Regional Programme for Sustainable Land Management and Strengthening the Resilience of Rural Communities and Ecosystems to Climate Change in the Liptako-Gourma Region (ALG)

The Regional Programme for Sustainable Land Management and Strengthening the Resilience of Rural Communities and Ecosystems to Climate Change in the Liptako-Gourma Region (ALG) seeks to address severe drought, soil erosion, and water scarcity affecting approximately 16 million people across Burkina Faso, Mali, and Niger. With an indicative total cost of USD 43,556,466, the programme focuses on achieving land degradation neutrality, diversifying rural incomes through off-season agriculture and non-timber forest products, and overcoming financial and institutional barriers to sustainable land management. The initiative is led by the Banque Ouest Africaine de Développement (BOAD) as the accredited entity and the Liptako-Gourma Authority (ALG) as the executing entity.

• The Liptako-Gourma region, covering 470,000 km2 across 43 communes in Burkina Faso, Mali, and Niger, faces severe climate vulnerabilities including increased surface temperatures and decreased annual precipitation since the 1980s.
• Climate impacts in the region include soil drying, wind and water erosion, and the degradation of forest ecosystems, which lead to a cycle of soil quality destruction and unsustainable agricultural intensification.
• Country-specific land degradation data shows that in Burkina Faso, 74% of arid or semi-arid lands in the ALG area are affected by desertification; in Mali, annual losses from soil erosion and deforestation reach 6% and 5.35% of GDP respectively; and in Niger, national land losses are estimated between 80,000 and 120,000 ha per year.
• The programme identifies several critical barriers to resilience, including a lack of capacity among small-scale farmers, gender-based restrictions on land access for women and youth, and financial constraints that make bank loans for small-scale irrigation inaccessible due to high interest rates and guarantee requirements.
• The programme is structured around four specific objectives: promoting sustainable land management (SLM) for land degradation neutrality, strengthening food security through income-generating channels like fisheries and off-season agriculture, capacity building for technical institutions and farmers, and project management.
• The total indicative cost of the programme is USD 43,556,466, with USD 36,140,280 requested from the Green Climate Fund as a grant, and the remainder provided as co-financing from BOAD and national governments.

APA

Green Climate Fund (2019). Regional Programme for Sustainable Land Management and Strengthening the Resilience of Rural Communities and Ecosystems to Climate Change in the Liptako-Gourma Region (ALG). https://www.greenclimate.fund/sites/default/files/document/21450-regional-programme-sustainable-land-management-and-strengthening-resilience-rural-communities.pdf

Chicago

Green Climate Fund. Regional Programme for Sustainable Land Management and Strengthening the Resilience of Rural Communities and Ecosystems to Climate Change in the Liptako-Gourma Region (ALG). 2019. https://www.greenclimate.fund/sites/default/files/document/21450-regional-programme-sustainable-land-management-and-strengthening-resilience-rural-communities.pdf.

Wikipedia

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BibTeX

@techreport{greenclimatefund2019regional, author = {{Green Climate Fund}}, title = {{Regional Programme for Sustainable Land Management and Strengthening the Resilience of Rural Communities and Ecosystems to Climate Change in the Liptako-Gourma Region (ALG)}}, institution = {Green Climate Fund}, year = {2019}, month = feb, url = {https://www.greenclimate.fund/sites/default/files/document/21450-regional-programme-sustainable-land-management-and-strengthening-resilience-rural-communities.pdf}, urldate = {2026-10-23}, note = {Indexed by Climate Insights Directory} }