Formulation of IFAD’s Integrated Land Management and Biodigesters Project Mali

Context of the service

This agroecology consultancy mission led by Johan PASQUET on behalf of TERO contributed to the formulation of the project "Multi-energies for resilience and integrated management of territories" (MERIT) in Mali, funded by IFAD.

Services provided

The services provided were as follows:

- Propose resilient agricultural and agro-ecological practices, capitalised at national or sub-regional level, that allow adaptation to the expected climate constraints;

- Propose approaches to promote the integration of agriculture and livestock systems, including solutions to optimise the storage, composting and valorisation of digestate at family farm level;

- Support the social engineering expert in identifying the most relevant mechanisms for the rehabilitation of degraded land and the development of an integrated land management approach at the village level;

- Contribute to the drafting of the project formulation document, the technical implementation manual and the preparation of a detailed budget of the activities proposed for the agroecology component.

Summary of the service

Contribution to the formulation of IFAD's Integrated Territorial Management (MERIT) project in Mali: Proposing agroecology practices to adapt to climate constraints; Propose approaches to promote the integration of agriculture and livestock systems, in particular via bio-digesters; Contribute to the drafting of the project document (agroecological practices, integrated land management, bio-digesters).