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The African Landscapes Action PlanThe African Landscapes Action Plan
Process and results in Tanzania
April 16, 2015
Beating Famine Conference

2.
PlacePlace
● Ihemi -Kilombero
● Masai steppe

3.
ProblemProblem
● Environmental degradation
● Natural resources linked social conflicts
● Food insecurity
● Climate change induced water scarcity

4.
ProcessProcess
● Identification of relevant stakeholders
● ILM awareness creation, identification and
prioritization of innovation in stakeholders W/shops
● Development and strengthening of ILM innovation
platform
● Taking into action prioritized ILM
practices/innovations

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Results: Multi-stakeholdersResults: Multi-stakeholders’ ILM platform’ ILM platform
• Civil society organization
• Private sector
• Public sector
• Community based
organization
• International organization-
Eco-Agriculture
Partners/AWF

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Results: platform governance structureResults: platform governance structure

7.
Results: Identified ILM innovations for ALAPResults: Identified ILM innovations for ALAP
action themesaction themes
ILM innovation focus areas Number
Crop and livestock production 18
Nature conservation and management 11
Market and marketing approaches 4
Institutions and policy mechanism 13
Knowledge, learning and planning 4
Total 50

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Results: selected innovations for actionResults: selected innovations for action
Action activity/
objective
Methods Expected
outcome(s)
Advancing green
growth through
participatory
village land use
planning
Visits and discussions with
district authorities and
experts, interviews of
village leaders and villagers
on the processes, constraints
and impacts of VLUP
Improved
environmental
conservation and
mitigate resources
competition conflicts
Developing and
strengthening
ILM innovation
platforms
Identification of relevant
stakeholders, meetings to
deliberate on ILM concepts
and components to create
sense of place
Create mechanism of
ILM good
governance and
policy advocacy
platform

9.
Results: selected innovations for actionResults: selected innovations for action
Action
activity/
objective
Methods Expected outcome(s)
Pastoral
production
system
intensification
Analysis of gaps, relevant
stakeholders’ learning visits
of landscapes with improved
livestock management
systems, feedback, plan
actions to take forward at
village level
Increased pastoral
systems productivity,
reduced poverty and
increased community
food security
Improve and
Promote
apiculture
Analysis of gaps, relevant
stakeholders’ learning visits
to improved apiculture,
feedback, plan village level
actions
Increase biodiversity,
productivity and
profitability of
conserved landscapes
areas

10.
Results: selected innovations for actionResults: selected innovations for action
Action activity/
objective
Methods Expected outcome(s)
Promote and
adapting System
of Rice
Intensification
(SRI)
Analysis of gaps, relevant
stakeholders’ learning visits
to improved SRI production
system, feedback, plan
village level actions for SRI
Increased resilience
in productivity,
profitability and food
security
Initiate eco-
labeling of
landscape
products
Analysis of gaps, relevant
stakeholders’ learning visits
to improved apiculture,
feedback, plan village level
actions
Landscape quality
attributes to increase
market and
profitability of
landscapes products

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