The Project
| Name | Projet d’Appui pour une Gestion Responsable et Intégrée des Sols (PAGRIS) |
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| Executive Summary | PAGRIS (2020-2025) Soil Fertility Stewardship Project (PAGRIS) - IFDC is an innovative and relevant project which seeks to achieve ecologically sustainable land management in Burundi. PAGRIS aims to reach 100,000 family farms and sustainably manage 14,000 ha of land. Donor - Embassy of the Kingdom of the Netherlands in Burundi. PAGRIS is focusing on a sustainable impact by further upscaling the PIP (Participatory Integrated Plan) The PIP approach: building a foundation for sustainable change - WUR and the ISFM (Integrated Soil Fertility Management) Integrated Soil Fertility Management (ISFM) - IFDC. The PIP stimulates the implementation of a strategic process for sustainable development of households, communities, villages and watersheds. The project plays a facilitating role in the organization of target households and communities, together with other stakeholders for a common diagnostic phase, joint action planning and continuous learning. This ensures the integration of the motivation, resilience and responsibility as a solid foundation for sustainable development and the collaboration, empowerment, and integration as a guarantee to ensure this sustainable development. At technical level, the project also facilitates households, communities and other stakeholders to identify and jointly invest in a technical itinerary to protect soil, restore soil fertility and increase their productivity. Investments must be based on a participatory diagnosis, ensuring the integration of a package of complementary good agricultural practices, placing emphasis on the most limiting factors while considering available resources. In addition, farm plans at the household level must be aligned and complementary with community plans for the development of micro-watersheds to ensure full impact in terms of soil protection, natural resources management, and ecosystem management. This will strengthen the resilience of farms to shocks, particularly the effects of climate change, directly contributing to ensuring greater sustainability in increasing agricultural productivity and household income. |
| Relevance for 4 per 1000 | Agriculture development in Burundi is hindered by demographic pressure on lands, encroachment on natural resources, land overexploitation, soil mining, erosion of highland soils and land degradation. Through the Integrated Farm Planning and Integrated Soil Fertility Management approaches, the project aims to support an inclusive and participatory process of constraint diagnosis, implementation of join action plans by promoting both local knowledge and scientifically proven technologies developed with the support of local research institutes. Soil organic carbon is a key limiting soil health factor that is being addressed efficiently using a participative approach making use of on-farm resources and local opportunities. |
| Partners | - IFDC - Feeding a Hungry World through Better Soil Health - Lead of the project - Wageningen Environmental Research - WUR - Participative and Learning Research - Twitezimbere ONG Local – National Partner implementing activities - ISABU – Institut des Sciences Agronomiques du Burundi – National Research Institue in Agriculture - Université du Burundi | Le grenier du savoir » Faculté d’Agronomie et Bio-Ingenierie – Research activities on soil Health |
| Target countries | Burundi – (154 villages in Cibitoke, Bubanza, Bujumbura, Rumonge, Makamba, Muyinga, and Gitega Districts) |
| Beneficiaries | Farmers (94,000) – Households with about 0,3 acres land, practicing agriculture in a degraded watershed with land erosion problems and low initial fertility, resulting in low and decreasing land productivity. |
| Estimated Duration (months) | 64 |
| Estimated Budget (USD) | 22000000 |
| Project stage | Ongoing |
| FASP Language | English |
The Project Owner
| Lead Organization | International Fertilizer Development Center |
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| Country | USA |
| Organization type | NGO |
Alignment with the "4 per 1000" Strategy
| Main Objective | C2 Urge Soil Regeneration (GF) |
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| Main Activity | C2.8 Generate income opportunities |
Other Activities | C2.7 Co-create sustainable soil and land management practices |
| Other Objectives | B1 Investment Plans (CF) |
