Sustainable Land Management and Conservation

FC will promote innovative agricultural practices in the project areas with the aim of changing household food security through enhancing productivity, improving soil fertility, promoting small-scale irrigation, and creating awareness on sustainable land management & natural resources.

Feature One

Natural resource management and development

Feature Two

Promote integrated soil fertility management (crop rotation, fallowing, promotion of organic and green fertilizers, etc)

Feature One

Promote/improve agroforestry and area closure

Main Achievements

Many of our projects work to strengthen people’s access to the resources they need to earn a living and to promote sustainable management practices for soil, water, forests, and pastures. In FC intervention areas, more than 200 million agroforestry seedlings and grass cuttings have been distributed to the project beneficiaries that are planted in degraded and bare lands.

36

Watershed Areas

FC’s projects have supported the Ethiopian government’s efforts in forest development and conservation in more than 36 integrated watersheds.

3, 600+ Hect

Watershed

About 3,600+ hectares of degraded farmland have been rehabilitated and Applicable soil and water conservation interventions have been expanded to new provinces with good result.

35,000+

Household

About 3,600 hectares of degraded farmland have been rehabilitated. As a result, round 34,928 households have benefited.

21,000+ Hect

Zero Grazzing

Nearly, 21,00+ hectares of land are now registered as under improved management practices. The farmers reported, the degraded grazing land recovered and changed to productive land.

7,300+ Hect

Covered by Forest

7,300+ hectares of land covered by forest to ensuring protection, rehabilitation, sustainable management and use of natural forests significantly contribute to climate change mitigation and minimizing the negative impacts of climate change.

Sustainable Land Management and Conservation