Item 4: Presentation of the TCP/RAB/3802 project
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This project aims to improve soil management in 12 countries in the Near East and North Africa region through building capacity on sustainable soil management practices. Over the course of 18 months, it will conduct national soil assessments, regional data analysis, and workshops to increase awareness of soil issues. It will also strengthen national capacities for soil salinity and erosion tools through webinars and laboratories. The project expects to enhance understanding of soil challenges and management, and strengthen regional collaboration on soil through meetings of the NENA Soil Partnership. The implementation partners are the ministries of agriculture in the 12 countries.
Item 4: Presentation of the TCP/RAB/3802 project
- 1. TCP/RAB/3802 Capacity Development for the Sustainable Management of Soil Resources in NENA Region to Achieve the Sustainable Development Goals Project Launching 19 November 2020 Abdel Hamied Adam Hamid AbdelHamied.Hamid@fao.org
- 2. WHY TCP ON SOIL Responding to: low awareness on importance of soil and need for its conservation and sustainable management Growing threat of Soil degradation Joint call from Arab Ministers of Agriculture and Water “Establishing a sustainable regional mechanism to build individual and institutional capacities necessary to plan, design, and implement water and land management programs efficiently”.
- 3. BASIC INFORMATION 12 NENA countries (Egypt, Jordan, Iran, Morocco, Lebanon, Iraq, Sudan, Tunisia, Yemen, Palestine, Oman, Syria) Start date 21 October 2020 End date 20 May 2022 Total Budget USD 400,000
- 4. EXCEPEDTED PROJECT RESULTS Impact: to improve environmental and human wellbeing through the sustainable management of soil resources Outcome: Regional and national knowledge on soil conditions and management is shared and capacity of stakeholders on SSM practices and use of related tools is enhanced
- 5. EXPECTED PROJECT RESULTS •Output 1: Understanding soil characteristics/challenges and management practices is enhanced •Activity 1.1. National assessment of soil conditions •Activity 1.2. Regional assessment and compilation of data •Activity 1.3. Regional workshop to increase awareness on status of soils in NENA and tools available to preserve and sustainably manage them
- 6. EXPECTED PROJECT RESULTS Output 2: National capacities for the implementation of normative tools on sustainable soil management are strengthened Activity 2.1. Regional webinars on soil salinity and soil erosion assessment and management Activity 2.2. Regional laboratory workshops under the framework of the GLOSOLAN •Activity 2.3. Build capacity of national reference laboratories
- 7. EXPECTED PROJECT RESULTS Output 3: Regional and inter-regional collaboration on SSM strengthened Activity 3.1. Hold the 6th and 7th meetings of the NENA Soil Partnership •Activity 3.2. Participate in the 9th Global Soil Partnership Plenary Assembly
- 8. IMPLEMENTATION PARTNERS Ministries of Agriculture in the 12 countries. Other entities designated/identified by the MoA as partner.
- 9. SUSTAINABILITY OF PROJECT RESULTS Project will enhance food and nutrition and water security by addressing soil salinity and soil physical degradation; Using gender balance as a criteria for participation in training events and development of relevant products with gender-sensitive analytical tools duly applied throughout project implementation. Capacity development activities guided by the needs of various groups identified during implementation
- 10. SUSTAINABILITY OF PROJECT RESULTS Project activities not intend to have adverse effects on indigenous people’s rights, lands, natural resources, territories, livelihoods, knowledge, traditions, governance systems, and culture or heritage
- 11. SUSTAINABILITY OF PROJECT RESULTS The project spires to achieve two paradigm shifts: Disseminated technology incorporates sustainable agricultural techniques and local knowledge Institutional frameworks establish multi-stakeholder and multisectoral mechanisms to produce wide spread change and provide countries and the region with a model of integration and collaboration