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Brochure, flyer, fact-sheetEvaluation reportRevitalising oasis agroecosystems through a sustainable, integrated and landscape approach in the Drâa Tafilalet Region
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2025Also available in:
The OASIL project revitalized oasis agroecosystems in Morocco’s Drâa Tafilalet region to enhance productivity, sustainability and community resilience. Funded by the Global Environment Facility (GEF) and co-financed by the Government of Morocco and the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO), it was implemented by FAO using an integrated landscape approach. Implementation partners are the Department of Sustainable Development within the Ministry of Energy Transition and Sustainable Development and the National Agency for the Development of Oasis Areas and the Argan Tree. The project focused on policy dialogue, participatory planning, pilot demonstrations and knowledge management. The project was implemented from 2017 to 2025, after initial delays. -
BookletEvaluation reportÉvaluation finale du projet «Revitaliser les agroécosystèmes oasiens à travers une approche durable, intégrée et paysagère dans la région de Drâa Tafilalet»
Code du projet: GCP/MOR/046/GFF, Identifiant FEM: 9537
2025Also available in:
Financé par le Fonds pour l'environnement mondial (FEM), avec un cofinancement du gouvernement marocain et de l'Organisation des Nations Unies pour l'alimentation et l'agriculture (FAO), il a été lancé en 2017 et s'est terminé en mars 2025. La FAO est l'agence de mise en œuvre et d'exécution du FEM pour le projet. Sa mise en œuvre a été réalisée en consultation et en collaboration avec la Direction du développement durable du Ministère de la transition énergétique et du développement durable et l'Agence nationale pour le développement des zones oasiennes et de l'arganier. L'évaluation poursuit un double objectif: garantir la redevabilité et favoriser l'apprentissage organisationnel. Elle a été menée au moyen d'une revue documentaire, d'une mission de terrain, d'entretiens semi-directifs, d'une étude de cas et de groupes de discussion avec les parties prenantes et les bénéficiaires finaux. -
BookletEvaluation reportTerminal evaluation of the project “Sustainable Management of Kharga Oasis Agroecosystems in the Egyptian Western Desert”
Project code: GCP/EGY/030/GFF, GEF ID: 9928
2025Also available in:
No results found.The Kharga Oasis is the biggest one in the Egyptian Western Desert and has been targeted as pilot area for FAO-GEF project intervention. The Kharga Oasis has been severely affected by desertification and land degradation, resulting in 40 percent of cultivated land becoming barren. The remaining 60 percent is suffering from human-induced degradation and increased wind and water erosion processes. Soil salinity and wind erosion are the main challenges faced by farmer communities in the Kharga Oasis agroecosystem. Within the Kharga Oasis, three intervention villages, i.e. Nasser El-Thawra, El-Mounira, and El-Shirka, have been selected from a list of ten sites that met several criteria for successful demonstration of sustainable land, water, and agrobiodiversity management practices. The project's objectives were well aligned with the needs of local communities, identified through a participatory planning approach, but also with national development strategies. The project enhanced the institutional, management, and technical capacities of key stakeholders through tailored training programmes, and successfully promoted integrated sustainable land and water management and agrobiodiversity practices. The FAO team and executing partners, notably the Desert Research Centre, established robust connections with local governments and communities, fostering trust and ensuring local ownership. The evaluation recommends FAO to engage in other/future initiatives aiming to replicate and upscale the project in other areas of the Kharga Oasis, and to continue supporting the local seed bank and the biocontrol laboratory established by the project to ensure the sustainability of those interventions.
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Side event in Lima: GIAHS Systems and Agrobiodiversity Zones for the distribution of benefits derived from the use of genetic resources
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BookletEvaluation reportTerminal evaluation of the project “Integrated ecosystem management program for the sustainable human development in Mauritania”
Project code: GCP/MAU/001/GFF, GEF ID: 9294
2025Also available in:
No results found.This terminal evaluation reviews the “Integrated ecosystem management program for the sustainable human development in Mauritania”. The project aimed to sustainably improve the livelihoods and the natural resource base upon which rural communities depend in three landscapes of southern Mauritania. The project activities were largely complete, but outcomes were mostly not achieved. The large size of the project intervention area and spatially dispersed project activities meant that no critical mass was achieved. The evaluation mainly recommended that the GEF and FAO (the implementing agency) ensure that future projects are realistic in scale and scope, have flexibility to respond to emerging local priorities and adopt forward planning to ensure timely implementation; leverage successful models of long-term community-based natural resource management institutions; ensure meaningful stakeholder and community participation. -
Book (stand-alone)Technical studyCase studies promoting bioeconomy through agricultural practices in Europe and Central Asia 2026
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No results found.Across Eastern Europe and Central Asia, farmers, innovators, and communities are transforming agriculture into a driver of sustainability. The Case Studies Promoting Bioeconomy through Agricultural Practice in Europe and Central Asia takes readers on a journey through ten inspiring examples where tradition meets innovation – from vermicomposting in Armenia and regenerative organic farming in Austria to women-led textile cooperatives in Türkiye and conservation agriculture in Uzbekistan. Each story shows how bioeconomy principles can turn challenges such as soil degradation, waste, and climate stress into opportunities for growth, resilience, and inclusion. These cases prove that the circular bioeconomy is not an abstract concept, but a living reality – one that powers farms with biogas, restores contaminated soils with plants and microbes, and empowers rural women through local value chains. Together, they paint a vivid picture of a region rethinking how food is produced, energy is generated, and communities thrive – offering a roadmap for sustainable agrifood systems that are not only productive, but regenerative and fair for all.