Sustainable Land Management Project

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The objective of the Sustainable Land Management (SLM) Project for Senegal is to contribute to the reduction of land degradation and the improvement of ecosystem functions and services in the target areas by adopting sustainable land management practices through the provision of support to the recipient's research and agricultural and rural consultation system and to producer organizations. There are four components to the project, the first component being support to the agricultural research system. In Second Agricultural Services and Producer Organizations Project (PSAOP2), this component seeks to increase the capacity of the National Agricultural Research System (NARS). The project will be used to strengthen the capacity of the Senegal Agricultural Research Institute (ISRA) to generate and disseminate SLM-targeted research and knowledge. The second component is the strengthening agricultural advisory services. This component is aimed at supporting the extension of the agricultural advisory system and consolidation of a pluralistic network of service providers. The third component is the support to producer organizations. This component is aimed at strengthening the capacity of producer organizations (POs) to access technical and economic services, and to participate in policy formulation. Finally, the fourth component is the support to sectoral coordination. This component is aimed at strengthening the capacity of sectoral ministries (e.g. agriculture and livestock) in policy formulation, planning, coordination, and monitoring and evaluation. The Global Environment Facility (GEF)-supported project will be used to strengthen the enabling conditions that allow the Government to move towards a more cross-sectoral and programmatic approach to SLM, and to support incremental costs of project management.