work with livestock and to raise women’s skills through vocational training. But putting the idea into practice was not easy. It required the young women, aged 17 through 23, to undertake veterinary training in the capital, Sana’a, which did not appeal to their families. “They did not want us to leave our traditional rural lifestyle for a big city like Sana’a,” the young women recalled, “nor to be removed from the protection of the family.” But Aiman was determined. She reported, “The village associations and some elders and sheikhs were all supportive of the idea and helped me convince the parents and other family members to PROGRAMME OF WORK FOR 2011 change their minds.” Eventually, the families agreed that the young women could travel to Sana’a accompanied by male relatives. The second hurdle was admission to the training institute. It was the first time that young women had applied to study in the same classroom as male counterparts. The director rejected their applications. Aiman took up the issue with the Ministry of Agriculture. “I received a written statement from the Ministry specifying that the Constitution of the country does not bar women from enrolling in specialized technical institutions,” she said, “and therefore the institute has no right to reject their applications.” As a result, two young women, Asma and Hassna, completed the three-year programme and received certificates. Hassna plans to continue her studies and become a qualified veterinarian. The six remaining trainees are still studying, with Aiman’s support and encouragement. In the classroom: young women study to become veterinary professionals, traditionally a man’s job Yemen: Al-Dhala Community Resource Management Project ©IFAD/D. Ghani 37
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