Over the past five years, IDRC's Rural Poverty and Environment (RPE) program initiative has funded a number of projects in eastern and southern Africa.
The groundnut basin in Sénégal is highly populated, densely cultivated and facing a crisis that is both economic (characterized by low productivity, poverty, food insecurity) and ecological (characterized by reduced soil fertility, erosion, desert
Tunisia is an arid country, where water scarcity significantly limits agricultural production.
Agriculture is at the heart of Morocco's economic and social development, but in this water-stressed country, irrigation is critical to agricultural production. Irrigated agriculture plays an important role in meeting Morocco's food needs.
Addressing inequality and environmental insecurity in the Middle East and North Africa (MENA) will require enhanced capacity to conduct social and gender analysis in environment and natural resource management (ENRM) research.
The Algerian steppe covers more than 30 million ha of land and constitutes a buffer zone between the Sahara Desert and the green belt in the North.
Recent armed conflicts in eastern Congo and Burundi have resulted in unprecedented degradation of natural resources, massive displacement of populations toward fragile ecosystems and a breakdown of local institutions governing collective natural r
Rangelands are severely degraded in Morocco. This has stimulated public interventions to reduce the pressure on natural resources and promote sustainable management.
This project aims to help rural households and decision-makers better understand conservation and biodiversity as key components of rural livelihood improvement strategies and security in East Africa and the Horn of Africa.