Voices from the Field: The S/Heroes of Landscape Restoration

This participatory plenary celebrates successful restoration practices, and the women, men and youth who are practicing them in the drylands. Stories are shared from Kenya, Ethiopia, Senegal, Ghana, Mali, Nigeria and Niger, and approaches to building grassroots movements are explored at multiple scales, spanning from learnings on restoration at the farmer/household level, all the way to institution formation in local movements via faith-based groups, farmer cooperatives, women’s savings groups and youth and community-based organizations.

Publisher: Global Landscapes Forum (GLF)

Language: English

Year: 2021

Keyword(s): Ethiopia, faith-based groups, farmer cooperatives, gender, gender-balanced restoration, Ghana, grassroots movements, Kenya, local communities, Mali, Niger, Nigeria, restoration, Senegal, women’s savings groups, youth

Ecosystem(s): Drylands and Rangelands

Location(s): Africa

HOSTS

Center for International Forestry Research (CIFOR)
World Agroforestry (ICRAF)
Youth and Small Holder Farmers (YOSHOFA)
Nigerian Women Agro Allied Farmers Association (NIWAAFA)

SPEAKERS

Bishop Dr Simon Chiwanga

Founder , LEAD Foundation
John Akugre

Community leader , Tilli in the Upper East Region of Ghana
Sintaro Iddrisu Mahama

Chief Sakoya Traditional Area of the Mion district in Northern Region, Ghana
Mamou Dembele

Vice-president, Cooperative “saving for change called Gnabene”
Ogoo Ugochukwu

Farmer, Food Processor, Anambra State Woman Leader YOSHOFA
Lizzy Igbine

National President, NIWAAFA, Nigeria
Rocky Dawuni

International Artist and Humanitarian