National Lead Organization

DRYLANDS DEVELOPMENT PROGRAMME IMPLEMENTATION AREAS Implementing partners DryDev programme in is (DRYDEV- BURKINA FASO) implemented in forty-eight (48) villages of six (6) sub-watersheds identified in the provinces of Bam, Passoré, Sanguié, Sourou, Yatenga and Zondoma.

Financial partner

ICRAF is coordinating the program in Burkina CONTACT Faso. The implementing partners are: SNV, ICRAF Burkina Faso responsible for the implementation of the , 1200 logements A Farmer-led programme to enhance water program in the three sub-watersheds of Tel : +226 25 39 15 18 management, food security, and rural economic Kiembara, Kyon and Zogore, and TREE AID in E-mail : [email protected] development in the drylands of Burkina Faso, the sub-watersheds of Arbollé, Bassi and Kongoussi/Tikare. https://drydev.org/where-we-work/burkina-faso/ , , and Kenya PROGRAMME PRESENTATION DRYDEV VISION The Drylands Development Programme DryDev envisions a future where (DryDev) is a six-year initiative (August households in the targeted drylands areas 2013 to July 2019) funded by the Ministry have transitioned from subsistence of Foreign Affairs (MoFA) of the farming and emergency aid to sustainable Netherlands, with a substantial rural development. contribution from World Vision The programme is working to realize this Australia (WVA). The World Agroforestry vision in two ways: Centre (ICRAF) is the overall implementing ►The first is through the provision of agency. DryDev is designed to provide direct development support to farmers relevant and contextually support to through interventions such as farm- smallholder farmers in selected dryland level water and soil management; areas of Burkina Faso, Mali, Niger, watershed restoration; agricultural Ethiopia and Kenya. It seeks to make a commodity production; and value chain TARGET GROUPS significant contribution to achieving a and institutional development. The Target groups of the program are small vision in which households residing in ►The second is by influencing wider farmers, communities and SMEs in the these areas have moved from subsistence policy, practice, and investment targeted areas. farming and emergency assistance to decisions. The program aims to reach over 227,000 sustainable rural development. farmers across the five target countries PROGRAMME WORK PACKAGES with proven interventions for ensuring food and water security enhancing productivity OBJECTIVES There are eight Work Packages (WPs) at both watershed and farm levels. within DryDev programme : DryDev programme aims to increase water DryDev Burkina targets 45,000 farmers, and food security and stimulate economic - WP 1 : Sub-catchment-level natural including 22,500 women, with improved development of the rural population in resource management production technologies. target areas. - WP 2 : On-farm water and soil management - WP 3 : Agricultural commodity production IMPLEMENTATION STRATEGY - WP 4 : Enhancing market access DryDev’s strategy is informed by two complementary and overarching theories of WP 5 : Financial services linking - change. One is focused on DryDev’s direct - WP 6 : Local governance and institutional work with famers, while the other focuses strengthening on promoting the uptake of evidence and - WP 7 : Planning, M&E, and scaling of learning that the programme generates. learning Both are directly linked to DryDev’s eight Work Packages (WPs). - WP 8 : Policy analysis and influencing