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Table 3 Suggested/needed interventions to pursue desired future despite the impacts of climate hazards on community resources, support requested and needed partnerships, according to the communities of Ngouye and Daga-Birame villages in Kaffrine Region, Senegal

From: Participatory diagnosis and development of climate change adaptive capacity in the groundnut basin of Senegal: building a climate-smart village model

Impacts of the different climate hazards on community resources

Desired future (10 years)

Actions needed/suggested by the communities

Support requested and partners targeted by the communities

Natural resources

 Poor harvests

Communities’ crop production is enough to feed themselves well and keep surplus stocks

Organize producers

Revitalize partnership with projects

Diversify sources of production and improve management (savings, behavior change)

Acquire improved and adapted seeds

Restore soil fertility (FMNR, compost, etc.)

Develop counter-season crops with emphasis on the construction of ponds and digging of wells

Agricultural and meteorological council (CCAFS)

Improved seeds fertilizers (CCAFS, State, PAFA)

Farming material (State, PAFA, CNCAS)

Capacity building (ISRA, PAFA, WV, EGABI, ANCAR, SDDR)

Enhancement of forest resources (fruits, firewood)

Warehouse and storage (CRS, WV, PAFA, State, CR)

 Decline in livestock production

Increased number of animals, their health and their conformation improved

Feed from unharvested by-products

Improve animal food rations

Stabilized livestock

Use of veterinary services and improved breeds

Financial credits (financial partners) to rural council strengthen animal production activity

Provision of veterinary services (private or State)

Stem crusher—ISRA (training), Ministry of Livestock

Training—EGABI, ANCAR, ISRA, livestock service

 Destruction of crops due to parasitism

Eradication of parasites from the locality

Introduce the request to the DPV

Treat using neem, salt and chemicals in infested areas.

Fight against Striga through application of small animals’ dung

Monitor DPV to consider pests

Capacity building on techniques to fight against pests (DPV, ANCAR)

 Destruction of farmlands due to erosion (water and wind)

Controlled water erosion

Better management of farmlands to avoid erosion

Raise awareness of the populations

Build small dikes

Dig small water storage basin

Windbreaks (shield to reduce the force of the wind) with adapted species (Eucalyptus, Faidherbia, etc.)

Promote FMNR and reforestation

Organize the monitoring of plantations

Soil conservation and restoration measures

Capacity building in making stone barrages or gabions (ISRA, rural council , forestry, ANCAR)

Support local nurseries with seeds and water provision—forestry, WV, CR

Training—forestry, ANCAR, WV, ISRA

 Destruction of harvests and post-harvests due to parasitism

Total eradication of parasites

Chemical treatment of crops

Wind breaks to protect crops

Regular stock control

Warehouse (WFP PAFA, ANCAR, State)

Capacity building (ANCAR, DPV)

 Decline in market garden production

Increased incomes derived from market gardening

Give more land access to women for establishing market gardening plots

More access to resources to hire labor

Improved means of pumping wells

Phyto-therapy (ISRA/Agricole, ANCAR, WV)

 Livestock death

No more livestock death due to flooding

Construction of brick enclosures

Fence houses

Financial support (grants)

Housing loans—PAMECAS, CMS, CNCAS

Human resources

 Resurgence of diseases due to drought and rainfall breaks

Total eradication of diseases related to drought and rainfall breaks

Be sheltered from winds

Prevention against diseases

Improving children’s nutrition

Strengthen the health unit to better treat diseases caused by drought

Fruit trees for diversifying the starchy diet

Program to improve child nutrition (PRN and CLM)

Physical resources

 Destruction of trails

Tarred roads in the place of trails

Advocacy with authorities

Decentralized cooperation (PAFA)

 Destruction of houses

All houses built with bricks

Savings for construction

Advocacy for rural housing

Replace stubble with zincs then with terraces

Construction of rural houses

Financial support (grants)

Housing loans—PAMECAS, Senegal Mutuel Loan CMS, CNCAS

Financial resources

 Lack of appropriate financial scheme

Have better access financial resources to construct bricks houses

Diversify sources of income (trade, breeding, etc.)

Save on income

Mutualization/cooperative of resources/means

Financial institution (CNCAS, ACEP, CMS, PAMECAS) for savings and credit financing

 Increased poverty

Poverty alleviation

Diversify sources of income (trade, breeding, etc.)

Access to credits (CMS PAMECAS, ACEP)

Organizational dynamics and training (ISRA, ANCAR)

Social resources

 Weak functioning of existing institutions/organizations

Dynamic, autonomous, well-structured and functional organizations and strengthened partnership

Share information between various organizations

Strengthen community actions

Seek a consultation forum

Establish village organizations

Establishment of a framework for meetings (headquarters, executive office)—CR, State, WV, PAFA

Training—ISRA, WV

  1. ANCAR Agence nationale de Conseil agricole et rural (national agency for rural and agricultural council), CR Commune Rurale (rural commune), CMS Crédit Mutuel du Sénégal (Senegal Mutuel Loan), DPV Direction de la Protection des Végétaux (Direction of Plant Protection), EGABI, CNCAS, ACEP, CMS, PAMECAS Financial agencies, FMNR Farmer-Managed Natural regeneration, ISRA Institut Sénégalais de Recherches Agricoles (Senegalese Institute of Agricultural Research), PAFA Program Supporting Agricultural Sectors, SDDR Service du Développement Rural (County Rural Development Service), WV World Vision