Evaluate the survival rate and growth of planted fodder/fruit trees for degraded land restoration as a function of planting hole size

cg.contactL.A.WINOWIECKI@CGIAR.ORGen_US
cg.contributor.centerWorld Agroforestry Center - ICRAFen_US
cg.contributor.crpCGIAR Research Program on Forests, Trees and Agroforestry - FTAen_US
cg.contributor.funderEuropean Union, European Commission - EU-ECen_US
cg.contributor.funderInternational Fund for Agricultural Development - IFADen_US
cg.contributor.projectRestoration of degraded land for food security and poverty reduction in East Africa and the Sahel: taking successes in land restoration to scaleen_US
cg.contributor.project-lead-instituteWorld Agroforestry Center - ICRAFen_US
cg.coverage.countryMLen_US
cg.coverage.regionWestern Africaen_US
cg.creator.idWinowiecki, Leigh: 0000-0001-5572-1284en_US
cg.date.embargo-end-date2019-12-31en_US
cg.subject.agrovocfodderen_US
cg.subject.agrovocland restorationen_US
cg.subject.agrovocgoal 15 life on landen_US
cg.subject.sdgSDG 15 - Life on landen_US
dc.creatorWinowiecki, Leighen_US
dc.date.accessioned2019-06-09T21:35:06Z
dc.date.available2019-06-09T21:35:06Z
dc.description.abstractClimate variability and extremes as well as climate changes expressed through increase temperature, more severe droughts, abnormally wet periods, floods and other extreme climate events are challenging for Sub-Saharan Africa particularly for the Sahel region due to the dependence of rural populations on climate-sensitive sectors such as rain-fed agriculture. In light of these challenges, maintaining perennial woody vegetation is increasingly an important priority for preventing aridification/desertification and for providing much-needed tree products (food, fuel, fodder, or fiber). In Mali as in most the Sahelian countries, large tree plantations have started after the severe drought of the 70s. The high cost of plantation associated with low survival and low productivity has been the main impediment to large success. Farmer managed natural regeneration (FMNR) which is based on the regeneration and management of trees and shrubs growing from living tree stumps, roots and seedlings is now being promoted and can be implemented in farmland, forest or grazing land. It is very low cost, rapid and scalable method of re-greening. It is based on pruning technique which can made a tremendous impact across the farmlands. However, this is based on wild grown plants which might not be of the choice of the farmers. Therefore, FMNR should be complemented with enrichment planting using improved plant material such as grafts and better planting practices by bigger size holes, protection, manure application and irrigation to enhance their survival and biomass or fruit production. This participatory learning activity with 1600 volunteer farmers from three region Mopti, Sikasso and Ségou in Mali is aimed at identifying opportunities to improve trees and shrubs availability to meet the nutritional needs and to improving farmers’ understanding as well as policy through testing different options of plantation. The specific objectives are to: i) Assessing survival and growth of planted seedling and the best options by context; ii) the constraints and conditions for implementation and; iii) the contextual variables of success for scaling.en_US
dc.formatPDFen_US
dc.identifierhttps://mel.cgiar.org/reporting/downloadmelspace/hash/489b1475832b552f23ffc4b601e47a10/v/7ac79807903efecd0a77b5bb95dd04b1en_US
dc.identifier.citationLeigh Winowiecki. (30/4/2017). Evaluate the survival rate and growth of planted fodder/fruit trees for degraded land restoration as a function of planting hole size.en_US
dc.identifier.statusLimited accessen_US
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11766/10050
dc.languageenen_US
dc.rightsCC-BY-NC-4.0en_US
dc.subjecttree plantingen_US
dc.titleEvaluate the survival rate and growth of planted fodder/fruit trees for degraded land restoration as a function of planting hole sizeen_US
dc.typeManualen_US
dcterms.available2017-04-30en_US
mel.project.openhttp://www.worldagroforestry.org/project/restoration-degraded-land-food-security-and-poverty-reduction-east-africa-and-sahel-takingen_US

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