Why Land use transformation

o Vast areas of hilly farm lands legally owned o  Other approaches like watershed development, mass mobilization,

safety net public works and NGO initiatives mostly focus on communal lands

o  Post harvest open grazing problems o  Visible land degradation impacts o  The impacts brought by resources allocated in land rehabilitation

interventions o  Livelihood sources of vulnerable people compromised for the

approaches.

The possible way out q  Land use transformation through temporary compensation q  Beneficiaries with high risk score identified from our Risk Assessment findings q  Agreement reached with 10 beneficiaries on Share of resources and responsibilities q  Beneficiaries:

Ø  Share free labour and carry all the tasks as per the agreed bylaws

q  Project : Ø  Resource availability for area rehabilitation Ø  Avail budget for the temporary compensation: For 10 farmers = 588 Euro/ha/ yr / which is only 176.4 Euro per farmer for three years. Ø  Technical support

q  Local government: part of the whole process

Results achieved q  Better quality physical structures q  Incredible survival and performance rates of seedlings and grass splits q  Run-off erosion totally controlled q  Better sense of ownership q  Biomass from grass and legumes q  Bee keeping integrated, capacity built q  Income diversified / sheep breeding, sheep fattening, apiary and looking for other options/. q  Income of all beneficiaries have improved a lot q  Shared their experience to others

Challenges q  Finance mobilization. q  Policy direction for using the available funds in the district/region