With the aim of expanding its area of intervention, and thanks to the technical and financial support respectively of theIcraf and European Union, Dahari has just embarked on a prospecting phase which will take place throughout the month of January in Anjouan.
Through surveys in the villages, the aim is to determine three watersheds respecting the enlargement criteria established by the NGO. To do this, the small team dedicated to this prospecting will identify the key resources of each watershed, the priority needs in relation to the use of natural resources, the major problems facing operators, and who the local stakeholders are. Meetings will be held with other stakeholders in the villages to discuss the synergy of actions and possible collaborations. This will be done through meetings with authorities, organizations, local stakeholders, discussions with operators, visits to watersheds (agricultural areas, degraded lands, water sources, biodiversity, etc.) and restitution meetings in the villages.
The prospecting will initially be carried out in the villages of Jimilimé, Janza, BadraLajanza, Koni, Limbi and Bandrakouni, places where groups of producers have made requests for support. Several criteria will guide the choice of expansion zones. First of all, the social dynamics (local associations, agricultural groups, cooperatives, women's activity, ongoing natural resource management initiative) existing or potentially mobilizable, the constraints relating to production (access to seeds, inputs and techniques used, etc.), the marketing of local agricultural products and other current or former projects (governmental, NGOs, etc.). But will also be taken into consideration the fact that the villagers are open to changes to quickly produce an impact, the potential for action in the sectors of rural development, natural resource management and biodiversity conservation, the presence of a degraded area exploited by vulnerable producers and finally proximity to other sites to facilitate travel and human resources management.
