Transformation Accelerating Grant awarded in 2020
This TAG initiative will engage key actors to: (1) support the revision of Madagascar's law on cooperatives to strengthen the farmers' position in the vanilla market, and (2) to draw a terms of collaboration between the different actors towards avoiding agricultural expansion into forests.
The TAG brings together three key ministries in charge of sustainable development, trade, and agriculture, respectively. The outputs will serve as first steps towards tackling the vicious circle of fluctuating vanilla prices and deforestation and will set the ground for long-term collaboration between key actors involved in land governance in north-eastern Madagascar.
Two Transformation Accelerating Grants awarded in 2019
1) In Myanmar, actors from local to international scales are increasingly
competing for access to land, causing land use changes, loss of ecosystem
services, and land scarcity. This initiative helps strengthening
collective capabilities and action for sustainable agricultural intensification
at and beyond the village level. In particular, we aim to support local
communities in realizing their development aspirations and to help make their voices
heard in current policy debates. The initiative combines an
innovative participatory visioning and scenario planning process with building
of a community of practice and provisioning of funding through an existing
revolving funds system.
2) Capitalizing on the land-use decision model and future land-use scenarios collaboratively elaborated in this r4d project, this initiative designs and implements a participatory land-use planning process in Madagascar. The initiative is coordinated and aligned with the "Programme d'Agriculture Durable avec une Approche Paysage" (PADAP), elaborating sustainable agriculture strategies.