LAKHDAR WATERSHED MG

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The Lakhdar Watershed Management Pilot Project tests--on a pilot basis--participatory approaches to improve land use and natural resource management in mountainous areas. The project is the first attempt to test the conclusions of the National Watershed Management Study carried out to take stock of past experiences in watershed management and apply the lessons learned. There are three components. The first consists of soil and water conservation and erosion control measures carried out with the active participation of the communities concerned on public, collective, and private lands. These measures include 1) protecting gullies and ravines on all lands, improving range lands in degraded sylvopastoral lands, and revegetating badlands progressively; 2) funding participative forest management with pilot operations to regularize illicit settlements, reforesting, and improving socio-economic infrastructure; 3) rehabilitating small-scale irrigation systems; and 4) intensifying irrigated and rain-fed crop production, planting fruit trees, and sponsoring field demonstrations and farmers' days. The second component, socio-economic infrastructure, finances access roads, water supply schemes, and technical studies. The third component finances four-wheel drive vehicles, office furniture and equipment including computer equipment, and a training program for project staff, elected representatives, and local administration officials.

FY17 - Agriculture, Fishing and Forestry,FY17 - Public Administration,FY17 - Water, Sanitation and Waste Management,Transportation

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Road, Water Supply and Storage, Fertilizers, Automotive, Waste Processing and Treatment, Raw Materials, Government, Residential, Commercial