Environmental policy and administrative management

Located 17 km from the city of Porto Novo, in Santo Ant o, Ribeira dos Bodes is a small community living from rainfed and irrigated agriculture, and animal husbandry. Land erosion and lack to water for agriculture have been the two most important challenges in the community. The proposed project aims to: 1) Recuperate 2500 m of land affected by erosion a and equip it with drip irrigation systems; and 2) Deploy 1500 trees of economic value in Ribeira Goat by September 2012. Beneficiaries are 8 low-income families, totaling about 68 people, including adults, teens and children. Project duration is approximately 12 months, and the key activities are: recuperating land manually, construct anti-erosion terraces, and equip land with drip irrigation systems. The total project budget is $ 20,909 USD and the amount co-financed by the GEF-SGP is $ 19,000 USD

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