Gambia natural resource management action program

This USAID action program is designed to support existing Gambian natural resource programs; it recommends short, medium, and long-term strategies for balanced protection, restoration, and enhanced use of soil, water, vegetation, and genetic resources. The program is comprised of four local resource management strategies: (1) mixed farming, using the North Bank Division as an example; (2) forage management, using McCarthy Island Division; (3) biodiversity protection, using Kiang West District; and (4) natural forest management, using areas in the North and South Banks. The strategies, which are aimed at farmer groups, contain technologies which have the capacity to improve yields of food, forage, wood, and other products, and to protect endangered habitats and species under Sahelian conditions. Each strategy includes supporting components, such as policy reform, extension, training, and technical assistance. In addition to providing detailed descriptions of the strategies, this report discusses The Gambia"s natural resource plan, in particular, the Indicative Programme for Desertification Control. Spreadsheet models are included among the annexes.