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Taking an active role in sustainable land management
Summary
During a recent visit to one of the four pilots SLM sites identified under the “Integrated Transboundary River Basin Management for the Sustainable Development of the Limpopo River Basin,” LIMCOM witnessed several activities being implemented by the community living in Mozambique.
Communities living in the Limpopo River Basin are taking an active role to promote Sustainable Land Management (SLM) activities aimed at reducing land degradation and sedimentation.
During a recent visit to one of the four pilots SLM sites identified under the “Integrated Transboundary River Basin Management for the Sustainable Development of the Limpopo River Basin,” LIMCOM witnessed several activities being implemented by the community living in Mozambique.
For example, at the Chibotane Irrigation Scheme in Massingir and Nyiko Irrigation Scheme in Canhane, Gaza, communities were composting organic manure as part of its adopted SLM practices aimed at improving cropland soil fertility. Construction of infiltration pits and half-moon is also popular in the area.
A total of four (4) SLM sites have been identified by the project, one each in the four Limpopo countries namely Botswana, Mozambique, SouthAfrica and Zimbabwe. The pilot sites are the Mogobane Dam in Botswana; the Massingir Dam in Mozambique; Mapochs in South Africa; and the Guyu-Chelesa in Zimbabwe.
The main aim of implementing SLM activities at a pilot scale is to reduce land degradation including reduced sedimentation and improve land productivity for replication and up-scaling through socio-economic beneficiation opportunities inclusive of payment for ecosystem services models.
LIMCOM is implementing the project in partnership with the Global Water Partnership Southern Africa (GWPSA), with support from United Nations Development Programme (UNDP), through the Global Environment Facility (GEF).