SOCODEVI - Canadian Cooperation Society for International Development

Purpose

This project aims to increase the resilience of rural communities, especially women and youth, to climate change by sustainably improving biodiversity and connectivity of strategic ecosystems. The conservation of ecosystems, biodiversity and the benefits derived from them, also implies improving the effectiveness of members of farmers' organizations and cooperatives, to develop agroforestry value chains that respect biodiversity and are adapted to climate change. And finally, in a context marked by conflicts, the sustainability of the results implies an increased commitment of local communities, in favor of an inclusive and equitable governance of natural resources. This project, based on a nexus approach, will promote access to sustainable economic opportunities and the reduction of inequalities, especially for women and youth, in order to counter threats from climate change and desertification, but also extremism. This project will directly benefit over 10,000 people, of whom 8,000 are women in 12 communities; 12 farmer organizations; and 200 community leaders in Burkina Faso’s Sahel region.