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UNDP is supporting government efforts to achieve significant results for environment
promotion through community based approaches to implement projects at the local
level. Community based initiatives are supported with GEF/SGP funds and a strategic
link established with the poverty reduction programme activities. UNDP is receiving a
huge demand for support in both the area of environment preservation and income
generating activities targeting vulnerable people affected by the socio-economic
impact of the present crisis the country is facing. New partnership opportunities will be
developed during the post-crisis recovery process.
BIODIVERSITY WATER
PORTFOLIO
Abdoulaye Mar Dieye, Resident Representative
UNDP is supporting the Government’s efforts to effectively manage its water resources. Laying the foundation for integrated watershed
management was a key strategy to tackling the root and spread of excessive increase in water nutrification that has plagued many
water bodies around the country. Cote d’Ivoire will rely primarily on local NGOs and Community-based Organisations to further this
agenda. Having received initial funding from GEF, the country is now using national resources and funding from other partners for ongoing
project management and evaluation of waterways.
To further the conservation and sustainable use of biodiversity in Côte d’Ivoire, UNDP is implementing projects such as the “New Rice
of Africa” project, which aims to establish a national-scale community-based system to accelerate the multiplication and dissemination
of Nerica, a new variety of hybrid rice in Côte d’Ivoire. Launched in 2002 for a period of 5 years with two phases, the new rice cultivation
method expects to increase non-fertilised yields by 50%. Benefits are not only reserved for Cote d’Ivoire. On a regional scale, up to seven
West African countries can expect to save up to US$ 88 million on rice imports in 2006.
CONTACTS
Mr. Eloi Kouadio IV – eloi.kouadio.iv@undp.org
Tel.: 225-20 31 74 24
Fax: 225-20 21 13 67, 225-20 21 74 04
http://www.ci.undp.org/pnud_ci.html
PARTNERS
Some of our Partners working with
UNDP and the Government in Côte
D’Ivoire
Government of Japan
Government of USA
FDFP
BOAD
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Côte d’Ivoire MDGR 2003 http://www.undp.org/french/mdg/IvoryCoastMDGR.pdf; 2 GEF-SGP,‘Responding to Climate Change, Generating Community Benefits’, 2003:
http://sgp.undp.org/download/SGPCC.pdfSGP online database: http://sgp.undp.org/index.cfmModule=Projects&Page=ShowProject&ProjectID=4686
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