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Securing healthy baobab populations through efficient fruit harvesting and use

 

Key Facts

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FUNDING SCHEME
Main Project
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VALUE
£207,203
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Madagascar

Summary

At three pilot sites we will establish a sustainable trade of Grandidier’s baobab (Adansonia grandidieri) fruits in order to improve regeneration in the wild and reduce poverty and malnutrition in local communities. To do this, we will reinforce baobab populations and integrate sustainable harvesting agreements into existing co-management plans. In parallel, we will empower communities to collect, process and trade baobab products to existing markets. As a co-benefit, we will improve access to nutritious baobab powders through the hungry months. Sustainable use and management of baobab fruits derive increased income and improved nutrition at three communities in western Madagascar, contributing to eventual increased regeneration of Adansonia grandidieri in the wild.
 
Status Completed
Reference 25-026
Round 24
Start 01/07/2018
End 31/03/2022


Lead Organisation

Project Partners
Direction Régionale de l’Ecologie, de l’Environnement et des Forêts (DREEF) Menabe, Fauna and Flora International (FFI) - UK, Label CBD Consulting (LCBD)


Regions
Sub-Saharan Africa

Biomes
DRY LANDS

Production
AGRICULTURAL CONSERVATION

Threats To Biodiversity
OVER EXPLOITATION

Broad Approches
IN SITU, GENERAL MEASURES, POVERTY REDUCTION, LIVELIHOODS, BENEFIT SHARING, COMMUNITY MANAGEMENT

Specific Tools
TRAINING, PARTICIPATORY, CEPA, TRADITIONAL KNOWLEDGE

Countries
Madagascar

Documents:
Download: Annual Report - 25-026 AR3 - 11/08/2021

Download: Half Year Report - 25-026 HYR3 - 03/02/2021

Download: Annual Report - 25-026 AR2 - 24/08/2020

Download: Half Year Report - 25-026 HYR2 - 24/08/2020

Download: Application Form - 25-026 App edited - 13/11/2018

Download: Half Year Report - 25-026 HYR4 - 03/02/2022

Download: Half Year Report - 25-026 HYR4 - 25/11/2021