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Title:

Building Community Resilience to Climate Change in Senegal

Agreement Number:

7409971 P005874001

Agreement Value:

$1,999,999.00

Agreement Date:

Feb 21, 2020 - Feb 28, 2024

Description:

The project aims to improve the resilience of rural communities to climate change, especially for women, in the Kedougou region of Senegal. Project activities include: (1) providing training to 340 farmers from 17 villages on improving planting techniques and gender; (2) providing them with fonio (a type of cereal) seeds and agricultural inputs, including innovative soil nutrient field test kits; (3) training women-led cooperatives on how to create and market biomass briquettes (for fuel), and use grain/cereal husking machines; (4) training community members on forest product harvesting and bush fire prevention; (5) seeding 18,000 indigenous plants; and (6) promoting agroforestry and the use of an indigenous tree species to enhance forest carbon sinks. The project is implemented by the Jane Goodall Institute of Canada in partnership with Instituto Jane Goodall, the Réserve Naturelle Communautaire de Dindéfélo [Dindéfélo Community Natural Reserve] and the Association Nébéday.

Organization:

Global Affairs Canada

Expected Results:

The expected outcomes for this project include: (1) increased practice of climate-smart agriculture by farmers, especially women; (2) increased women’s role in decision-making for sustainable livelihoods; and (3) increased adoption of forest protection practices by local government and community partners in ecologically vulnerable areas in the Kedougou region of Senegal.

Location:

Toronto, Ontario, CA M5S 1C1

Reference Number:

064-2019-2020-Q4-00037

Agreement Type:

Contribution

Report Type:

Grants and Contributions

Recipient Business Number:

140530916

Recipient Type:

Not-for-profit organization or charity

Recipient's Legal Name:

Jane Goodall Institute

Federal Riding Name:

University--Rosedale

Federal Riding Number:

35110

Program:

International Development Assistance Program

Program Purpose:

The main purpose on the International Development Assistance Program is to reduce poverty for those living in countries where Global Affairs Canada engages in international development.