1. People Centered Restoration
AFR100 Annual Conference
Niamey, September 28, 2017
Soumana Sadou
World Vision Niger

2. Environmental Restoration
CONTEXT
Population of 19.8 million (est) is growing at 3.9 percent (UNDP, 2015)
Leads to ever-increasing pressure on the natural resources
Consequently, the degradation of environment
Low GDP (USD million in 2015 (INS) i.e. USD 413 /capita
Agriculture sector providing 80% of income of population
Very dependent on climatic conditions.
Food insecurity regularly affects over 1 million people annually in Niger
Due to recurrent shocks,
Increases households’ vulnerability and weakens resilience (FAO, 2017)
For small-scale producers facing food insecurity, poverty, land and water resources degradation
Agriculture has to meet challenge of achieving food security
At the same time, must respond to demands of climate adversities
People centered environmental restoration of degraded land is
crucial to ensure resilience of agricultural sector

3. Strategic Objectives Strategic objective
EFFORTS TO COPE WITH THE CURRENT TRENDS
Strategic objective
All children live in households which are food secure and resilient to shocks
sub objective :
All children live in households which have agro-sylvo-pastoral production improved
All children live in communities which have adopted climate appropriate and environmental friendly practices
All children live in households which have improved incomes
ALIGNMENT WITH GOVERNMENT PRIORITIES
STRATEGIC AXES 1: “increase and diversification of agro-sylvo-pastoral and fisheries production’’
STRATEGIC AXES 3: “improving the resilience of vulnerable groups to climate change, food crises and natural disasters’’

4. 2013 -2017 Achievements and Impact 267 FMNR village committees set up
11,472 farmers with 4,359 being women across 417 villages in Maradi, Tahoua, Tillaberay and Zinder regions
17, ha of farmland covered with the practice of FMNR
Maimouna from Bouloum applying FMNR, July 2016

5. Example of Impact
58% increase in millet crop production on farms under FMNR
250% increase in trees/shrub density on FMNR sites
Average tree density increased from 35.47/ha (2014) to 123/ha (2017)
Millet on FMNR site
Rafin Wada
September, 2017
FMNR site
Tambara-Sofoua
June, 2017
Source: LAHIA FMNR Activities: Evaluation Report, July 2017

6. FMNR AS SPRINGBOARD TO DIVERSIFICATION AND ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT
FMNR Economic Impact
FMNR AS SPRINGBOARD TO DIVERSIFICATION AND ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT
Top grafting Ziziphus (local sp) with improved cultivars of Sahel Apple
Introduction of honey production on FMNR sites
Planting of acacia Australian and moringa stenopetala species (cf. success from Souweba

7. WORLD VISION’S PEOPLE CENTERED APPROACH
Scaling FMNR: Best practices
WORLD VISION’S PEOPLE CENTERED APPROACH
Sensitization to create an awareness; Set up village FMNR committees, training and link to government technical services Set up FMNR demonstration plots Integration of food security or income generating activities with FMNR Involvement of the local actors Monitoring and evaluation of the FMNR activities Gender mainstreaming 1 2
FMNR certification ceremony
Guidan-Sori
17th August 2017 3 4 5 6
FMNR demo-site Roura Jun, 2015 7

8. Perspectives
World Vision Niger has always aligned its interventions with the strategy defined by the Nigerien Government
FMNR aligns with strategic Axes 1 and 3 of 3N initiative which respectively advocate for an ‘’increase and diversification of agro-sylvo-pastoral and fisheries production’’ and ‘’improving the resilience of vulnerable groups to climate change, food crises and natural disasters’’
World Vision Niger, in its strategy, a period that corresponds to that defined by the I3N to make zero hunger a reality in Niger, aspires to see all children living in households which are shielded from hunger and resilient to shocks; which aligns with Axis VI of the Renaissance II Program: "Rural Development and Food Security“
To achieve this, WVN has placed particular emphasis on improving agro sylvo pastoral production, promoting climate and environmentally friendly farming practices and household economic development
FMNR is one of the key interventions that World Vision is implementing
Over the next four years, World Vision in partnership with CARE and ICRAF will be implementing a project named Evergreen Agriculture funded by the European Commission
The project targets 40, 000 households over 90, 000 hectares in Oullam, Simiri and Tillabery
Furthermore, World Vision plans to scale up and intensify FMNR practice through its intervention areas in Maradi, Zinder, Tahoua and Tillabery regions