Restoration in action against desertification : a manual for large-scale restoration to support rural communities' resilience in the Great Green Wall Programme

This publication supports land restoration processes, as part of the Great Green Wall Programme.

It serves a dual purpose of consolidating biophysical operations as well as socio-economic assessments, and is built on five-year interventions and practical experiences gathered through the Action Against Desertification programme.

The first part of the publication is a practical manual that describes how to implement an innovative approach to the large-scale restoration of degraded land for small-scale farming.

This consists of combining enrichment planting of native woody and fodder grass species with the preparation of large-scale land areas for rainwater harvesting and soil permeability.

The second part introduces a methodology for socio-economic assessments.

The proposed approach is based on household surveys and can be used to monitor, evaluate and assess the socio-economic impacts of large-scale restoration interventions.

Household surveys are not only used for impact assessment but can potentially serve to collect useful data needed to plan a restoration intervention.