Voices from the field

IFAD in Morocco: voices from the field

Reversing environmental degradation through cooperation in Morocco

Nowhere is the link between the environment and poverty more pronounced than in highly fragile ecosystems, where inhabitants are often compelled to degrade natural resources as they struggle to survive on inhospitable land. IFAD’s drive to break this vicious cycle has led to the development of a number of replicable models for sustainable land use. A striking example is the Livestock and Pasture Development Project in the Eastern Region of Morocco, which introduced an innovative approach to collective land management with impressive results.

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Trading Futures

A collection of interviews from rural poor people in Bolivia, Burkina Faso, Guatemala, Laos, Morocco and Peru who describe the greatest obstacles they face in getting their goods to market.

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IFAD in Morocco: livestock and pasture development project

Nowhere is the linkage between the environment and poverty more pronounced than in the fragile ecosystems where inhabitants are often compelled to degrade their natural resources and struggle for survival. IFAD’s drive to break this vicious cycle has often led to the development of innovative, replicable models.

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Melding the old with new: successful IFAD intervention in Morocco

Fifty-six-year-old Kouidar El Ghazouani is a small pastoralist and a member of the Beni-Mathar tribe. Before the 103-member Essaada cooperative was set up, he basically stayed in one place with his flock. Today, he grazes his 80 head of sheep all across the rangelands and, during periods of drought, he feeds them subsidized barley purchased from the cooperative.

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