AGRICULTURE - NATURAL RESOURCE MANAGEMENT PROGRAM – WULA NAFAA FINAL REPORT FEBRUARY 2003 – MAY 2008 May 2008 This report is made possible by the support of the American People through the United States Agency for International Development (USAID). It was prepared by International Resources Group (IRG) and its partners CLUSA, USGS, and Winrock International. The contents of this report are the sole responsibility of IRG and do not necessarily reflect the views of USAID or the United States Government. 2 AGRICULTURE - NATURAL RESOURCE MANAGEMENT PROGRAM – WULA NAFAA FINAL REPORT Contract No. 685-C-00-03-00008-00 FEBRUARY 2003 – MAY 2008 May 2008 DISCLAIMER The author’s views expressed in this publication do not necessarily reflect the views of the United States Agency for International Development or the United States Government TABLE OF CONTENTS EXECUTIVE SUMMARY ·························································································· 3 1. INTRODUCTION ························································································ 5 2 NATURE: SUSTAINABLE MANAGEMENT OF NATURAL RESOURCES (RIGHTS AND RESPONSIBILITIES COMPONENT)············································ 8 2.1 Context.........................................................................................................................................................................................8 2.2 Approach of the RR component ..................................................................................................................................8 2.3 Results after five years..........................................................................................................................................................9 2.3.1 Local Conventions..................................................................................................................................................................................9 2.3.2 The land use plan (POAS).................................................................................................................................................................9 2.3.3 Innovations in forest management.............................................................................................................................................. 10 2.3.4 Guide for writing forest management plans.......................................................................................................................... 12 2.3.5 Administrative and financial management document (GAF) ....................................................................................... 14 2.3.6 Co-management of forests............................................................................................................................................................. 17 2.3.7 Sawtimber inventory program for the community forest of Saré Bidji .................................................................. 17 2.3.8 Bamboo harvest plan ......................................................................................................................................................................... 17 2.3.9 Regeneration and productivity...................................................................................................................................................... 18 2.3.10 Indicators for contractual results: Rights and Responsibilities component............................................................ 19 2.4 Constraints...............................................................................................................................................................................20 2.5 Lessons learned.....................................................................................................................................................................20 2.6 Perspectives for the future.............................................................................................................................................21 3. WEALTH: INCREASE IN REVENUES (ECONOMIC BENEFITS COMPONENT) ························································································· 23 3.1 Context......................................................................................................................................................................................23 3.2 Approach of the Economic Benefits component......................................................................................................23 3.2.1 Market value chains and Business Development Services............................................................................................. 24 3.2.2 Organisation of the producers...................................................................................................................................................... 24 3.2.3 Emerging and dynamic enterprises ........................................................................................................................................... 24 3.2.4 Access to credit .................................................................................................................................................................................... 25 3.2.5 Capacity-building .................................................................................................................................................................................. 25 3.2.6 Partnerships............................................................................................................................................................................................. 26 3.3 Results after five years.......................................................................................................................................................27 3.3.1 Training provided by Wula Nafaa............................................................................................................................................... 27 3.3.2 Results by product............................................................................................................................................................................... 28 3.3.3 Results by types and number of enterprises......................................................................................................................... 29 3.3.4 Results in terms of increase in revenues ................................................................................................................................. 29 3.3.5 Indicators for contractual results: Economic Benefits component ............................................................................ 31 3.4 Constraints...............................................................................................................................................................................31 3.5 Lessons learned.....................................................................................................................................................................32 3.6 Perspectives for the future.............................................................................................................................................32 4. POWER: DECENTRALIZED GOVERNMENT AND EQUITIBLE ACCESS TO RESOURCES (POLICY COMPONENT) ························································· 34 4.1 Context......................................................................................................................................................................................34 4.2 Policy and reforms...............................................................................................................................................................34 4.2.1 Approach of the policy component .......................................................................................................................................... 34 4.2.2 Results after five years....................................................................................................................................................................... 35 4.2.3 Indicators for contractual results: Policy component........................................................................................................ 36 I 4.2.4 Lessons learned..................................................................................................................................................................................... 36 4.2.5 Perspectives for the future.............................................................................................................................................................. 37 4.3 Local governance .................................................................................................................................................................37 4.3.1 Three model sites put in place ..................................................................................................................................................... 38 4.3.2 Involvement of local resource persons .................................................................................................................................... 38 4.3.3 Financial management and recordkeeping ............................................................................................................................. 39 4.3.4 Lessons learned